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Trump announces US military conducted
'lethal strike' on Venezuelan drug boat
in Caribbean

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Posted By: JoElla Bee, 9/2/2025 4:38:47 PM

During a news conference in the Oval Office on Tuesday, President Donald Trumpannounced the U.S. military "shot out" a drug boat from Venezuela in the southern Caribbean. "Over the last few minutes, [we] literally shot out a boat, a drug-carrying boat," Trump said during the news conference. "A lot of drugs in that boat. And you'll be seeing that, and you'll be reading about that. It just happened moments ago." Secretary of State Marco Rubio later posted to X sharing additional details, noting the hit was a "lethal strike."

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Midnight Rambler 9/2/2025 4:45:19 PM (No. 1998824)
Looks like the Dems are going to start defending drug runners.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: itsonlyme 9/2/2025 6:08:26 PM (No. 1998852)
"lethal strike" Tears Of Joy
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Reply 3 - Posted by: thethirdruffian 9/2/2025 6:45:12 PM (No. 1998861)
Democrats to soon be pro-drug-runner.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: marbles 9/2/2025 7:30:10 PM (No. 1998872)
Poetry
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Reply 5 - Posted by: czechlist 9/2/2025 8:30:42 PM (No. 1998901)
#1&3 open border dims have always been pro drug runner. narcotics are a traditional means of securing dim votes. give the junkies what they want!!
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Reply 6 - Posted by: bighambone 9/2/2025 9:37:47 PM (No. 1998914)
After that missile blew that drug boat out of the water, if you were a drug smuggler in Venezuela who operates one of those boats laden with illegal drugs, would you take a chance and hop aboard such a boat loaded with illegal drugs and head for the USA?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Red Jeep 9/3/2025 6:56:51 AM (No. 1998969)
When will a judge order that we take the strike back? :>)
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Strike3 9/3/2025 6:58:00 AM (No. 1998971)
"Trump denies multiple Venezuelan families of their livelihood. Details at five."
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Reply 9 - Posted by: billa57 9/3/2025 7:03:59 AM (No. 1998975)
Dems and their voting machine designers. Hey Maduro! Give us the low down and we'll go easy on you.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: mobyclik 9/3/2025 8:31:28 AM (No. 1999020)
When will MSDNC report it was a boatload of fishermen trying to feed their families? Oh yeah, they had three of their babies onboard with them.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Zigrid 9/3/2025 8:43:37 AM (No. 1999026)
Kaboom....and there goes a large bundle of cash for the drug smugglers.....kinda fun watching the boat go boom....it's the only lesson the gangs understand....you hurt Americans...WE take you out...go peddle your drugs some place else...United States is closed to your business....no free democratic ride anymore....you're dealing with MAGA now....
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Reply 12 - Posted by: DiegoDude 9/3/2025 10:55:59 AM (No. 1999080)
Save the Bales! The new democrat battle cry.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 9/3/2025 10:59:04 AM (No. 1999081)
What fake news story will the Trump critics come up with now? The boat was a tour boat full of harmless little Venezuelan grannies? Does meth or coke kill fish? It's an environmental catastrophe!
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Rumblehog 9/3/2025 12:18:54 PM (No. 1999107)
"And let that be a lesson to you boys! Send our warmest regards to Mr. Maduro." ------ We should tow the remains of their drug-boats with immolated carcasses aboard to the 12-mile limit and weigh its anchor there, with a big "Come get it" sign in Spanish.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: bighambone 9/3/2025 3:16:51 PM (No. 1999180)
Well, how long will it be before the leftist, progressive, and socialist Democrats attempt to impeach Trump for authorizing what the Democrats will term the murders of those supposed eleven “Venezuelan Men” as they were just out taking a boat ride?
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Reply 16 - Posted by: Hazymac 9/3/2025 3:33:37 PM (No. 1999188)
A fire or explosion onboard a boat is a significant problem for those present. An existential problem, to coin a phrase. One less Venezuelan communist (Maduro) drug transport vessel full of drugs, ten fewer smugglers ... what's not like? Maduro had better not show one hair on his butt in public. Osvaldo with his M-107, .50 BMG, is waiting. Maduro would live a few months longer in "Cuber," as JFK called it.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: laurenc 9/3/2025 4:50:12 PM (No. 1999212)
I saw Trump's press conference today. A reporter actually asked if we had to kill them - why not arrest them instead. Can't fix stupid...
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Reply 18 - Posted by: ladydawgfan 9/3/2025 10:49:47 PM (No. 1999302)
In other words, blow blew!! Gives a new meaning to "Blowfish!!" Upon hearing the news, Hunter Biden was inconsolable!! (I'll be here all week, folks!)
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