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Updated - April 07, 2026 at 10:48 AM.

US President Donald Trump holds a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C | Photo Credit: REUTERS/Evan Vucci

Donald Trump claimed he was popular in Venezuela, where he might consider running for president after completing his US term.

In light-hearted remarks during a press conference on Monday, Trump said he would poll higher than anybody ever has in Venezuela, where US forces captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores in January to face drug trafficking trials in the US.

"The people of Venezuela, they say, if I ran for president of Venezuela, I'm polling higher than anybody has ever polled in Venezuela, so after I'm finished with this, I can go to Venezuela," Trump said.

"I will quickly learn Spanish. It won't take too long. I'm good at language, and I will go to Venezuela. I'm going to run for president. But we're very happy with the president-elect that we have right now," the US president said.

Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez took over as acting president after Nicolas Maduro's capture by US forces on January 3 this year.

During the press conference, Trump said the conflict with Venezuela was "over in 45 minutes", and boasted that the United States has now taken hundreds of millions of barrels of oil from the country.

"We have great people running Venezuela. The relationship is good, and we are a partner with Venezuela, and we've taken hundreds of millions of barrels (of oil), already, (it) is in Houston, refined and out, and paid for that war many, many times over," Trump said.

Published on April 7, 2026

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