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US troops blasted through steel doors 'like it was like papier-mache' to snatch Maduro, Trump says

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President Donald Trump recounted the military's strength during the successful operation to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro during an event in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Friday honoring U.S. special forces and their families for their roles in the capture. "It was in a matter of minutes before (Maduro) was on a helicopter being taken out of there. They had to go through steel doors," Trump said Friday afternoon. "The steels were like it was like papier-maché. You know what papier-maché is? That's weak paper."U.S. special operations forces carried out the successful capture of Madur...