Trump reveals to The Post secret 'discombobulator' weapon was crucial to Venezuelan raid on Maduro

[riversedge]

Source: The Post





By Steven Nelson, Emily Goodin and Marisa Schultz

Published Jan. 24, 2026, 8:08 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON —.............

Trump boasted that the mysterious weapon “made [enemy] equipment not work” when US helicopters swooped into Caracas on Jan. 3 to arrest Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on federal drug and weapons charges — without losing a single American life.

“The Discombobulator. I’m not allowed to talk about it,” Trump said during an exclusive interview in the Oval Office.

“I would love to,” the president added, before confirming its use in the stealth operation.

“They never got their rockets off. 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.”......................

Read more: https://nypost.com/2026/01/24/us-news/trump-reveals-to-the-post-secret-discombobulator-weapon-was-crucial-to-venezuelan-raid-on-maduro/

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Well, Trump gave the Post the interview so I will have to post it.
It is news --about this new weapon isn't it??--
or maybe he has talked about it previously to other media????

Trump reveals to The Post secret ‘discombobulator’ weapon was crucial to Venezuelan raid on Maduro

Published Jan. 24, 2026, 8:08 a.m. ET
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President Trump told The Post that a secret new weapon that he calls “the Discombobulator” disabled Venezuelan defenses during the Jan. 3 US raid on Caracas. Tamara Beckwith / NY Post

[Raven123]

1. Wow. Wonder if they tested the discombobulater on Trump. Might explain some things

[GreenWave]

2. More likely Venezuelan spies and turncoats.

[SergeStorms]

3. Probably an EMP of some sort.

Electromagnetic pulse. It would raise holy hell with anything electronic.

[drmeow]

9. That was my thought! nt

[frogstar0]

4. If true.....

Yet another national security breach by TACO. Yet another reason he is unfit for office.

[riversedge]

7. IMO, Trump said a lot about a secret weapon he was not suspose to talk about!!!

[Ocelot II]

5. So I guess the secret weapon isn't secret any more,

and I have to wonder whether it's being used on Trump.

[mpcamb]

6. " I'm not allowed to talk about it". You just DID , Fat Lips!!

Is there any wonder about trump's ability to keep secrets??
Other than about his relationship with the World's Best-Known Pedophile.

[Kid Berwyn]

8. I wonder where we got the Discombobulator?

[Javaman]

10. More confabulation

By dementia in chief

[Shipwack]

11. On a more serious note...

This would explain a lot. I was surprised by how smoothly things went.

I have no doubt that our Special Forces units are good. However, there is a difference between doing an operation in some remote village in an underdeveloped nation, and snagging a world leader from his palace in the interior of the country.

Why weren’t the helicopters detected? Why weren’t anti-aircraft measures deployed? Venezuela isn’t some poor failed nation-state… They might not have a huge state of the art military, but defensive systems are cheaper than tanks and helicopters.