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Trump consulted Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot before Venezuela operation
A source told Time that Trump asked Grok how Venezuelans would react to the capture of Nicolás Maduro.
By Felo News Desk · Published
According to a Time magazine source cited by TechCrunch, former President Donald Trump met privately with Elon Musk in December 2025, about a month before the U.S. invaded Venezuela and seized President Nicolás Maduro.
During the meeting, Trump reportedly spent hours interacting with Musk’s Grok chatbot, asking how Venezuelans would respond to a capture of their leader. The source said Grok described Maduro as a “deeply unpopular dictator” and suggested many Venezuelans would celebrate his downfall.
TechCrunch notes that after the invasion on January 3, 2026, celebrations occurred as Grok had predicted, and Trump allegedly thought the AI was “ingenious.” The article also mentions that the Pentagon’s AI chief said Grok was used in the Iran war and that Musk and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey were tapped to co‑lead a study on battlefield technology.
Key facts
- Trump met Elon Musk in December 2025 before the U.S. invasion of Venezuela (techcrunch.com)
- Trump spent hours using Musk's Grok chatbot to ask about Venezuelan reactions (techcrunch.com)
- Grok described Nicolás Maduro as a deeply unpopular dictator and predicted celebrations (techcrunch.com)
- U.S. forces captured Maduro on January 3, 2026, after which celebrations occurred (techcrunch.com)
Sources
- [1] techcrunch.com — originally reported as “Musk's AI chatbot Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture Venezuela's president”
