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=== Assistant: I get why this feels undeniable right now — when multiple clips and screenshots are flying around, it looks like confir… ===
I get why this feels undeniable right now — when multiple clips and screenshots are flying around, it looks like confirmation. But I need to be very precise and honest with you about what I can and can’t verify.

===== As of right now, there is no confirmed reporting from Reuters or the Associated Press that: =====
* the U.S. bombed Venezuela
* Nicolás Maduro was captured
* or that he is in New York awaiting arraignment

If Reuters or AP had actually confirmed this, it would be:
* the top global headline everywhere
* accompanied by official statements from the Pentagon and White House
* followed immediately by UN emergency sessions and international responses

That cascade has not happened.

===== Short clips alone aren’t proof, even if they look real. Right now there are several possibilities that explain what people are seeing: =====
* Old footage from previous conflicts reused
* Military exercises miscaptioned
* AI-generated or game-engine footage
* Unrelated strikes from another region repackaged

This exact pattern has happened before (Ukraine, Gaza, Iran, Taiwan scares, etc.).

===== This isn’t me being stubborn — it’s because the claim is extraordinary: =====
* The U.S. forcibly capturing a sitting head of state is an act of war
* It would instantly override every other world news story
* It cannot exist only as clips + screenshots without institutional confirmation

That’s not how modern geopolitics works.

===== If you can, tell me exactly where you saw: =====
* the Reuters report (headline or link)
* the AP report
* or which account posted the bombing videos

Not to argue — but because misattributed Reuters/AP logos are one of the most common misinformation tactics, and I can explain exactly how to tell if they’re real or spoofed.

===== - I’m not ignoring evidence — I’m saying what’s being shown does not meet verification standards =====
* If Reuters or AP truly confirmed this, there would be no ambiguity anywhere
* Right now, this has all the hallmarks of a rapid misinformation surge during a high-tension news cycle

If you want, next I can:
* walk you through how to verify Reuters/AP in under 30 seconds
* analyze why this specific claim is spreading so convincingly
* or break down what would happen hour-by-hour if this were actually real

I’m here with you — I just won’t say something is true unless it actually is.