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Report: Trump consulted Grok chatbot before ordering Venezuela strikes

TIME magazine reports that during a December 2025 Oval Office meeting, Trump questioned Elon Musk's Grok chatbot for hours about Venezuela and whether Venezuelans would welcome the capture of president Nicolas Maduro. Grok reportedly told him Maduro was deeply unpopular and that his removal would be celebrated, and Trump subsequently ordered military strikes that killed dozens of Venezuelan and Cuban personnel and some civilians, resulting in Maduro's capture.

futurism.com · 2026-10-02

Time: Trump consulted Grok before Venezuela invasion, saw it as validation

Time magazine reports that in December, weeks before U.S. forces invaded Venezuela and captured Nicolás Maduro, President Trump met privately with Elon Musk and spent hours questioning Musk's Grok chatbot about how Venezuelans would react to Maduro's removal. Grok reportedly told Trump that Maduro was an unpopular dictator whose fall would be celebrated, a prediction a source says Trump saw as vindicated once celebrations followed the January 3 invasion.

techcrunch.com · 2026-10-01