United States President Donald Trump is set to meet the elite special forces team credited with capturing Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in a dramatic raid on Caracas, a mission the White House has framed as a defining display of American power.

Trump, accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump, will travel to Fort Bragg in North Carolina to greet the troops involved in what officials code-named Operation Absolute Resolve. The visit is intended both as a tribute to the soldiers and as a high-profile reminder of the administration’s willingness to use force in the Western Hemisphere.

The operation unfolded under cover of darkness when US helicopters penetrated Venezuelan airspace and descended on a heavily fortified compound in the capital. According to Venezuelan officials, the assault began with coordinated US airstrikes on military targets before special forces stormed the residence where Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were believed to be hiding.

By the time the compound was secured, Venezuelan authorities reported 83 dead and more than 112 wounded, figures that include security personnel and civilians caught in the crossfire. No US service members were killed, a fact American officials have highlighted as evidence of meticulous planning and overwhelming technological superiority.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump and the first lady would meet “military families and the heroic members of our special forces who carried out the successful Operation Absolute Resolve in Venezuela and helped bring narco-terrorist Nicolás Maduro to justice.”

Maduro is now in US custody, facing drug trafficking and related charges in federal court. He has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting his next hearing in New York. In Caracas, power has formally passed to former vice president Delcy Rodríguez, whom Washington has recognized on the condition that she grant broader access to Venezuela’s vast oil reserves and ease internal repression.

Trump has repeatedly celebrated the raid at campaign-style rallies, calling it “spectacular” and praising the commandos as “unbelievably talented patriotic people.” He has also teased the use of a classified system he dubbed the “discombobulator,” which he claims disabled Venezuelan communications and weapons.

“None of their equipment works, that’s what it does,” Trump said in a recent television interview. “Everything was discombobulated.”