#FirstpostNews: Pete Hegseth Mocks Moscow After US Capture of Maduro U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth mocked Venezuela’s lack of resistance during the operation that captured Nicolás Maduro, quipping that Russian-made air defences failed to deliver. Speaking at a Virginia shipyard, he said nearly 200 U.S. troops entered central Caracas without a single American casualty. Recalling the operation, he stressed that no U.S. service member was killed, adding with sarcasm that the much-touted Russi