Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, left, waits for President Donald Trump to speak during a visit to the Army base in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Feb. 13, 2026. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
"These guys blasted through every door," Trump continued Friday. "They got up to him before he got to the big safe. But that wouldn't have worked either, because they had equipment that was going to knock that out in a matter of minutes, but he never got there. It went so fast."
Trump continued that the operation was "precise" and "incredible."
"Think of it in a matter of minutes," he continued. "When people realize what happened, they're looking up and there's the helicopter heading back to the aircraft carriers. So that night, the entire world saw what the full military might the U.S. military is capable of. And that was an unbelievable operation, but that was a smaller operation."
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump traveled to North Carolina Feb. 13, 2026, to meet with military members after the capture of Venezuela's Maduro. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
First lady Melania Trump joined the president on the trip to North Carolina, with Trump joking that they enjoy the area so much, they might move there in the future.
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"Maybe I'll maybe I'll move here with our great movie star," Trump quipped, giving a nod to Melania Trump's new documentary, "Melania." "We'll move here with our first lady. We'll move to Fort Bragg. Would you like that, darling? She loves you. It's a possibility."
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