All right, it's Sunday, January 4th. Yesterday around this time, we were learning the

details of a U.S. military mission involving 150 aircraft, Delta Force soldiers, and an FBI hostage

team that ended up in the arrest of Nicholas Maduro and his wife. U.S. forces executed

airstrikes across the

Venezuelan capital of Caracas hitting military bases. Two Venezuelan government sources who

spoke to MS now said that nearly 40 people were killed, including civilians and military personnel.

A team of helicopters reached what President Trump called Maduro's fortress, where U.S. troops

were able to seize Maduro and his wife and removed them from the country. In a firefight at the compound, where U.S. troops were able to seize Maduro and his wife and

removed them from the country. In a firefight at the compound, several U.S. soldiers were injured,

but all are in stable condition, according to chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan

Kane. A helicopter was damaged during the escape, but remained flyable, General Kane said.

No U.S. troops were killed. Maduro and his wife were taken

to the warship USS Iwo Jima. They were then sailed to Guantanamo Bay, then flown to New York State,

transferred by helicopter to Manhattan, and transported by road to a detention center in Brooklyn.

A White House social media account posted this video of Maduro in Manhattan yesterday.

No members of Congress were notified in advance of the operation,

and dozens have questioned the constitutionality of it, including some Republicans.

And that's the easy stuff to follow.

Then at a midday press conference yesterday, Donald Trump said this.

We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition.

So we don't want to be involved with having somebody else get in, and we have the same situation that we had for the last long period of years.

So we are going to run the country

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