Talk about fireworks with a purpose. President Donald Trump shared a stunning video Tuesday showing the U.S. military obliterating a Venezuelan drug boat in the southern Caribbean. The result? Eleven suspected Tren de Aragua (TdA) narco-terrorists sent straight to the bottom of the ocean. That’s what happens when you try smuggling poison into America—consider it a one-way ticket with no return.
“Over the last few minutes, [we] literally shot out a boat, a drug-carrying boat,” Trump said from the Oval Office. “A lot of drugs in that boat.” And judging by the fiery blast in the video, the cartels just got a not-so-gentle reminder that under Trump, America fights back. Hard.
The strike happened in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility, while the narco-terrorists were moving illegal drugs through international waters. Trump confirmed on Truth Social: “The strike resulted in 11 terrorists killed in action. No U.S. Forces were harmed… Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America. BEWARE!” You can almost hear the Left clutching their pearls at the idea of America defending itself.
Rep. Carlos Gimenez of Florida nailed it when he said the boat belonged to the infamous Cartel of the Suns: “This is going swimmingly. We continue.” Indeed, sir—we continue. And Secretary of State Marco Rubio made it clear: cocaine and fentanyl coming out of Venezuela won’t be reaching Puerto Rico, or anywhere else in the U.S., without meeting the full force of American power. As Rubio put it: “Those days are over.”
Trump reminded everyone exactly who we’re dealing with: Tren de Aragua, a Foreign Terrorist Organization operating under Nicolás Maduro’s thumb, guilty of mass murder, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and violence across the Western Hemisphere. In other words, pure evil. And evil only understands one language—strength.
So while Maduro hides in silence, America under Trump is sending a message loud and clear: this nation will not sit back and let terrorists and drug traffickers flood our communities. The message is simple—try it, and you’ll regret it. And that, my friends, is how you defend America.
