Trump won't go to Congress over war with drug cartels: 'They're gonna be, like, dead'

[highplainsdem]

Source: Independent

Donald Trump does not plan to ask Congress for a declaration of war against drug cartels after his administration killed at least 37 people with missile strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.

Asked why he won’t seek a resolution from Congress for a military campaign taking aim at South American regimes he claims are fueling a drug epidemic in the United States, Trump said his government is “just going to kill people” instead.

“I don’t think we're going to necessarily ask for a declaration of war. I think we’re just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country, OK? We’re going to kill them,” Trump said during a White House roundtable with administration officials Thursday.

“They’re going to be, like, dead, OK,” he said.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-venezuela-congress-war-drug-cartels-b2851196.html?

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The Psychopath-in-Chief.

[chicoescuela]

1. Very presidential comment, what a piece of shit

[ananda]

2. So, to Trump, I presume this means that every boat...

in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean is a drug runner
and subject to obliteration.

But technically, it's not a "war" that Congress needs to
approve because they're all drug runners.

The man is fuckig insane.

[markodochartaigh]

3. Maybe

I missed it, where is the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' statement on these murders? Where are the Tiktok kids in the universities?

[aeromanKC]

4. The Hague needs to get involved.

Trump needs to be indicted for his war crimes.

[William Seger]

8. Or maybe Article of Impeachment #____: Murder

[2MuchNoise]

5. Murderer!

[William Seger]

6. King _rump decides who we're at war with ...

... how tax money is spent, tariff rates, what programs are unnecessary, what "independent" offices can be purged...

In fact, he doesn't really need Congress for anything, since he can pass his own laws with Executive Orders.

[Volaris]

11. Yep. Go re read the Declaration, trump is at about 60% of the offences that bought king george a civil war.

THAT HE LOST.

[William Seger]

13. King _rump will lose, too, but it's impossible to predict the damage before then

The best we could hope for is impeachment in '27, but the damage he's done in 9 months is staggering.

[Volaris]

21. Oh, this is gonna take decades to fix.

[rubbersole]

12. It's a great job if you can get it!

It's being normalized at lightning speed. He'll probably tear down the Washington Monument because he wants the Epstine Ballroom to be the tallest building or some such shit.

[Bayard]

7. American Psyco

Wonder how many times he's watched the bombing footage?

[William Seger]

9. Stephen Miller has probably rubbed blisters on his tiny nub (nt)

[Mblaze]

10. It worked for Duterte

At least temporarily. This will work with MAGA but anything he does works with MAGA.

[Danmel]

14. Channeling his inner Dueterte

He does love despots and dictators.
And why are we even paying Congress to completely abdicate their constitutional duties?

[Uncle Joe]

15. *rump is unfit for office.

Thanks for the thread highplainsdem

[hay rick]

16. He's going to change the name of the Caribbean to Fifth Avenue.

[Aviation Pro]

17. Until the child rapist starts killing users

There will always be a market.

[popsdenver]

18. the REAL reason he is going after Venezuela is........

They have the WORLD'S LARGEST OIL RESERVES, even bigger than the Saudi's and Russia......

Trump and Putin probably have the take over all planned.................

[IronLionZion]

20. Invading Iraq worked out super well

because gas became free after that.

I think there are MAGAts expecting cheap or free gas. They probably didn't do well in school. Venezuela oil is very expensive to refine.

[Blackjackdavey]

23. Nahh. It is anout the oil

But this crowd is into the market manipulation, not necessarily the raw product. We've got the price of oil plummeting, drill baby drill isn't happening. Buy some oil futures at a discount, some oil rigs. Sanction Russian oil, disrupt Venezuela's production, price per barrel jumps. Profit! Drill baby drill!

[COL Mustard]

19. The psychopath in Chief

Who has the nuclear launch codes.

[Martin Eden]

22. Will he provide the same proof about his victims on land as he did for his victims at sea

-- Proof that they are in fact "narco-terrorists" killed as they were attempting to smuggle drugs into the USA?

And that summary execution without due process is legal?

[LudwigPastorius]

24. Not only will he not bother to ask Congress' permission,...

the GOPers will probably pass an Authorization for the Use of Military Force without him even asking.