Did The Venezuelan Government Issue A Bounty On Donald Trump?
On August 10, 2025, an X user @ pamphletsY made a claim that the Venezuelan president has issued a 50,000,000 dollars Bounty on Donald Trump for Child Sex Crimes. The post had an image of the Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro Moros and The United States President Donald Trump, with the caption, “🚨🇻🇪 BREAKING — Venezuelan Issued a $50,000,000 Bounty on Donald Trump for Child Sex Crimes.”
When this report was published, this claim had 2.7 millions views, and over 118,000 replies, reposts, quotes, likes, and bookmarks. In the comments, @Asabe88 said “That's great! Tit for tat” and @Ditch43 wrote “Bounty on a sitting president? That’s an act of war. They’re basically paying for assassins to take action.”
VERIFICATION
This claim has been widely shared on platforms like Facebook and X here, here, here and here. However, no reputable news report or official government source or statement has reported such an action by Venezuela.
NV-A finding revealed that multiple reliable media reports indicate that it is the United States and not Venezuela, that recently placed a 50 million dollars bounty on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro for alleged involvement in drug trafficking. This was an escalation of an earlier 15 million dollars reward and was announced under U.S. anti-narcotics initiatives.
There is no record of the Venezuelan government making any statements, either to international news agencies or legal filings of any bounty placed on President Donald Trump for any reason or allegations of child sex crimes.
CONCLUSION
The claim that Venezuela has issued a 50 million dollars bounty on Donald Trump for child sex crimes is entirely FALSE. It is not supported by any official statements, credible media reports, or legal records.
