"The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford is the most expensive warship in the world. It is more than 330 meters long, and cost $13 billion (11 billion) to build. The colossal ship and its escort vessels are currently bound for the Caribbean at the behest of US President Donald Trump. It has dozens of fighter jets and helicopters on board, and will provide support for the US ships and units already stationed in the region."
"The official US line is that the enemy here are the international drug cartels transporting their goods by boat to smuggle them into the US. Trump recently described these cartels as the "IS of the Western hemisphere," referring to the extremist Islamic State, or IS, group. Since August this year, the US has killed dozens of people in the Caribbean without providing any evidence that they were involved in the drug trade."
"In late October, Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of defense — a post Trump has renamed "secretary of war" — announced that four smuggling boats had been sunk in the eastern Pacific, and 14 people killed. International law experts have raised serious concerns over the legality of these actions. The US Congress, however, has essentially given Trump free rein. Senate Republicans blocked a Democrats' bill that would have required legislative involvement in approving military strikes against cartels."
The USS Gerald R. Ford, a 330-meter carrier costing $13 billion, is deployed with escort vessels to the Caribbean under President Donald Trump. The carrier carries dozens of fighter jets and helicopters to support US ships and units already in the region. The stated mission focuses on counter-narcotics operations against international drug cartels accused of smuggling by boat into the United States. Since August, US forces have killed dozens of people in the Caribbean without publicly provided evidence linking them to the drug trade. Reported strikes included sunk smuggling boats and 14 deaths, prompting international law concerns while Congress declined new oversight.
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