Overview
- In a New York Post interview, President Trump said a previously undisclosed device he called the "discombobulator" disabled Venezuelan defenses, preventing the launch of Russian and Chinese missiles.
- Trump reiterated that he is weighing ground operations against Latin American drug cartels, saying such actions could occur in Mexico, Venezuela or Colombia.
- The president described progress on oil transactions with Caracas, including plans to sell up to 50 million barrels and potential foreign investment he estimated at up to $100 billion.
- Venezuela’s interim government reported receiving about $300 million from oil sales managed through Washington in the days after the operation.
- Earlier reporting by the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times said a CIA source inside Maduro’s circle aided the pre‑dawn operation, codenamed "Resolución Absoluta," which used drones and special forces to neutralize key sites in Caracas before transferring Maduro to a U.S. warship and then to New York.