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In It to Win It

(12,772 posts)
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:12 PM Oct 2025

Trump says US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the U.S. struck another small boat that he accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.

The Republican president said Tuesday in a post on social media that six people aboard the vessel were killed in the strike and no U.S. forces were harmed. It’s the fifth deadly strike in the Caribbean as the Trump administration has asserted that it is treating alleged drug traffickers as unlawful combatants who must be met with military force.

Frustration with the administration has been growing on Capitol Hill among members of both major political parties. Some Republicans are seeking more information from the White House on the legal justification and details of the strikes. Democrats contend the strikes violate U.S. and international law.

Trump said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the strike Tuesday morning and released a video of the strike, as he has in the past.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-us-strikes-another-175204898.html
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Trump says US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6 (Original Post) In It to Win It Oct 2025 OP
And the world is now a much safer place. Dave Bowman Oct 2025 #1
Peace Prize Please lame54 Oct 2025 #2
Right? And they wonder why he doesn't get a Peace Prize. In It to Win It Oct 2025 #4
Proof the mitary will go along lame54 Oct 2025 #3
Trump needs to be arrested. He can't just murder anyone he wants. travelingthrulife Oct 2025 #5
Is tylenol considered a drug? usonian Oct 2025 #6
Murder comes naturally to a rapist C_U_L8R Oct 2025 #7
Yep, in the battle of good vs evil bluestarone Oct 2025 #8
This was inevitable the minute the peace prize went to someone else. Blues Heron Oct 2025 #9
Oh Donny you're so manly Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2025 #10
Did they seize the (alleged) drugs they killed the boaters for? Show us the evidence. Ping Tung Oct 2025 #11
Let's see the evidence. moondust Oct 2025 #12
Just imagine if China were to begin bombing American fishing boats, claiming they were full of drug traffikers. Ferrets are Cool Oct 2025 #13

usonian

(26,390 posts)
6. Is tylenol considered a drug?
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:33 PM
Oct 2025

Asking for a friend. TBH, I'd kind of like to see drug-seeking missiles deployed



Here

C_U_L8R

(49,506 posts)
7. Murder comes naturally to a rapist
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:34 PM
Oct 2025

Trump lusts for ultimate control.
But he’ll never have respect.

bluestarone

(22,420 posts)
8. Yep, in the battle of good vs evil
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:39 PM
Oct 2025

This fucker is definitely EVIL as they come. The religious right knows how to pick them.

moondust

(21,340 posts)
12. Let's see the evidence.
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 03:19 PM
Oct 2025

Do they have some drone footage? Some intercepts? Something else to support their claims of "drug traffickers". Without evidence they need to be held accountable for murder.

Ferrets are Cool

(23,041 posts)
13. Just imagine if China were to begin bombing American fishing boats, claiming they were full of drug traffikers.
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 03:25 PM
Oct 2025

THIS is NO different.

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