US EditionPresident Trump says US has carried out another fatal strike targeting alleged drug-smuggling boat
Democratic senators challenge Trump administration's lethal strikes on Caribbean drug vessels, citing lack of congressional approval and disputed evidence of narcotics trafficking.
- President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. military has carried out its third fatal strike against an alleged drug smuggling vessel this month, resulting in the deaths of three individuals.
- The strikes were conducted against vessels affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization, according to Trump.
- Critics, including some senators and human rights groups, challenge the legality of these military actions, viewing them as an overreach of executive authority.
- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro accused the U.S. of using drug trafficking claims as justification for a military operation aimed at regime change.
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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…
Trump has blown up two alleged drug smuggling boats - but is it legal?
Donald Trump insists the US military's deadly strikes on alleged drug smugglers are about stemming the flow of narcotics that kill Americans, but are they legal?The Pentagon has blown up two boats in international waters this month, which the US president insists were carrying "narcoterrorists" from Venezuela with drugs aboard.In the latest on Monday, three people were killed when their small vessel was hit by a US airstrike.READ MORE: Trump fix…
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".
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