Trump describes the second Venezuela’s Maduro was confronted by US forces

President Donald Trump revealed throughout an unique interview with “Fox & Buddies Weekend” that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured in a “fortress”-like home, the place he received “bum rushed so quick” by American particular forces. 

Trump stated he huddled with generals inside a room at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida as they “watched each facet” of the “extraordinarily advanced” operation unfold. The president stated the preliminary plan was for Maduro to be captured earlier this week, however U.S. forces needed to watch for the correct climate circumstances. 

“We waited 4 days. We had been going to do this 4 days in the past, three days in the past, two days in the past. After which all of a sudden it opened up, and we stated, ‘Go,’” the president stated, describing how Maduro was in a “very highly-guarded” home on the time he was confronted. 

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“He was in a home that was extra like a fortress than a home. It had metal doorways. It had what they name a security house, the place it is, you understand, strong metal throughout. He did not get that house closed. He was making an attempt to get into it, however he received bum rushed so quick that he did not get into that,” Trump stated. 

“We had been ready. We had, you understand, huge blowtorches and every little thing else that you have to get by that metal. However we did not want it. He did not make it to that space of the home.”

A U.S. official briefed on the matter informed Fox Information Saturday the U.S. Military’s Delta Pressure bodily captured Maduro, with the CIA offering intelligence to the Division of Struggle to assist observe down the dictator’s location. 

“Every little thing was pinpoint … every little thing they practiced. They truly constructed a home which was similar to the one they went into with all of the safes, all of the metal far and wide,” Trump informed “Fox & Buddies Weekend,” describing the navy planning that went into the operation. 

Trump stated he believes no U.S. forces had been killed throughout the operation. He added that “a few guys had been hit, however they got here again, and so they’re purported to be in fairly fine condition.”

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Performing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro waves to supporters as he leaves after voting for the successor to the late President Hugo Chavez in Caracas April 14, 2013.  (Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)

Trump additionally stated Maduro and his spouse had been taken by helicopter to the united statesIwo Jima and that they had been heading to New York to face an indictment on fees together with narco-terrorism conspiracy. 

When requested about what the way forward for Venezuela holds with Maduro not within the nation, Trump stated, “We’re making that call now.” 

“We cannot take an opportunity of letting any individual else run and simply take over the place he left off. So we’re making that call now,” Trump informed Fox Information on Saturday morning. “We’ll be concerned in it very a lot, and we wish to do liberty for the individuals. We wish to, you understand, have a terrific relationship. I believe the individuals of Venezuela are very, very glad as a result of they love the US. You recognize, they had been run by basically a dictatorship or worse.” 

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro addresses supporters throughout a rally marking the anniversary of the Nineteenth-century Battle of Santa Ines in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 10, 2025.  (Pedro Rances Mattey/Anadolu by way of Getty Photos)

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Trump additionally stated the U.S. navy operations in Venezuela are “saving lives as a result of the drug trafficking is so unhealthy. It is gotten so uncontrolled.” 

Fox Information’ Rachel Wolf and David Spunt contributed to this report.