This is the little boat that Trump bombed. Literaly bombed it with a cruise missile. 11 people murdered. Where are the drugs that a little skiff like that could carry, crammed with people? Stop calling it the Venezuelan strike. It is outright murder in international waters.
He’s trying to distract from this. All of this is absolutely awful.
His usual tactic. Cause some major distractions. And we fall for it EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Not to diminish the tragic loss of life & threat of war by any means. Trump is desperate and probably scared now that 100 victims are at his doorstep.
This murderous act will place the US among the most brutal nations on earth. The felon wants to create the most lawless government and we can give thanks to those who voted for him, those who fear him(GOP), and those he enriches. We are a shell of a civilized society if we let this continue.
Distraction politics and an act of war
11 people died so he could "Wag the Dog"
The U.S. is using sanctions, oil deals, and military pressure to destabilize Venezuela’s government. Experts warn the goal is to replace Maduro with a more “friendly” leader. Meanwhile, everyday Venezuelans suffer, and global oil markets get shaken. This isn’t just politics—it’s people’s lives.
He's definitely out to overthrow Maduro.
Yes, and according to my reading, our government (Trump) and Chevron want VE oil badly and have been working on this strategy since his first administration. Ethics, morality, hell, common decency be damned!
Remember Chevron has an oil tanker named the Condeleeza?
I did not know that but it doesn’t surprise me.
Factoid from the Bush jr. maladministration.
This shit campaign against Venezuela started with Bush jr. waging economic war and information warfare against Chavez. Oil cartels want that oil.
Yes, and from what I’ve read,Trump and Chevron have partnered in this particular endeavor since his first administration.
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And what the hell happened to the Coast Guard? Aren’t they supposed to be intercepting illegal drugs coming in through our waterways? So now we just blow them up instead? Holy shit this is insane.
Surface to surface missile costs only ~$1m and no extra bureaucracy / cleanup needed... 😬
1 million costly missile to kill 11 in a raft?!.for their fascist propaganda, that was paid with the taxes discounted from my salary’s paycheck, & property taxes?? Taxes that trump & his oligarch accomplices don’t pay? Taxes utilized with not congress consent? This is BS!!!!
If trump had the keys, he would nuke refugees/smugglers. 🤷
Time for the Nobel Peace Prize, now that he ended this 8th war.
Meanwhile.... orange adolf policies and general image encouraging china,india,russia,north korea to grow stronger. He is a traitor to America, its allies and common decency.
It was murder; it was terrorism. The United States is not satisfied with funding genocide in Gaza.
It is outright murder in international waters.
1. Why was it hit in international waters? 2. Why was U.S. military used? 3. Was this missile strike from a military ship, jet or drone? 4. Why kill 11 people? -- Coast Guard watches the Coast. Could have boarded, inspected, arrested if/when it entered U.S. waters. And if drugs were found.
Assassinating people for allegedly committing a crime that isn't a capital punishment even.
Oh look, more NPC as collateral damage in Trump's fever dreams of looking tough. If there were drugs in that boat, and there could of been, it seems to have more people than cargo in it. Dangerous precedent. When will he turn those missiles on the dissenters in this country? He's mad.
I am so profoundly grieved by the glib, vacuous actions of murder going on in the world. "Oh well, another 11 people murdered, whoop dee doo". And let's not forget that these heinous acts are being perpetrated by the billionaire class. As if they didn't ALREADY have $$$ enough for 10 lifetimes.
Was it legal? Disclosure alert: No www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
What a coincidence. We also don't have a legitimate government.
Yes…It is murder. 😖
The coast guard could have seized the boat. They do it all the time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5iL...
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Well, he'll now have to raise tariffs on Norway by 1,000% to have a shot at getting the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Were any journalists on the Pete’s Signal chat that detailed this “military” operation? Who was briefed? Why did Stephen Miller order the strike?
Erik Prince has had an operation called "Ya Casi Venezuela" for a little while now. Prince usually gets what he wants, without any oversight.
He‘s building the pretext to invade Venezuela so he can distract from his complicity with Epstein.
This counts less than Zero in protecting the USA
I watch this crap, lazy reporting and it further makes me know exactly why mainstream news doesn’t deserve any attention whatsoever. It’s like having someone read street signs too you..
