President Trump announced that U.S. forces had carried out “a large scale strike against Venezuela” and were flying President Nicolás Maduro and his wife out of the country. The Trump administration had been building pressure on Mr. Maduro for months.
In a brief phone interview with The New York Times after the announcement, Mr. Trump celebrated the success of the mission to capture Mr. Maduro. “A lot of good planning and lot of great, great troops and great people,” he said. “It was a brilliant o... [6106 chars]