Report: Grok influenced Trump's decision-making on Venezuela action
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According to a Time magazine report cited by TechCrunch, in December 2025 Trump and Musk held a secret meeting. During the meeting, Trump spent hours chatting with Musk's AI chatbot Grok, asking how locals would react if Venezuelan President Maduro were captured. According to the report, Grok answered at the time that Maduro was an unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would celebrate his removal. The report links Grok to Trump's decision-making considerations on Venezuela, drawing attention to AI's role in high-level political decisions. The disclosed information is limited to Grok's answers during that meeting; there has been no official response or reports of further developments.
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- TechCrunch · AIMusk’s AI chatbot Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture Venezuela’s president
Time magazine reports that in December 2025 Trump met Musk secretly and spent hours talking with Grok, asking how Venezuelans would react to capturing President Maduro; Grok said Maduro is an unpopular dictator and many Venezuelans would celebrate his fall.