Posted on 09/15/2025 2:33:26 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
President Donald Trump announced Monday that U.S. military forces carried out a second strike against suspected Venezuelan drug traffickers, escalating tensions between Washington and Caracas amid a broader crackdown on the international drug trade.
In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote: “This morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a SECOND Kinetic Strike against positively identified, extraordinarily violent drug trafficking cartels and narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility. The Strike occurred while these confirmed narcoterrorists from Venezuela were in International Waters transporting illegal narcotics … The Strike resulted in 3 male terrorists killed in action. No U.S. Forces were harmed in this Strike.”
The president framed the action as part of a continuing mission to defend Americans from the flow of illegal narcotics, warning in all-caps to traffickers: “Be warned — if you are transporting drugs that can kill Americans, we are hunting you!”
The announcement came amid a period of heightened friction between the United States and Venezuela. Washington has long accused the government of Nicolás Maduro of enabling or turning a blind eye to drug trafficking networks tied to powerful cartels. U.S. officials have argued that these networks not only destabilize the region but also threaten American communities by flooding the market with cocaine and other narcotics.
The Trump administration previously sanctioned senior Venezuelan officials, including members of the military, for alleged involvement in trafficking. In 2020, the Justice Department indicted Maduro and several top aides on charges of “narco-terrorism,” accusing them of conspiring with Colombian rebels to smuggle tons of cocaine into the United States. Caracas has consistently denied the allegations, calling them politically motivated.
Trump’s emphasis on direct U.S. military action underscores a more aggressive approach than previous enforcement measures, ...
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This is going to make a lot of gay and tranny liberal chimpanzees very unhappy.
District Judge Imawannabe issues ruling that trump must give back a boat to the drug dealers and buy and distribute the load of drugs for the cartel.
A few FAE would be a nice touch too!
Yep, their narcotics are gonna cost 'em more.
Venezuela will announce a total embargo of drug exports to the U.S., causing mass rioting in U.S. cities. The UN will condemn the U.S. for crimes against humanity, and the dems will file articles of impeachment. /s
President Trump just completed a presser in the Oval Office where he said there are no more drug boats being observed transporting drugs.
Also, some idiot media type suggested there was not sufficient evidence the 1st one was a drug boat......POTUS said they had audio of what they were doing......1st time I heard that.
Smaller crew...they’re learning.
Don’t give ‘em any ideas
I posted from Newsmax too quickly, Fox News has the story with a video of the boat being blown up!
We blow up drug traffickers.
The government of Venezuela has 2 responses:
1) “The government of Venezuela is not involved in drug trafficking.”
2) “You can’t blow up our stuff! We just lost a lot of money!!”
I can confirm that The Navy always searches for all types of communications from vessels they interdict.
>> I suspect the Narcos are Dead ... set against this.
Now do Maduro!
American drug dealer networks and their runners/customers hardest hit and screeching all over the net.
Trump should get Rodrigo Duterte in charge of dealing with the drug problem
Nicolas Maduro said the first strike never happened - it was a faked video. So, I guess it can’t be a crime against international law.
I suspect at some point the narco states will have nuclear weapons and all “traditional” enforcement will be nullified. It’s astonishing that we haven’t already had nuclear blackmail from non-state actors. If I recall, Russia paused an advance during one of the Chechen wars because the Chechens claimed to have a nuke. The Russians asked for the ID plate info and didn’t get it. But they initially took the threat as potentially real. That in itself is scary as it indicates they aren’t certain they got everything the Soviets left lying around.
Go DJT!
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