Trump has been very clear that he believes there is a drug caliphate in our back yard that need to be taken out. The operation has been formulating for the last couple of weeks.

There's a new sheriff in town. He has put life into the Monroe doctrine.

If I'm the leader of Iran, I'm going to go pray in the mosque.

The process of liberation in Venezuela has begun, and it is in America’s interest to see it succeed.

We need to help the people start fresh.

All options are on the table [regarding additional strikes].

Following very closely the situation in Venezuela. We stand by the people of Venezuela and support a peaceful and democratic transition.

Any solution must respect international law and the UN Charter.

With HRVP Kaja Kallas and in coordination with EU Member States, we are making sure that EU citizens in the country can count on our full support.

The president offered multiple off ramps, but was very clear throughout this process: the drug trafficking must stop, and the stolen oil must be returned to the United States.

Maduro is the newest person to find out that President Trump means what he says.

Kudos to our brave special operators who pulled off a truly impressive operation.

And PSA for everyone saying this was "illegal":

Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism.

You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas.

Turkey attaches importance to the stability of Venezuela and to the peace and well-being of the Venezuelan people.

In order to prevent the current situation from leading to negative consequences for regional and international security, we call on all parties to act with restraint.

We are ready to offer any constructive contribution toward resolving the crisis in Venezuela within the framework of international law.

Inside the country is in complete tranquility.

They've tried this and they maybe thought that the people would come out defeated, and that's not what's happening.

Venezuela knows it has been attacked.

Venezuela knows what it has to do. Our people know what they have to do. Our President...

It’s been 28 weeks since the first threats — 28 weeks. And they carried out a treacherous, vile attack against a people who were sleeping.

The team did an incredible job. They rehearsed and practiced like nobody's ever seen.

I was told by real military people, that there's no other country on earth that could do such a maneuver. I watched it literally like I was watching a television show.

It was an amazing thing, an amazing job that these people did. Nobody else could have done anything like it.

It was extremely complex—the whole maneuver, the landings, and the number of aircraft, which was a massive number. the number of helicopters, a different type of helicopter, and different types of fighter jets.

We had a fighter jet for every possible situation. And they just broke in, and they broke into places that were not really able to be broken into, you know, steel doors that were put there for just this reason. And they got taken out in a matter of seconds. I've never seen anything like it.

I've done some pretty good ones in other parts of the world, but I've never seen anything like this. I was able to watch it in real time, and I watched every aspect of it, and I listened to the communication between where we were in Florida and out in the field in Venezuela.

It was amazing to see the professionalism and the quality of leadership.

We have a few injuries but no deaths on our side is really amazing.

We were going to do this four days ago, but the weather was not perfect. The weather has to be perfect.

We had just the perfect weather — a little bit more clouds than we thought, but it was good.

We were gonna do this four days ago. three days ago, two days ago. And then all of a sudden it opened up and we said go. And I'll tell you, it was just amazing.

That we had nobody killed was amazing.

I think we had nobody killed, I have to say, because a couple of guys were hit, but they came back and they're supposed to be in pretty good shape.