Trump Touts Secret 'Discombobulator' at Fort Bragg, Claims It Crippled Russian and Chinese Defenses in Maduro Raid
He described the classified tool during a visit with the unit that carried out the January operation in Caracas.
Overview
- Trump told troops the device prevented opposing forces from firing, saying Russian- and Chinese-supplied systems "never got a shot off."
- News18 reports this was his first public-event discussion of the device after earlier interview hints.
- The Jan. 3 pre-dawn raid detained Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, with no U.S. fatalities and three helicopter pilots wounded.
- The Venezuelan government later reported 83 dead and more than 112 injured during the assault.
- Maduro remains in U.S. custody on drug-trafficking charges, has pleaded not guilty, and is due in court March 17 in New York as officials have not released technical details about the alleged device.