Source: CBS
President Trump announced on Tuesday that the U.S. military had carried out a strike on a small boat suspected of trafficking drugs in the international waters off the coast of Venezuela.
In a post on Truth Social, the President stated that six people aboard the vessel were killed, and he confirmed that no U.S. forces were harmed in the operation. This marks the fifth fatal strike conducted in the Caribbean as part of the Trump administration’s policy to treat alleged drug traffickers as “unlawful combatants” to be met with military force. According to figures released by the administration, at least 27 people have now been killed across all five strikes.
The increasing use of military force has sparked bipartisan concern on Capitol Hill. Some Republicans are demanding the White House provide a more comprehensive legal justification and detailed information regarding the strikes. Meanwhile, Democrats maintain that the operations are in violation of both U.S. and international law.
Last week, the Senate failed to pass a war powers resolution that would have specifically barred the Trump administration from conducting further strikes without explicit congressional authorization.
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