President Donald Trump revealed a bizarre detail while speaking to the press on Air Force One late Sunday, as he flew back to the White House after his holiday vacation.
"It was dark. The lights of Caracas were largely turned off due to a certain expertise that we have," Trump said. "It was dark and it was deadly."
Speaking to Sen. Jeff Merkeley (D-Ore.) CNN's Sara Sidner asked, "Did we just learn a state secret that the U.S. has the capability of shutting down the entire electric grid of a country?"
Merkeley, who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wasn't as willing to give away specifics.
"Well, there are certainly a lot of capabilities to do that type of thing, whether it's the entire grid or a portion of the grid. It was a well-executed military campaign, no question about that. But the philosophy behind it is really the question we're dealing with, and whether it serves the interests of the United States and the people of Venezuela or fails to serve them. And I would argue it serves neither us nor them."