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  • Trump shares video showing speedboat exploding
  • US officials say boat was carrying illegal narcotics
  • Strike comes amid increased deployment of warships to Caribbean

WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. military killed 11 people on Tuesday in a strike on a vessel from Venezuela allegedly carrying illegal narcotics, President Donald Trump said, in the first known operation since his administration’s recent deployment of warships to the southern Caribbean.

Trump told reporters at the White House: “We just, over the last few minutes, literally shot out a boat, a drug-carrying boat, a lot of drugs in that boat.”

  • Basic Glitch@sh.itjust.works
    85·
    6 days ago

    Holy shit…

    Trump told reporters at the White House: “We just, over the last few minutes, literally shot out a boat, a drug-carrying boat, a lot of drugs in that boat.”

    Sounds like you just committed a war crime and held a press conference to advertise it.

    He added that the U.S. military had identified the crew as members of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which the U.S. designated a terrorist group in February.

    Speaking to reporters, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said: “These particular drugs were probably headed to Trinidad or some other country in the Caribbean.”

    “Suffice it to say that the president is going to be on offense against drug cartels and drug trafficking in the United States.” Trump’s singling out of Maduro has raised alarms in Caracas that their government might be the real target.

    What the actual fuck?!?!