🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, go in and spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure, and start making money for the country. We are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so." - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "This partnership between the United States and Venezuela will make the people of Venezuela rich, independent, and safe, and it will also make the many many people from Venezuela who live in the United States extremely happy." - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "The illegitimate dictator of Venezuela was a kingpin of illicit activity. As alleged in the indictment, he oversaw the vicious cartel known as Cartel de los Soles." - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "Maduro sent savage and murderous gangs to terrorize American communities. They were in Colorado and took over apartments. They cut people's fingers off if they called police. They were brutal... but they're not so brutal now." - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "I want to congratulate our troops." - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 - Totally unrelated, but Trump just said 6-7.

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🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "Venezuela unilaterally seized American oil and American assets. They took all our property. We never had a president who did anything about it. Instead they fought wars tens of thousands of miles away. The socialist regime stole it from us in those previous administrations, and they stole it through force." - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "America will never allow foreign powers to drive us back into and out of our own hemisphere." - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "We will secure our borders, we will stop the terrorists, we will crash the cartels, and we will defend our citizens against all threats foreign and domestic." - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "The United States retains ALL military options until our demands have been satisfied." - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "The dictator is finally gone, and the Venezuelan people are finally free. This morning, America is a prouder nation." - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "Thank you all for being here." - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has taken the podium.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "A massive joint military and law enforcement operation executed by the greatest Americans our country has to offer. American warriors are second to none; the best in the world, and the best in our country." - Secretary of War Hegseth.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "Our warriors are the elite of America, and President Trump has their back." - Secretary of War Hegseth.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- History fact of the day: The Roosevelt Corollary addition to the Monroe Doctrine in 1904, which President Teddy Roosevelt articulated to justify US actions in Latin America, was because of Venezuela when the European powers blockaded the country from 1902-1903.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "As the President said, our adversaries remain on notice. We can project our will anywhere, anytime. The coordination, the stealth, the lethality, the precision of American justice on full display. Maduro had his chance, just like Iran had their chance." - Secretary of War Hegseth.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "Maduro effed around, and he found out." - Secretary of War Hegseth.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "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.