US EditionPresident Trump says US has carried out another fatal strike targeting alleged drug-smuggling boat
- On Monday, U.S. forces launched a lethal kinetic strike on a Venezuelan vessel in international waters, killing three male narcoterrorists aboard.
- President Trump ordered the strike after receiving intelligence that the vessel, affiliated with a designated terrorist organization, trafficked illicit narcotics via a known route.
- Trump announced the strike on Friday evening via Truth Social, posting a video showing military aircraft attacking and destroying three vessels without harming U.S. forces.
- Trump claimed to have evidence that the vessel was transporting drugs and said the strike was aimed at a threat moving through the U.S. Southern Command’s jurisdiction to harm Americans.
- This attack marks the third such strike in September amid increased U.S. military presence in the southern Caribbean and has drawn criticism over legal and geopolitical risks.
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Trump claims U.S. struck another alleged drug boat in international waters, killing 3
The legal waters are being muddied as President Trump posted a video on social media claiming the U.S. struck another alleged drug boat in international waters, killing at least three people. MSNBC political analyst Brendan Buck, and former Communications Director for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Michael Hardaway, and University of Michigan Assistant Law Professor Leah Litman join Alex Witt to discuss the legality of these strikes by the Trump a…
The US military has attacked and destroyed its third ship in as many weeks, claiming it was a terrorist vessel and was smuggling drugs, killing three people.
‘Just Extraordinary!’ Alex Witt Amazed At Trump’s Continued Strikes on Alleged ‘Narcoterrorists’ Without Congressional Approval
MSNBC’s Alex Witt was dumbfounded over the latest strike by President Donald Trump’s administration on alleged Venezuelan drug runners in international waters. On Friday, Trump announced via Truth Social that he gave the order for “a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility.” Trump added, “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was traffi…
According to President Trump, the U.S. military attacked a drug boat in international waters and killed three people. Venezuela's defense minister accused the U.S. of leading an "undeclared war".
Trump details third US strike on suspected drug traffickers
President Donald Trump shared details of a third airstrike on a vessel in international waters allegedly carrying drugs, killing three people. Trump said in a social media post on Friday the U.S. military attacked a boat he said was “conducting narcotrafficking” in the waters near South America and Central America, and that intelligence indicated the boat was headed for the United States. “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illici…
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