Trump downplayed the incident involving a U.S. soldier who bet on Maduro's arrest, while some allies supported granting him a pardon.

CoinFeed reported on April 26 that, according to CNN, the U.S. Department of Justice has indicted U.S. Special Forces soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke, accusing him of illegally profiting over $400,000 by using classified intelligence to bet on a U.S. attack on Venezuela on the prediction market platform Polymarket. Trump previously commented on betting on war-related events, stating that the current global situation is "a bit like a casino," suggesting that some market trading may have deviated from normal investment logic, relying instead on information asymmetry or even insider information. He also emphasized that he "has never been a staunch supporter of these prediction platforms."