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.
- The US military conducted a lethal strike against a vessel linked to a designated terrorist organization, resulting in the deaths of three people, as announced by President Donald Trump.
- This strike follows previous military strikes against drug-smuggling vessels, one of which resulted in 11 fatalities earlier this month.
- Despite claims of narcotics trafficking, critics have raised legal concerns regarding the military's role in law enforcement on the high seas, emphasizing the need for clarity in operations.
- The strikes are part of a broader strategy to combat drug trafficking from Venezuela, which Trump argues is necessary to counteract a crisis affecting American lives.
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GOP lawmaker calls for more attacks against drug smugglers
A member of the House Armed Services Committee told the Washington Examiner he wants to see “more” attacks against drug smugglers after Democrats challenged President Donald Trump’s decisive drone strikes against cartels operating off of Venezuela‘s coast. “I commend President Trump for his decisive counternarcotics action and I am hopeful that we get more. I’d rather have every panga full of drugs be at the bottom of the ocean, than any more A…
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…
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