Trump watched Maduro’s detention in real time from a room at Mar-a-Lago
U.S. President Donald Trump shared details of the American operation in Venezuela, saying in particular that no U.S. service members were killed.
He said this in a phone interview with Fox News.
According to Trump, U.S. troops captured Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro without any fatalities. There were several wounded, Trump said.
He also acknowledged that the United States waited four days to begin the operation until weather conditions improved, and that the last time he spoke with Maduro was a week earlier.
Trump said he watched the capture of Maduro in real time from a room at Mar-a-Lago together with military generals.
“Real military people told me that no other country on Earth could pull off such a maneuver. If you had seen what happened — I mean, I watched it literally like a television show,” he said.
“If you had seen that speed, that brutality — you know, they talk about speed and brutality, they use that term. It was just incredible. These people did an amazing job. No one else could have done anything like it,” Trump added.
Trump said he watched U.S. troops capture Maduro, including breaching steel doors.
“They literally just broke in, broke into places you really couldn’t get into, smashed through steel doors that were put there for exactly that purpose, and took them out in a matter of seconds. I’ve never seen anything like it,” Trump continued.
Trump also said the U.S. had a “tremendous number” of aircraft at its disposal, including helicopters and fighter jets.
The president added that a helicopter was shot down during the operation, but no aircraft were lost.
Trump said the United States is now determining next steps in Venezuela following Maduro’s detention, signaling an active U.S. role in shaping the country’s future, but without backing opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado.
“Well, we’re making that decision now. We can’t risk letting someone else run the country and just continue what he left behind, so we’re making that decision now. We’re going to be very actively involved,” the U.S. president said.
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