Opinion | The Self-Declared ‘Emperor’: Trump’s Venezuela Post & The Spectre Of Modern Imperialism

If the US can assert de facto control over Venezuela’s government and resources, simply because it has the military means to do so, then sovereignty becomes a hollow concept In the annals of international relations, there have been audacious claims. There have been blunders. But rarely has a sitting US president taken to social media to brandish a digitally concocted title — “Acting President of Venezuela” — with the implication that he now leads a sovereign nation half a hemisphere away. This is not satire, not a movie script, not even the fevered imagination of a political cartoonist. It is…