Trump Shares Video of One other Deadly Strike on Alleged Drug Boat

[ad_1] President Donald Trump shared a brand new video to Fact Social on Friday of a "deadly kinetic strike" on a ship linked to a "Designated Terrorist Group" within the U.S. Southern Command area of accountability, he stated.

Newsweek reached out to the Pentagon by way of e-mail for extra data.

A picture from a video President Donald Trump posted to his Fact Social account is proven on September 19. (Trump's Fact Social) A picture from a video President Donald Trump posted to his Fact Social account is proven on September 19. (Trump's Fact Social) Why It Issues Trump's announcement of the deadly U.S. army strike in opposition to a vessel suspected of drug trafficking marks one other important escalation in the usage of American army pressure in counternarcotics operations throughout the Western Hemisphere.

The strike—leading to three deaths—was accompanied by the discharge of a video on Trump's social media account.

What To Know Within the put up, Trump stated the strike in worldwide waters resulted in three fatalities.

"Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics, and was transiting alongside a recognized narcotrafficking passage enroute to poison Individuals," he stated partially, including that no U.S. forces have been injured.

"STOP SELLING FENTANYL, NARCOTICS, AND ILLEGAL DRUGS IN AMERICA, AND COMMITTING VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM AGAINST AMERICANS!!!" his put up concluded.

On Monday, Trump introduced by way of his Fact Social platform that U.S. army forces had carried out a "SECOND Kinetic Strike in opposition to positively recognized, terribly violent drug trafficking cartels and narcoterrorists within the SOUTHCOM space of accountability." He stated that three individuals aboard the vessel have been additionally killed, and that no U.S. personnel have been harmed.

What Individuals Are Saying Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut on X this month: "Information simply broke that the Venezuelan boat that Trump struck was not, in truth, headed to the U.S. with medicine. However this story is disturbing for different causes, and you should know why. It is one other signal of Trump's rising lawlessness. And it is dangerous counter-narcotics technique."

Joaquin Castro, a Texas Democratic congressman, on X this month: "The Trump admin carried out a 2nd lethal strike in opposition to a Venezuelan boat, killing three individuals. They claimed these onboard have been drug traffickers. As a substitute of offering proof, they're asking the world to take their phrase for it. Ignoring the rule of regulation and refusing to offer proof or due course of makes this an execution. That is not the American method."

What Occurs Subsequent The Pentagon has but to launch an official assertion detailing proof behind the concentrating on and destruction of the vessel.

Trump's administration, in the meantime, continues to say the fitting to make use of army pressure in opposition to cartels designated as terrorist teams underneath government authority.