US EditionTrump Says Military Operation Against Colombia 'Sounds Good'
Trump praised a U.S. military operation that captured Venezuela's Maduro, accused Colombia's Petro of drug trafficking, and warned Cuba's government faces collapse, escalating regional tensions.
- On Sunday, President Donald Trump on Air Force One said a US military operation focused on Colombia `Sounds good to me` after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's capture.
- Early Saturday, U.S. special forces launched Operation Absolute Resolve in Caracas, capturing Nicolás Maduro and his wife aboard the USS Iwo Jima; Trump framed the operation as anti-drug and did not rule out strikes on drug-production laboratories in Colombia.
- Trump accused Gustavo Petro of overseeing cocaine production, saying he `has factories where he makes cocaine` and `they're sending it into the United States`, while Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal criticized the operation as illegal and said Congress was not briefed beforehand.
- The Colombian government deployed military forces to the Venezuelan border after US strikes, while Gustavo Petro condemned the action as an assault on sovereignty risking a humanitarian crisis and sought OAS and UN engagement.
- Last month, President Donald Trump designated illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemicals as weapons of mass destruction while expanding the U.S. military presence in the Caribbean; he also said Cuba was likely to fall soon but an invasion was unlikely.
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War on drugs The war on drugs is aptly named as the tally of dead Americans and ruined families exceeds 100,000 annually. For comparison, American casualties in Iraq from 2003 to 2009 totaled about 4,300 dead and just over 30,000 wounded. President Trump was correct to prosecute a combat operation against the Venezuelan government of drug honcho Nicholas Maduro. Presidents of both parties have been derelict in the effort over many years to stymi…
Donald Trump is now threatening to conduct a military operation against the Colombian government, after having captured the President of Venezuela and his wife, during a strongly contested military operation.
The US president called Gustavo Petro a sick man, who he said produces and sells cocaine to the United States.
Trump threatens military action against Colombia, says Cuba 'ready to fall'
President Donald Trump threatened military action against Colombia's government and said Cuba was on the precipice of falling on Sunday, a day after arresting Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro.
Sounds good to me: After Venezuela, Trump threatens military op against Colombia
Speaking aboard Air Force One, Trump said a US operation against Colombia "sounds good to me", accusing President Gustavo Petro's government of producing and exporting cocaine to the United States.
US military operation in Colombia 'sounds good', Donald Trump says
Nicolas Maduro could appear in a Manhattan court later today - with Donald Trump telling reporters on Air Force One that Colombia's president is a "sick man" who won't be in power for long. Follow the latest developments.
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