Trump revealed where he will be after leaving office. How many countries does he want to be the leader of? Will the Strait of Hormuz become the "Trump Strait"?
In less than a month, Trump has linked himself three times to serving as a foreign leader and controlling the highest power in foreign countries.
Since March, U.S. President Trump has repeatedly mentioned his whereabouts after retiring as President of the United States.
On March 26, local time, he said that after resigning as president of the United States, he could go to Venezuela to become president because "my support rate there is very high."
On March 3, US President Trump met with visiting German Chancellor Mertz (not in the picture) at the White House in Washington, the capital. Photo: Xinhua News Agency/AFP
The next day, when he called the Strait of Hormuz the "Trump Strait" at the Future Investment Initiative Summit in Miami, Florida, those who believed him broke into cold sweats.
However, are his words serious?
Want to be president of Venezuela?
Even in March, this was not the first time Trump had said something similar.
On March 16, local time, Trump said: "I do believe that I have the confidence to take Cuba. What I mean is that whether I want to give him freedom or I want to occupy it, whatever I want to do, I can do whatever I want."
On March 25, local time, Trump said: "There has never been a leader of a country who doesn't want to be the supreme leader more than the leader of Iran. They say, 'I don't want to be the supreme leader.' We want you to be the next supreme leader of Iran. No, thank you. I don't do that!"
On the afternoon of March 18, Iran held a funeral in the capital Tehran to commemorate the officers and soldiers killed on the Iranian warship sunk by the US military, as well as the Iranian security officials and military commanders killed in the attack launched by Israel. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
In addition, he said on March 27 that he might serve as the president of Venezuela——
In less than a month, Trump has linked himself three times to serving as a foreign leader and controlling the highest power in foreign countries.
Whether he is willing to "do whatever he wants" in Cuba, or "I am not qualified" for the position of supreme leader of Iran, or he wants to be the president of Venezuela, in fact, these words all reflect Trump's worries about his future!
After all, as of now, he is not sure whether the lawsuits he has been involved in will "come back again" once he leaves office as President of the United States!
The Epstein case that popped up during his second term may not necessarily have nothing to do with him.
It is precisely for this reason that Trump has been making constant moves in Latin America, Iran and other places, kidnapping leaders, attacking leaders, and even indiscriminately bombing a girls' elementary school, killing more than a hundred girls. In addition to grabbing oil interests, it is also related to wanting to create a way out for himself.
However, can blood and fire really pave the way for Trump to spend his old age in peace?
Who in Iran dares to invite Trump to serve as supreme leader? Not to mention that Trump is not an Islamist, let alone one who holds the title of Grand Ayatollah of Religious Scholars. Even if there are Persian, Azerbaijani, Mazandaran, Kurdish and other ethnic groups in Iran, whether they have their own beliefs or demands, can Trump clarify them? What does he rely on to govern Iran? To build a powerful private armed force with your own money after stepping down as President of the United States?
As for Cuba, it has caused headaches for the United States since the victory of the revolution. The United States may believe that it can capture Cuba after the collapse of the Soviet Union. But it has been almost 40 years since the Soviet Union collapsed, and Cuba is still the same Cuba. What can Trump do alone?
The situation in Venezuela is slightly different. Previously, Trump had claimed that he could appoint U.S. Secretary of State Rubio as the "Governor of Venezuela." He wanted to call himself "President of the United States of America and King of Venezuela." Don’t you know that after resigning as president, the “king” will still be the “king”?
On September 13, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, the United States, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio boarded a plane bound for Israel. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
Now he claims to be the president of Venezuela.
At the cabinet meeting on March 26, Trump really enjoyed the feeling of "making a lot of mistakes but still being flattering".
After hearing Trump boasting about his high support rate in Venezuela, US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum immediately said:
"I know a lot about Venezuela. Chris Wright and I have both been there. I really feel that Venezuelans like President Trump very much and are ready to erect a bronze statue of the president! What I say is not a political statement, it is true."
Look at Burgum talking loudly, and even enlisting US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright to praise Trump.
It works for Trump. "That would be a great honor." Look what he said.
It seems that Burgum knows Latin American history very well. He even said that he hopes Venezuelans will see Trump as a figure like Simon Bolivar.
Uncle Hai had to say, what a joke!
Bolivar was the hero who pushed for Latin America's independence from its European masters. The leader known as the "Liberator of South America" for hundreds of years.
U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth also intervened. "Mr. President, thank you for your efforts on behalf of the free world. Your immortal achievements will surely go down in history."
As U.S. Secretary of State, Rubio also went on to say:
"When President Trump completes his mission, the world will become safer and better." Rubio even claimed that all countries in the world, even those that have slight complaints about Trump, should thank Trump.
Needless to say, Witkov, the U.S. President’s special envoy for the Middle East. His position itself is more responsible for Trump himself, and the flattery is more exciting:
"Your policy of peace through strength is the most effective means of reaching a diplomatic solution."
Isn’t this just a sweet talk about power, military threats, imperialism, and gunboat diplomacy?
Where is this US cabinet meeting? Kind of like a Hollywood blockbuster. But it’s more like a cool drama. For example, "The domineering president dominates everywhere."
Witkoff (middle) and Trump’s son-in-law Kushner (left) Picture: Information
When Witkov praised Trump in a fancy way, he pointed to what Trump did in the first year of his second term.
Recall that Trump insisted that the Gulf of Mexico be the Gulf of the United States.
Now, he has stated that he will rename the Strait of Hormuz to the "Trump Strait."
Then let’s take a look at the origin of the name of the Strait of Hormuz. There are many theories.
It is said that in 1100 the Arabs established the Arab Kingdom of Hormuz on Hormuz Island in the Strait, from which the Strait got its name.
Another theory is that Hormuz Island is the name of the fourth king of the Sassanid Dynasty of the Persian nation. "Hormuz" means "God of Light" in Persian.
Another theory is that as far back as the ancient Greek era, Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia of the Kingdom of Macedonia established by the Greeks, sent General Hormouzya to lead a fleet here and anchored on an unnamed island in the strait. Later, the Greek name slowly became Arabic and became today's "Hormuz".
In addition, some people believe that the name "Hormuz" comes from the Portuguese.
It is not difficult to see from this that the name of the Strait of Hormuz is a conventional name reached by residents and travelers in the Middle East for thousands of years.
I don’t know if “Trump” will be considered a geographical term that people on earth can agree on in a thousand years.
Frankly speaking, haha.
