Trump consulted Musk's Grok for hours before capturing Venezuela's Maduro: Report

US President Donald Trump spent hours consulting Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok during a secret December 2025 meeting, TIME reported. Trump reportedly asked how Venezuelans would react if US forces captured President Nicolás Maduro. Grok predicted many would celebrate Maduro's downfall. Weeks later, Trump ordered the operation that captured Maduro and reportedly viewed Grok as "ingenious".