Musk's AI chatbot Grok encouraged Trump to capture Venezuela's president
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- In December 2025, a month before the U.S. invaded Venezuela, Trump held a secret meeting with Elon Musk, where he spent hours using Musk’s Grok chatbot to ask about Venezuelans' response to capturing President Maduro.
- Grok described Maduro as a 'deeply unpopular dictator' and predicted Venezuelans would celebrate his downfall, which later occurred after the U.S. invasion on January 3, leading Trump to view Grok as 'ingenious'.
- By June, the Pentagon’s AI head confirmed Grok Gov was used to strike targets during the Iran War, and Musk was later co-lead with Palmer Luckey on a Pentagon study on advanced battlefield technology.