"KAITLAN COLLINS: Tonight, President Trump just finished convening his top national security officials at the White House. The main topic, we are told, is Venezuela. And although the U.S. is not officially at war with that nation, the President has been hinting at U.S. military strikes on Venezuelan soil, he says, in an effort to combat large-scale drug trafficking. Now, that would be an escalation from the strikes that we've been seeing happening, offshore, in the Caribbean."
"KAITLAN COLLINS: The mission in international waters has already killed more than 80 people, whom the Trump administration has declared Narco-terrorists. But it's one attack in particular that even some congressional Republicans are now questioning. The Pentagon released this footage of a strike on September 2nd. The White House says this was a boat that was smuggling drugs. Hence the strike. It is the first strike in that incident, video of which the Pentagon has released."
President Trump’s campaign of aerial strikes against alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean has included at least 21 known strikes over several months and killed dozens of people. The administration labeled many victims as Narco-terrorists. The campaign has faced legal and ethical criticism, especially after reports that survivors of one strike were ordered to be killed. Initial reporting blamed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for the alleged order; Hegseth later pointed to Admiral Frank Bradley while asserting his support. The Pentagon released footage of a September 2 strike that has become a focal point of controversy.
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