There were no American casualties during the U.S. military strike in Venezuela on Saturday to capture dictator Nicolas Maduro, President Trump announced.
“Not a single American service member was killed and not a single piece of American equipment was lost,” he said at a press conference from his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.
“We had many helicopters, many planes, many, many people involved in that fight, but think of that. Not one piece of military equipment was lost,” Mr. Trump said. “Not one service member was – more importantly – killed.”
The president said the lights in Caracas were shut off Saturday as the military moved in to capture Mr. Maduro. Mr. Trump praised those who carried out the operation.
“No nation in the world could achieve what America achieved yesterday, or frankly, in just a short period of time, all Venezuelan military capacities were rendered powerless as the men and women of our military, working with us, law enforcement, successfully captured Maduro in the dead of night,” the president said.
“It was dark. The lights of Caracas were largely turned off due to a certain expertise that we have,” he said.
• Jeff Mordock can be reached at jmordock@washingtontimes.com.
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