Overview
- Donald Trump posted a Truth Social image that colored Venezuela as part of the United States and labeled it the 51st state.
- Interim president Delcy Rodríguez rejected any annexation idea, saying Venezuelans prize independence and national heroes.
- Venezuela’s interim government restored ties with the United States in March and says it is working on a cooperation agenda.
- Nicolás Maduro remains in a Brooklyn jail and faced U.S. drug-trafficking charges in Manhattan on March 26 after a U.S. operation captured him in January.
- The White House account reposted the map on X as the press office declined to explain the idea, while Trump has also floated similar statehood talk about Canada and Greenland.