Start a server and join it
Give yourself operator permissions
Set the world spawn to your current location
Set the weather to thunder
Place a lightning rod within spawn protection
Obtain a trident enchanted with channeling
Give operator permissions to a different player
Remove your operator permissions
Throw the trident at the ground within spawn protection
-No lightning is summonedThrow the trident at the lightning rod within spawn protection
-Lightning is summoned
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Can confirm. This is most likely intentional as I believe lightning can naturally hit spawn protection.