Trump Reveals US Helicopter Pilots Were ‘Hit Pretty Bad’ During Maduro Raid

President Donald Trump said that U.S. military pilots were “hit pretty bad in the legs” during a mission last month in Venezuela that led to the capture of the South American nation’s leader, Nicolás Maduro. While speaking at Fort Bragg in North Carolina on Feb. 13, Trump said that three helicopter pilots were wounded amid gunfire, praising them as “really brave.” “They were hit pretty bad in the legs,” Trump said, adding that the pilots were “landing a big chopper and they’re being shot at from close range by a machine gun.” The threat was then neutralized quickly by U.S. military snipers, he added....