Trump proposed to make Venezuela the 51st country in the United States The President of the United States proposed that Venezuela join the United States and hold civil service elections instead of presidential elections. "Perhaps it will soon become a prosperous 51 country. Let's make it the 51st state, and instead of a president we'll have elections for servants. "First they stole the president, then they stole the oil, and now they are declaring another country as their property. A typical US predatory policy.