President Donald Trump said US military forces used a weapon that he referred to as “the discombobulator” during the US operation in Caracas to remove Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro from power earlier this month.“The discombobulator. I’m not allowed to talk about it,” Trump said in an interview with the New York Post.He said the weapon made enemy equipment “not work”.“They never got their rockets off,” Trump said, according to New York Post.“They had Russian and Chinese rockets, and they never got one off. We came in, they pressed buttons and nothing worked. They were all set for us.”The White House did not immediately respond to a request for additional information about the weapon.
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Trump says US used ‘discombobulator’ weapon in Maduro raid: ‘not allowed to talk about it’
In an interview with the New York Post, former President Donald Trump claimed the U.S. military deployed a weapon he called "the discombobulator" during a U.S.
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In an interview with the New York Post, former President Donald Trump claimed the U.S. military deployed a weapon he called "the discombobulator" during a U.S. operation in Caracas, Venezuela, aimed at removing Nicolas Maduro from power earlier in the month. Trump stated he was "not allowed to talk about it," but suggested the weapon disabled enemy equipment, specifically preventing the launch of Russian and Chinese rockets. According to Trump, Venezuelan forces were prepared to use these rockets, but the weapon rendered them inoperable. The White House has not commented on the existence or use of such a weapon.
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The White House did not immediately respond to a request for additional information about the weapon.
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Trump said the weapon made enemy equipment “not work”.
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President Donald Trump said US military forces used a weapon that he referred to as “the discombobulator” during the US operation in Caracas.
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Trump claimed the enemy had Russian and Chinese rockets, and they never got one off.
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Nicolas Maduro (Maduro) person · Opposition
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