The U.S. military carried out a “large scale strike” against Venezuela overnight Friday and captured President Nicolás Maduro along with his wife, Cilia Flores, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social. Maduro and his spouse were flown out of the Latin American country, Trump added.
Speaking to the press at Mar-a-Lago, Fla., on Saturday, the American leader said that the U.S. “will run [Venezuela] until such time that we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition [of power]. We don’t want to be involved with having somebody else get in and we have the same situation that we had for the last long period of years.”
He warned that the American military was prepared to carry out a second and “much larger” attack if necessary. “We’re not afraid of boots on the ground,” Trump continued, as U.S. forces had “boots on the ground last night at a very high level.” He added that Washington was “designating people right now” to run Venezuela, and “we’re going to let you know who those people are.” Trump said that an American partnership with the Latin American country will make Venezuelans “rich, independent and safe. … They’re not going to suffer any more.” (Read More)
