U.S.–Venezuela Oil Policy

Speaking at Fort Bragg, Trump blasted President Biden’s 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal as an “embarrassment,” insisting “we don’t run from anybody,” saying his administration would not have left equipment behind and criticizing the decision to abandon aircraft. He also recounted vivid new details of the U.S. raid that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro—saying troops “blasted through steel doors” like papier‑mâché, reached Maduro within minutes, were prepared to breach a safe but didn’t need to, and suffered no U.S. casualties or equipment damage—while Maduro is being held in New York on narco‑terrorism and related charges and the Trumps used the visit to celebrate the operation before a military audience.