It’s shit exactly like this that has put the United States on the world human rights watch list. and on top of this WHEN THE F**K did we start murdering people in international waters for suspected drug trafficking without so much as a search or seizure of illegal drugs‼️😡 State Sponsored Murder‼️👎
I freely admit I don’t have a clue about international law; that said, how on earth is this legal?
#Trump REALLY doesn't want us talking about the #EpsteinFiles & #EpsteinWitnesses, and HE'LL MURDER INNOCENT PEOPLE to hide his crimes! #Epstein #PedoTrump #GOPedophiles #TrumpRapesChildren #MAGA #RepublicansProtectPedophiles #EpsteinVictimsHearing #ListenToEpsteinsVictims! #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles!
This is sheer madness.
The boat is still intact after the missile strike. The boat should be in pieces.
Does look strange but then we probably don't know what kind of munition it was - if it was an airburst rather than a direct hit, maybe momentum would keep it running for the few seconds that are in the video, albeit full of holes and dead people. Guess we'll have to wait for Venezuela's reaction
The time to say something about extrajudicial murders was when Obama was running his drone program and took out an American teenager in the process. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing...
Trump and his administration disgust me. They are not normal. None of this is normal.
The FELON murdered people for a propaganda video. Mission accomplished... “Mr. President, Donald Trump,” the Venezuelan leader said on Monday, “watch out, because Mr. Rubio wants to stain your hands with blood.”
11 is too many for fast boat unless they were trying to smuggle people in too. Those boats can be caught without that. Coast Guard does it all the time. The murder is to send a message albeit an instructive one.
Meant to type unconstructive message.
It was a kinetic strike. So no cruise missile. Where did you get that from, Denise?
Corporate media serves Trump the headlines he wants every time
They sure do
Their journalistic cowardice is sickening
Brutal Lawless Motherfucker
I am horrified and ashamed of Trump and his administration every single day. Any of you who wants to criticize Biden can kiss my ass.
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The military has lost its way.
That's what happens when they are spoon fed faux news 24/7 on every military base.
I agree. MASS FIRST DEGREE MURDER…full stop. And the murderers, which includes Rubio and Hegseth, have indicated that they intend to do it again. The world is watching America morph into something that is despicable.
Consider.
The White House is saying the DOJ building holding the Epstein files, the CA governor's mansion and the Illinois governor's mansion are smuggling drugs
Hegseth is bored with Trump's militarization of American cities, so he wants to start his own war.
Prince beat him to it. It's the "Ya Casi Venezuela" War.
War on Drugs = Nice oil
Boat not big enough for 11
Criminal Too bad the US doesn't ascribe to the world court Pretty sure this is all kinds of not legal
Was that little boat supposed to be able to sail 2000+ miles from Venezuela to the USA? And the US Coast Guard wouldn't just monitor it and intercept and arrest everyone aboard, like they normally do?
Exactly.
It was murder; it was terrorism. The United States is not satisfied with funding genocide in Gaza.
Yup, that's precisely what WOULD have happened... You don't fire a fucking cruise missile at a small watercraft, that epitomises the whole "don't use sledgehammer to kill butterfly" thing also those things aren't cheap (at least $1M). But anything to kill people who aren't white I suppose :/ SMDH
That boat had a maximum range of 200 miles, and if it was really smuggling drugs there would have only been 2 on board not 11, need space for drugs, MURDER PLAIN AND SIMPLE, you want to stop the boat and save the drugs for the photo op, the Coast Guard does it every day
100%
Exactly! How a small boat like that was going to navigate all the way up to USA?! And were they indeed drug cartel members? Or just a bunch of bad situated fishermen? All this is ridiculous, trump believes people is stupid, but yes we are in letting them to stay 1 day more in power 🙄
Exactly! The question is why this administration did this? Are they trying to provoke tensions (not to say conflict) in the region? And, if so, isn't it for domestic purposes?
Open water outside of jurisdictions.
Even worse is the near certainty these guys were nobody. Cartel will pay/threaten basically anyone to mule, they're not putting anyone with operational value on a boat full of drugs. It's like bombing a vehicle full of sex workers and claiming a win against human trafficking. It's insane.
