Trump Hails 'Discombobulator' for Blocking Chinese, Russian Weapons in Maduro Raid

• US President Donald Trump publicly discussed a secret American military device, the 'discombobulator', used in the January operation in Venezuela.
• Trump claimed the device blocked Chinese and Russian-supplied defense systems, preventing them from firing during the mission to remove Nicolás Maduro.
• The operation on January 3 involved US forces striking military targets and detaining Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in Caracas.
• Venezuelan government reported 83 killed and over 112 injured; no American soldiers died, though three helicopter pilots were wounded.
• Maduro is now in US custody, facing drug-trafficking charges, with his next hearing scheduled for March 17 in New York.