Trump plans land strikes against alleged drug traffickers from Venezuela

[babylonsister]

Yes, he'd actually start a war to distract from Epstein.

Trump plans land strikes against alleged drug traffickers from Venezuela
President says he ‘may go to the Congress and tell them … but I can’t imagine they’d have any problem with it’
Guardian staff and agencies
Thu 23 Oct 2025 18.13 EDT


Donald Trump said on Thursday that his administration could soon expand its military attacks on alleged drug smugglers from Venezuela and also begin pursuing them on land.

Trump, who has faced questions over whether he has the legal authority to use lethal force against the people in boats from Venezuela, said during a press conference he was not sure whether the administration would seek approval from Congress to attack people from the South American country over land.

“The land is going to be next,” Trump said during a press conference after a roundtable with members of his administration. “And we may go to the Senate; we may go to the Congress and tell them about it, but I can’t imagine they’d have any problem with it.”

Trump and the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, have justified the nine strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific side of South America, which have killed at least 37 people, by describing the alleged drug traffickers as terrorists.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/23/trump-venezuela-land-strikes

[Lovie777]

1. This will backfire as well.................

killing innocent people, no evidence, no due process, just blowing them up.

[maxsolomon]

6. Where's the backfire?

How would there be any accountability?

[sop]

2. One of those strikes will likely target Miraflores Palace, the presidential residence in Caracas, Venezuela.

[Johnny2X2X]

3. They will stop not one gram of drugs from getting here

This has nothing to do with the drug war, they just want to attack Venezuela.

The fact of the matter is that as long as there's a market for something, that product will find its way to the people who want it. The entire drug war is a sham. And even if it weren't, Venezuela is not the first place you'd target to fight it.

[usonian]

4. Reason for the drug war? Look closely.

IN ADDITION, check this out.

Trump: We don't want to be the policemen of the world BY BRETT SAMUELS - 04/30/18

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20729427

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385521-trump-we-dont-want-to-be-the-policemen-of-the-world/

President Trump on Monday said the U.S. should no longer serve as the “policemen of the world.”

“We more and more are not wanting to be the policemen of the world,” Trump said during a joint press conference with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.

“We’re spending tremendous amounts of money for decades policing the world, and that shouldn’t be the priority,” he said. “We want to police ourselves and we want to rebuild our country. And the president understands that.”{mosads}

Trump ran on the promise that he would extricate the U.S. from foreign wars.

And release the Epstein files (2024) ?

It's called HYPOCRISY.

[PATRICK]

5. I think this is

the major policy that Trump was trying to force on the Navy just as Covid hit. It seemed strange then- and stupid considering the Covid effect on the Armed Forces was put on display.

[leftstreet]

7. Epstein Bombings n/t

[0rganism]

8. key word: *alleged*

IOW, we didn't know then, we don't know now, and after the explosions we'll never know.

But when you're an autocrat, they let you do it.