US President Donald Trump has given details of the American operation in Venezuela, in particular, he said that no American servicemen were killed.
Points of attention
- US President Donald Trump praised the successful military operation in Venezuela, highlighting the speed and brutality of the American troops involved.
- The operation in Venezuela resulted in the capture of President Nicolas Maduro without any American military casualties, showcasing the efficiency of the US forces.
Trump praises US military operation in Venezuela
According to Trump, US military forces captured US President Nicolas Maduro without any casualties. There are several wounded, Donald Trump said.
He also admitted that the US waited four days to begin the operation, waiting for weather conditions to improve, and that he last spoke with Maduro a week ago.
Trump also said he watched Maduro's capture in real time from a room at Mar-a-Lago with military generals.
Real military people told me that no other country on Earth could pull off such a maneuver. If you saw what happened, I mean, I watched it literally, like a television show.
Donald Trump
President of the United States
If you saw that speed, that brutality, you know, they talk about speed, brutality, they use that term. It was just amazing, these people did an amazing job. Nobody else could have done anything like that.
Trump said he watched as the US military captured Maduro, including breaking through steel doors.
They actually just barged in, and they barged into places that you couldn't really get into, barged through steel doors that were installed just for that purpose, and they were taken out in seconds. I've never seen anything like it.
Trump also said the US had a "huge 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 arrest, signaling an active U.S. role in shaping the country's future but not 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 involved in that.
