Trump’s Strike on ‘Narco-Terrorist’ Boat Enters Murky Legal Waters

Labels, Not Law, to Justify Lethal Force: Venezuela Boat Strike

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the U.S. military had attacked an alleged drug vessel in international waters, killing what he described as 11 “terrorists” who he claimed were members of the Tren de Aragua gang from Venezuela. The strike, which appears to be unlawful under international and domestic law, marks a sweeping escalation and departure from the U.S. military’s approach to drug interdiction. Borrowing language from the …

When the Court Says Trump Is Above the Law, Who Protects the Eleven Dead on That Boat?

ShareWhen the Court says Trump is above the law, who speaks for the eleven dead on that boat? Their lives ended not in a battlefield crossfire or a clash between nations, but at the whim of one man emboldened by six justices who declared him untouchable. Trump simply ordered human beings erased, confident the Court had given him immunity from any consequence and the leaders of his military would obey an illegal order. Eleven souls were sacrifice…

Lefties Losing It Over Trump's Cartel Boat Strike

Exploring the reactions to Trump's military action against drug smugglers in international waters.

Trump’s strike on ‘narco-terrorist’ boat enters murky legal waters

The Trump administration has offered few details about a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Caribbean Sea that it has asserted killed 11 Venezuelan drug traffickers, fueling questions as to whether it violated maritime law or human rights conventions.  President Trump, who announced Tuesday that American forces destroyed a vessel from Venezuela allegedly…

'Murder or a war crime': The Trump administration is facing a legal nightmare after bombing a civilian boat in international waters

The Trump administration is facing some serious legal questions after conducting a lethal strike on a civilian boat in international waters, which President Trump claimed was a drug-carrying vessel operated by the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang, but there’s no evidence supporting this claim. The incident happened in the southern Caribbean and was announced by Trump himself in a social media post that included a short, black-and-white video of wh…

'Details still remain murky': Trump admin caught changing story on unprecedented strike

The New Republic reports that President Donald Trump’s administration keeps changing its story to justify an unprecedented military strike on an alleged Venezuelan cartel boat transporting drugs.Department of Defense officials privately expressed concerns that the government had changed details of its story about the strike that killed 11 people, according to a Thursday report by the New York Times.The New Republic reports Secretary of State Mar…