Trump confirms secret 'sonic weapon' used to capture Maduro in Venezuela raid

WASHINGTON, DC: Donald Trump has confirmed that the United States deployed a previously undisclosed weapon during the operation that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro earlier this month. The acknowledgment came in an interview with NewsNation’s Katie Pavlich, where Trump addressed claims first highlighted by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

Trump’s comments appeared to validate an account circulating online that described US forces using what was characterized as a “very intense sound wave” to incapacitate Maduro’s security detail.

When asked whether Americans should be concerned about the technology, the President did not deny its existence. Instead, he pointed to the breadth of US military capabilities.

Intense Sound Wave Triggered Internal Explosions

The controversy stems from a January 10 post by Leavitt, who retweeted influencer Mike Netter with the caption, ‘Stop what you are doing and read this…’ Netter’s post relayed an alleged account from a Venezuelan guard loyal to Maduro.

In the account, the guard described sudden incapacitation. ‘At one point, they launched something – I don’t know how to describe it… it was like a very intense sound wave,’ the guard reportedly said. ‘Suddenly I felt like my head was exploding from the inside. We all started bleeding from the nose. Some were vomiting blood. We fell to the ground, unable to move.’ The guard added that they ‘couldn’t even stand up after that sonic weapon or whatever it was.’

Amazing weapons that nobody else has

When Pavlich raised those claims, Trump did not dispute that such a capability exists. ‘Yeah, something I don’t wanna – nobody else has it,’ he replied.

Trump emphasized the difficulty of the operation, noting that Maduro was located inside ‘a house in the middle of a fort, an army base, a big one.’ He said US forces came in and they did their job. We lost nobody.’

‘We have weapons that nobody knows about, and I say it’s probably good not to talk about them, but we have some amazing weapons,’ Trump added.

Cable news ignores sonic weapon claims

Despite the extraordinary nature of a sitting US president appearing to confirm the use of a secret weapon, the remarks have drawn limited attention from major American broadcasters. British outlets, including the Independent and the Daily Mail, reported on the comments, with the latter highlighting the reference to a ‘secret sonic weapon.’

A review of SnapStream’s archive of cable news transcripts shows no on-air discussion of Trump’s claims across Fox News, MS NOW, or CNN. The story has not entered the mainstream US cable news cycle.

Interview ratings flop despite bombshell reveal

The muted response may be tied to the platform on which the comments were made. Pavlich’s interview aired on her new program, Katie Pavlich Tonight, which drew an audience of roughly 75,000 viewers.

The limited reach likely slowed the domestic spread of the remarks, even as international outlets moved to highlight Trump’s acknowledgment of a previously undisclosed military capability.