President Donald Trump consulted Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok before deposing Venezuela's president, according to a report. Days into 2026, the U.S. Military captured then-Venezuelan leader Nicols Maduro in an operation carried out in the South American petrostate's capital, Caracas. Trump held a meeting with Musk the month before Maduro was captured and "spent hours" asking Grok about his presidency and his legacy, an official in attendance told TIME.