Trump says the U.S. took out a 'big facility' in Venezuela amid strikes on alleged drug boats

[gfarber]

28. Strike

There once was a president’s claim
On radio waves, bold and plain:
“We knocked out a site,
Just a couple nights’ bite—
A big plant tied to drugs,” he did name.

For months there’d been pressure at sea,
With boats stopped repeatedly.
They said drugs were aboard,
Though proof wasn’t stored—
Just claims from the White House, you see.

In a call that was short, he went on,
Of ships and a place they’d come from.
“A facility big,
Where the traffickers dig—
We hit it,” he said, “job well done.”

But details were left in the air,
No photos, no briefings to share.
If land had been struck,
That would change all the luck
Of counternarcotics affairs.

Reporters all paused at the sound,
Since proof hadn’t yet been found.
NBC checked twice,
Couldn’t verify the slice—
And comments from aides? None around.

So the story now waits to be told,
With questions still carefully held:
Was a line crossed that night,
Or just talk on the mic?
Time will sort fact from the bold.