Venezuela calls for 'symbolic' social media action after Trump post

Venezuela's government on Tuesday called on citizens to post its official map on social media as a "symbolic action" after U.S. President Donald Trump posted an altered image showing U.S. flags over Venezuela, as well as Canada and Greenland.



The image, posted on Trump's Truth Social just before 1 a.m. Eastern Time (0600 GMT), shows an altered version of an August 2025 photo of European leaders in the Oval Office with Trump, with the original map replaced with one showing U.S. flags over Venezuela and much of North America.



The photo includes images of Britain's Keir Starmer, Italy's Giorgia Meloni, France's Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen - even as Trump himself and other world leaders traveled to Davos for the World Economic Forum.