Trump Boasts of Strike on “Drug-Carrying Boat” From Venezuela

Foreign Policy,Drug Cartels,War On Drugs,Donald Trump,Trump Administration,Terrorism,Venezuela,Nicolas Maduro

Posted on AllSides September 3, 2025

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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela. “We just … shot out a drug-carrying boat, lot of drugs in that boat,” he said. “These came out of Venezuela.”

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