April 25, 2026

President Trump Releases Photo of Maduro Aboard the USS Iwo Jima

“The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro”

BREAKING: President Trump Releases Photo of Maduro Aboard the USS Iwo Jima | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila

President Trump on Saturday posted a photo of toppled Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro aboard the USS Iwo Jima after a Delta Force unit captured him and his wife.

President Trump on Saturday posted a photo of toppled Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro aboard the USS Iwo Jima after a Delta Force unit captured him and his wife.

“The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country,” Trump announced on Truth Social.

“This operation was done in conjunction with U.S. Law Enforcement,” President Trump announced early Saturday morning.

Maduro, his wife Cilia Flores and others were indicted with narco-terrorism conspiracy and other charges.

Nicolas Maduro wearing a headset and holding a water bottle on board the USS Iwo Jima.
A captured Nicolas Maduro aboard USS Iwo Jima

OSINTdefender on X (formerly Twitter): “Footage showing a massive explosion earlier at Higuerote Airport in the State of Miranda, Northern Venezuela, with the secondary explosions and fire suggesting a strike against a surface-to-air missile launcher with the Venezuelan Air Force. pic.twitter.com/VlSRMMdgE1 / X”

Footage showing a massive explosion earlier at Higuerote Airport in the State of Miranda, Northern Venezuela, with the secondary explosions and fire suggesting a strike against a surface-to-air missile launcher with the Venezuelan Air Force. pic.twitter.com/VlSRMMdgE1

President Trump also posted footage of the military operation.

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Trump says US ‘not afraid of boots on the ground’ in Venezuela after Nicolás Maduro capture

Trump says US will now take over running Venezuela after Nicolas Maduro was captured ‘in the dead of night’

President Trump told the nation Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro was captured “in the dead of night” and that the US would now take over running the South American country.

President Trump told the nation the US would now take over running Venezuela, after strongman Nicolas Maduro was captured “in the dead of night.”

“We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition,” Trump said at a press conference from his Mar-a-Lago resort as he provided new details on the stunning military operation.

“We’re going to run it, essentially” through the transition, he said.

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Eric Daugherty on X (formerly Twitter): “🚨 JUST IN: This video of Maduro’s Venezuela running over and pummeling protestors is going viral after the Left takes the side of Nicolas Maduro following the US strikes and captureDisgusting.The Left are communist tyrants.pic.twitter.com/6HBkCuPlPj / X”

🚨 JUST IN: This video of Maduro’s Venezuela running over and pummeling protestors is going viral after the Left takes the side of Nicolas Maduro following the US strikes and captureDisgusting.The Left are communist tyrants.pic.twitter.com/6HBkCuPlPj

Eric Daugherty on X (formerly Twitter): “🚨 HOLY CRAP. CNN is now reporting that Russia, China and Iran “will be privately IMPRESSED with the US military capability” in Venezuela”Finding, fixing, kidnapping, taking him alive with his WIFE?! NO CASUALTIES?!” pic.twitter.com/EKsPC3FC8e”NONE of those militaries could’ve… / X”

🚨 HOLY CRAP. CNN is now reporting that Russia, China and Iran “will be privately IMPRESSED with the US military capability” in Venezuela”Finding, fixing, kidnapping, taking him alive with his WIFE?! NO CASUALTIES?!” pic.twitter.com/EKsPC3FC8e”NONE of those militaries could’ve…

Masih Alinejad 🏳️ on X (formerly Twitter): “Message from Iran:This is Marvdasht. People are in the streets. The Islamic Republic is brutally cracking down.With every young person the Islamic Republic kills, our anger grows stronger.We must win, otherwise Khamenei will slaughter us all and hang us.Let the world hear our… pic.twitter.com/7zEAPKNAst / X”

Message from Iran:This is Marvdasht. People are in the streets. The Islamic Republic is brutally cracking down.With every young person the Islamic Republic kills, our anger grows stronger.We must win, otherwise Khamenei will slaughter us all and hang us.Let the world hear our… pic.twitter.com/7zEAPKNAst

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