Sen. Ruben Gallego says Trump administration's strikes on alleged drug boats is 'murder'
Source: NBC News
Oct. 26, 2025, 9:50 AM EDT
WASHINGTON  Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., said on Meet the Press that President Donald Trumps decisions to strike alleged drug boats in the Caribbean were murder.
Asked whether he believed that the strikes were consistent with international law, Gallego said, No, its murder.
Its very simple, Gallego continued. If this president feels that theyre doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If theres an act of war, then you use our military, and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder.
Gallegos comments come as the U.S. has said it conducted 10 strikes on alleged drug boats since September, killing dozens of people. Two of the strikes were in the eastern Pacific, and eight strikes were in the Caribbean Sea. NBC News has not independently confirmed whether the boats were carrying drugs.
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				NCDem47
(3,187 posts)And dont spend months manufacturing it AFTER weve lobbed bombs and were already in too deep to turn back now.
sheshe2
(94,629 posts)Solly Mack
(95,941 posts)Easterncedar
(5,146 posts)Murdering fisherman is nothing to these evil bastards.
BumRushDaShow
(162,468 posts)
This is all creating more distractions to look like a tin-pot dictator and try to raise the approval poll numbers by being a "war President".
iemanja
(57,030 posts)BumRushDaShow
(162,468 posts)republianmushroom
(21,821 posts)twodogsbarking
(16,435 posts)blue_jay
(143 posts)just pulled out my magnifying glass to read the fine print, love that MLK jr quote you have, just so sadly accurate.
BumRushDaShow
(162,468 posts)is sadly very true and we have at least a 3rd of the U.S. population who are not only conscientiously stupid, but willfully stupid.  
 





