{"id":2529012,"date":"2026-01-03T10:33:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-celebrates-fantastic-maduro-raid-in-fox-news-interview\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T10:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:33:46","slug":"trump-celebrates-fantastic-maduro-raid-in-fox-news-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-celebrates-fantastic-maduro-raid-in-fox-news-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump celebrates &#8216;fantastic&#8217; Maduro raid in Fox News interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-celebrates-fantastic-maduro-raid-in-fox-news-interview%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2529012&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump praised the overnight U.S. operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, saying he watched the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-levin-slams-racist-media-especially-msnbc-and-cnn\/\" title=\"Mark Levin Slams &#039;Racist&#039; Media -- &#039;Especially MSNBC and CNN&#039;\">complex mission<\/a> &#8220;in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-staff-told-us-he-misspoke-joe-biden-confuses-his-agenda-in-60-minutes-interview-so-his-staff-steps-in-to-correct-the-record-video\/\" title=\"&quot;Biden&#039;s Staff Told Us He Misspoke&quot; - Joe Biden Confuses His Agenda in 60 Minutes Interview so His Staff Steps in to Correct the Record (VIDEO)\">real time<\/a>&#8221; and called it &#8220;fantastic&#8221; and unlike anything he&#8217;d seen. He noted there were no U.S. fatalities, though a few service members were wounded and one extraction helicopter was heavily damaged; he declined to confirm reports that army Delta Force carried out the raid.Management officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, framed the action as targeting a cartel leader rather than <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >effecting regime change<\/a>.Critics argue the move is aimed at securing Venezuela&#8217;s oil, a point Trump countered by saying American energy companies will be involved; he planned a press conference in Florida to provide more details.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump hails success of &lsquo;fantastic&rsquo; Maduro mission: &lsquo;I&rsquo;ve never seen anything like it&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4399869\/trump-bombed-as-many-countries-2025-as-entire-first-term\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> called into Fox News Saturday morning to celebrate the successful overnight capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4361626\/trump-tests-tim-walz-democratic-boogeyman-somali-fraud-scandal-minnesota\/\">Trump<\/a>, during a phone interview on Fox &amp; Friends Weekend, stated that he &ldquo;watched every aspect&rdquo; of the mission carried about by American special forces in &ldquo;real time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4400184\/watch-live-trump-maduro-mar-a-lago-press-conference\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump talks toppling &#8216;dictator&#8217; 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that the mission suffered no U.S. fatalities and only a handful of injuries, before slightly amending his stance.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think we had nobody killed, I have to say, because a couple of guys were hit, but the came back, and they&rsquo;re supposed to be in pretty good shape,&rdquo; he clarified, adding that one of the extraction helicopters was &ldquo;hit pretty hard.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Top Trump administration officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, stressed Saturday that the situation should not be viewed as regime change, arguing that Maduro is actually a cartel leader and not the &ldquo;legitimate&rdquo; president of Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about this distinction, and whether or not it should be viewed as a signal to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Trump added that the &ldquo;cartels are running Mexico,&rdquo; and that America &ldquo;[has] to do something.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4399869\/trump-bombed-as-many-countries-2025-as-entire-first-term\/\"><strong>TRUMP, THE PRESIDENT OF PEACE, BOMBED AS MANY COUNTRIES IN 2025 AS HE DID DURING HIS ENTIRE FIRST TERM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Critics have claimed that Trump&rsquo;s campaign against Maduro is actually about securing Venezuela&rsquo;s oil industry. Trump told Fox Saturday that American energy companies will &ldquo;very much involved&rdquo; in managing Venezuela&rsquo;s oil moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>Trump will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. in Florida to discuss additional aspects of the operation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump lauds &#8216;fantastic&#8217; Maduro raid, watched live<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2529013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26001098028050.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32135,36612,5894,3634,70035],"class_list":["post-2529012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-fox-news","tag-maduro","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-venezuela-raid"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26001098028050.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2529012"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2529016,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529012\/revisions\/2529016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2529013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2529012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2529012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2529012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}