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Kaine: Trump Administration’s Strikes on Alleged Drug Boats ‘Catastrophic Blunder’
Breitbart ^ | 11/12/2025 | Pam Key

Posted on 11/12/2025 2:29:14 PM PST by DFG

On Wednesday on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) said the Trump administration’s military strikes on alleged drug boats were a “catastrophic blunder” policy-wise.

Host Wolf Blitzer said, “You’re a key member of the Armed Services Committee so I want to ask you about what’s going on with Venezuela right now. Venezuela says it’s launching a massive military mobilization in response to a very significant U.S. military buildup of warships and troops in the Caribbean. As I said, you’re on the Armed Services Committee. You’re also on the foreign relations committee. Just how much latitude does the U.S. have right now to justify its naval buildup and the lethal strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean?”

Kaine said, “Wolf, I think this policy is a catastrophic blunder. I was a missionary in Honduras. I’m the Foreign Relations Lead Democrat on the Committee of the Americas. I think treating this as a military intervention is a big mistake. You saw yesterday that our closest ally, the United Kingdom, has now stopped sharing intelligence with the U.S. on activities in the Caribbean and the Pacific near the Americas because they believe the U.S. strikes are violating international law. And when you amass such naval presence near Venezuela, you are dramatically raising the risk that Venezuela will, you know, pick up something on the radio or see a move and think they’re going to be under attack and then respond in kind.”

He added, “Venezuela has some very significant weapons that they’ve purchased from adversaries of the United States.

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To: DFG

What Kaine means is God forbid Trump off their potential drug pushing voters


21 posted on 11/12/2025 2:53:07 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: DFG

Pretty sure at this point that the cartel drug trade is a major source of income for the dems.


22 posted on 11/12/2025 2:54:09 PM PST by hopespringseternal
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To: pleasenotcalifornia

I find his built-in left eyebrow BS meter amusing. It arches higher and higher the bigger the whopper he is telling.


23 posted on 11/12/2025 2:58:59 PM PST by flair2000
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To: DFG

The UK is basically Muslim run at this point. They should not be trusted.


24 posted on 11/12/2025 3:08:53 PM PST by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: DFG

So which is it, Timmy? Are you worried about losing your money from fentanyl traffic, or losing your nose candy from cocaine traffic?

Is Tim Kaine homosexual?


25 posted on 11/12/2025 3:11:50 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: DFG

Because it is interfering with the revenue stream of Kaine?


26 posted on 11/12/2025 3:12:36 PM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys man.y aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: DFG

Am honestly surprised that the MSM/left Hasn’t gone after Trump saying that drug-running boats were a decoy or something so the USA can steal the largest oil reserves on the planet while planning an invasion.


27 posted on 11/12/2025 3:24:24 PM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: DFG

DC runs on drugs.


28 posted on 11/12/2025 3:25:21 PM PST by CodeToad
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To: DFG
What impoverished indigenous Venezuelan pescador has a high tech
cigarette boat sporting four high performance outboard motors?
29 posted on 11/12/2025 3:26:48 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: DFG

Since these boats are carrying cocaine rather than fentanyl, it’s people like Kaine most likely to be impacted. He’s probably pissed that his dealer has raised prices since these boats started blowing up.


30 posted on 11/12/2025 3:29:23 PM PST by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: LeonardFMason

“LOL! Do we really need British Intelligence for what is happening in that region?”

Well, there are about 27 movies that clearly show Felix Leiter being the helpful sidekick to James Bond.


31 posted on 11/12/2025 3:33:35 PM PST by farm_kid (Seize a carp a day (carpe per diem))
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To: DFG

“You saw yesterday that our closest ally, the United Kingdom, has now stopped sharing intelligence with the U.S. on activities in the Caribbean and the Pacific near the Americas because they believe the U.S. strikes are violating international law.”

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UN-related laws and treaties, like the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), are not binding on the U.S. because they have not been ratified by the Senate.


32 posted on 11/12/2025 3:39:24 PM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Rummyfan

Most Virginia voters were worried about their gubmint jobs.


33 posted on 11/12/2025 3:41:21 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("Democratic Socialism" parasites only work when they can suck off of a Capitalist country. )
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To: FlingWingFlyer

They weren’t worried about America. They do care about all the illegal aliens though.


34 posted on 11/12/2025 3:42:44 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("Democratic Socialism" parasites only work when they can suck off of a Capitalist country. )
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To: DFG

Someone is having withdrawal symptoms.


35 posted on 11/12/2025 3:45:18 PM PST by Vision (“Our Democracy” means "Our Slush Fund." The Left is hate.)
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To: DFG

Tiny Tim Caine. The haters of America’s greatest friend.


36 posted on 11/12/2025 4:01:44 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("Democratic Socialism" parasites only work when they can suck off of a Capitalist country. )
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To: broken_clock

I love that picture of the boob.


37 posted on 11/12/2025 4:02:32 PM PST by BipolarBob (These violent delights have violent ends.)
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To: DFG
"I was a missionary in Honduras."

LOL...Irrelevant!

38 posted on 11/12/2025 4:17:21 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
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To: DFG

“Kaine: Trump Administration’s Strikes on Alleged Drug Boats ‘Catastrophic Blunder’”

The only blunder is in not obliterating the countries sending this crap into the USA.

And then identifying, arresting, and executing the drug dealers for their acts of premediated murder.


39 posted on 11/12/2025 4:18:50 PM PST by MeganC (❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

40 posted on 11/12/2025 4:21:59 PM PST by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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