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Following the United States military intervention in Venezuela that led to the detention of President Nicolás Maduro, a two-year-old post from Elon Musk has resurfaces where he shares a prophetic request.
Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured on January 3 by United States forces on the instruction of President Donald Trump and his key advisors, and has now been transported to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York.
While this capture, alongside the subsequent bombing of Venezuela, left many in shock around the world, the opposition of key figures in the United States to Maduro and his government have been clear for a long time.
Trump has previously accused Maduro of supporting drug traffickers – an accusation the Venezuelan president has denied – and he now faces charges of narcoterrorism, cocaine trafficking, and possession of machine guns and destructive devices, as per Britannica.
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Following his capture, one now-prophetic post on X from Elon Musk has resurfaced where he called for his detention two years earlier, as shared by Republic World.
I’m coming for you Maduro! 🚀💣
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 1, 2024
I will carry you to Gitmo on a donkey 🫏 https://t.co/RB5qltxsYI
Responding to a post claiming that Maduro called on his security forces to 'keep Elon Musk out at all costs', the world's richest man declared:
"I'm coming for you Maduro! I will carry you to Gitmo on a donkey."
Unsurprisingly, the video that Musk was originally responding to did in fact have no mention of the billionaire, and instead relates to the detention of two young protestors, so his ire was misdirected.
Musk is certainly no stranger to social media threats, and as far as we know he played no part in Maduro's capture, but he'll certainly be left happy with the recent news.
This has been made clear in his recent posts on the platform too, as not only has he provided 'free broadband service' through Starlink to the people of Venezuela through February 3 – which he claimed was "in support of the people of Venezuela" – but he also issued another passionate statement.
❤️🇻🇪 Venezuela ahora puede tener la prosperidad que merece 🇻🇪❤️
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 3, 2026
"❤️🇻🇪 Venezuela ahora puede tener la posperidad que merece 🇻🇪❤️," Musk declared, roughly translating to 'Venezuela can now have the prosperity it deserves' and echoing sentiments he shared last year that "Maduro is hurting the people of Venezuela, just like his predecessor."
One particularly illuminating development following Maduro's capture too is a post from Musk that revealed his dinner with President Trump and the First Lady on Saturday night – the very same day that the Venezuelan president was detained.
