🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "This is America First. This is peace through strength. And the United States War Department is proud to deliver it. Welcome to 2026, and under President Trump, America is back." - Secretary of War Hegseth.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan "Raizin" Caine, has taken the podium.

🇺🇸🇸🇻🇻🇪- El Salvador President Bukele celebrated the capture of Maduro on Twitter. Maduro had previously called Bukele an "imperialist puppet".

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- BREAKING: The operation to capture Maduro has finally been given a name: Operation Absolute Resolve.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "We leveraged our unmatched intelligence capabilities and our years of hunting terrorists. We watched, we waited, we prepared, we remained patient and professional. This mission was meticulously planned. This was an audacious operation that only the United States could do. It required the upmost of precision and integration within our joint force." - General Dan "Raizin" Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "As the President said earlier today, weather in Venezuela is a factor. The men and women of the United States military waited for the right moment. Last night, the weather in Venezuela broke." - General Dan "Raizin" Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "Our youngest crew member was 20, and our oldest was 49. Our helicopters took off with the extraction force and began their operation. As they approached Venezuela's shores, we layered multiple defenses to create a pathway. Overheard, those forces were protected by aircraft from the US Marines, the US Navy, the US Air Force, and the Air National Guard. The force included F-22s, F-35s, F/A-18s, and numerous remotely piloted drones." - General Dan "Raizin" Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "The helicopters arrived at 2:00AM local time, and the apprehension force descended into Maduro's compound with speed, discipline, and patience. On arrival into the target area, the helicopters came under fire, and replied with that fire with overwhelming force. One of our helicopters were hit, but remained flyable during the rest of the mission." - General Dan "Raizin" Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "Maduro and his wife both gave up, and were taken into custody by the Department of Justice, assisted by our US military, with no loss of US life." - General Dan "Raizin" Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "There were multiple self-defense engagements as the force began to withdraw out of Venezuela. The force successfully exfiltrated and returned to their float launch bases at 3:29AM EST, with all indicted persons onboard. Maduro and his wife were then disembarked on the USS Iwo Jima." - General Dan "Raizin" Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "Our job is to integrate combat power so we can deliver overwhelming force anywhere in the world. I am immensely proud of our joint force, and I am filled with gratitude to represent them. There is simply no mission too difficult for our men." - General Dan "Raizin" Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "Our forces remain in the region, prepared to defend ourselves and project power in the region." - General Dan "Raizin" Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- Secretary of State Marco Rubio has taken the podium.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "Maduro was offered many, many, many generous offers, and the result is what we saw this morning." - Secretary of State Rubio.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "Our President is not a game-player. When he says something, he means it. This is a President of action. I don't understand how they haven't figured this out." - Secretary of State Rubio.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "This guy [Maduro] had every opportunity to go elsewhere with his wife. But he wanted to play big boy, and he found out." - Secretary of State Rubio.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "I guess he learned his lesson last night." - Secretary of State Rubio.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "Well, you know, we're not afraid to have boots on the ground. We had boots on the ground last night. But we're going to make sure that country [Venezuela] is run properly." - President Trump when asked if US troops will be boots on the ground in Venezuela.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "We're gonna give money to the people, we're gonna reimburse people that have been taken advantage of." - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "We [Rubio, Hegseth, Caine, Trump] are gonna run the country [Venezuela] for the time being." - President Trump, when asked who will be running Venezuela on the interim.

🇺🇸🇨🇴⚡️- "Well, he has cocaine mills, and they're sending it into the United States. So yes, he [Petro] has to watch his ass." - President Trump when asked if Colombian President Gustavo Petro should be afraid.