Trump warns land strikes in Venezuela could come 'very soon'
President Trump announced expansion of U.S. military strikes from maritime to land targets in Venezuela to disrupt drug trafficking causing hundreds of thousands of opioid deaths, officials said.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump said the U.S. will begin land strikes inside Venezuela imminently, expanding ongoing maritime attacks, declaring, 'We're knocking out drug boats right now at a level that we haven't seen.'
- The administration argues U.S. intelligence agencies have mapped routes, safehouses, and production sites used by narcotics networks in Venezuela, linking the escalation to the opioid crisis and demands from American families affected by overdoses.
- Pentagon figures show 21 U.S. military strikes since September on alleged drug-carrying boats, causing 83 casualties, while White House videos depict strikes targeting small Venezuelan vessels.
- Legal experts warn the strikes could violate the War Powers resolution, while Republican-led House and Senate committees opened probes and will seek classified briefings Thursday involving Adm. Frank 'Mitch' Bradley and Pete Hegseth, U.S. Secretary of Defense.
- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has denied ties to drug trade and reports about his sleeping arrangements amid Washington's deployment of about 15,000 troops and USS Gerald R. Ford, with analysts noting Venezuela's strategic importance due to 303 billion barrels of crude.
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9NewsTrump attacked Venezuela and arrested its president. Is that legal?
(CNN) — On November 2, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles told Vanity Fair that land strikes in Venezuela would require the approval of Congress. She said that if Trump “were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s…
Trump’s legal authority in Venezuela, explained
On November 2, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles told Vanity Fair that land strikes in Venezuela would require the approval of Congress. She said that if Trump “were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s war, then (we’d need) Congress.”
Ex-official warns 'walls are closing in' on Trump: 'Not even selling his own supporters'
Former Trump administration Homeland Security staffer Miles Taylor tore apart the president's recent wave of strikes on ships off the coast of Venezuela on MS NOW, saying that even Trump's own supporters know his stated motive for the attacks is nonsense.This comes amid a bipartisan investigation in Congress over one particular strike in September, in which military officials apparently fired on survivors who were surrendering and likely hadn't …
Donald Trump is escalating threats against Venezuela. A full-scale invasion seems imminent. It's about "destroying terrorists and drug networks," Trump says. But do the drugs that plague the United States really come from Venezuela?
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News AddictsUS Troops Appear To Prepare For Potential Land Invasion In Venezuela
US Marines stormed Panama’s Caribbean coast this week for another round of combat drills as tensions spike between Washington and Venezuela. Roughly 50 Marines and Panamanian police staged a mock battlefield rescue Tuesday at the old U.S. base in Sherman, near the Atlantic entrance of the Panama Canal. Troops practiced pulling a wounded fighter out of a firefight and lifting him out by helicopter. The exercise kicked off just one day after Presi…
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