Guess they were so sure they didn’t want to arrest them at the dock once landed? Where they could have gathered, (checks notes) EVIDENCE?
Our media is a knee-bending joke!
Illegal orders, oath breaking. Glad to see 250 years of tradition in the military just got wiped out in 6 months of fascism. Justice will find all of you.
How is this different from the US Army's tradition? Your army's specialty around the world for centuries has been blowing up and killing people because they can. This isn't new or an exception; it's standard.
Your army is simply preparing to do to Venezuela the same thing they did in the Philippines, Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.: destroy, kill, rape, torture, and steal.
Interesting. So much hate, so little time. Which action in the Philippines? Before WW2, during WW2? Before was the US planning to give up colonialism, and after was keeping that promise.
Korea, well, not sure what to tell ya. You can go to the North if you want.
Iraq, well everyone knows now the precursor Nazi party lied their asses off to invade the second time. First time, complain to the world. You did remember to ride your bike over as Saddam with control of Kuwaits oil was 20% of the worlds oil supply. Sadly, the real loser there was Israel.
Vietnam sadly was just a power play against the Communists, done quite poorly. Not excusing it, but if you want to feel better the Nazis the Maga cultists voted in, seem quite willing to use the armed forces that came out of that war and changed dramatically, well...to blow up anything or anyone.
Afghanistan. Not sure I've heard of the rape of Nanking events there, have any proof such happened? Sometimes folks that love to invade other countries don't realize you can't conquer tribal nations with no infrastructure or civic collective. That's why Venezuela fought itself for those 50 years.
You sound pretty angrypants. We get taught American history here. www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...
Not just USA history, but both Americas. Those 166 armed revolts from 1830 to 1903, rough times to be at war with oneself for over 50 years. Is that better than minor conflicts? I dunno. After WW2, looks like Venezuala was pretty peaceful. Wonder why that is. Hmmm.
Not to mention drug dealing is not death sentence
It bears pointing out that this kind of indiscriminate murder is what got Dutuerte on the ICC's wanted list, and that the Phillipines extradited him even though they were no longer a member of the ICC. Furthermore, if this was in international waters, Venezuela has an open-and-shut case for the IMO.
Could be Erik Prince's Ya Casi Venezuela Coup.
But Millions of Americans will still push for illicit drugs. So why did Trump Admin. gut majority programs that have the ability to get US citizens off drugs if GOP is so adamant about stopping the drug trade. It would seem GOP is trying to make a stmt; not solve drug problem. youtu.be/NvHsgEZ6lWc
Pure sick.
They drone striking boats without a evidence
Hegseth's idea of radical transparency is sharing authentic military snuff films with the public. I remember a time when exposing such blatantly unlawful actions of our military would be an embarrassing scandal that would land the leaker in Leavenworth.
Trump is officially a war criminal now just like his boss, Putin. At his trial, Don Pedo will swear he was just following orders from Vladimir. I am so thoroughly and utterly ashamed to be an American today.
Assume the boat was carrying drugs. Wasn’t this an extra judicial killing? If Trump sees a man selling drugs on a boat in the middle of the Atlantic, can Trump pull his gun and kill him?
Shared values? #auspol @albomp.bsky.social
Distraction from Epstein Files
I think just the opposite, Billie. Epstein files are a distraction from all the evil Trump is doing here and worldwide.
It's a circle jerk, for sure
Why have 11 people on board if you are smuggling drugs, should you not minimize the amount of people? Make you wonder if this was a migrant boat. Anyway, not US soil, no trial = not a criminal
Imagine if any country bombed one of our boats like that. It would be outright war.
It was murder; it was terrorism. The United States is not satisfied with funding genocide in Gaza.
US’s #RWNJTrumpRegime has made it clear it’ll interfere in global politics when it suits them.
Remember the Lusitania?
@denisedwheeler.bsky.social maybe there were drugs on the boat but given that we bomb weddings in the Middle East and claim they were terrorist meetings I remain skeptical
@aburka @denisedwheeler.bsky.social and even if there were drugs on that boat that does not legally or morally justify murdering everyone on board.
The US, Israel and other allies continue to do anything they want because nobody can't stop them. They do this kind of shit against "terrorists", people they have designed as such without evidence or trial, all the time. You are a "terrorist", or a "criminal" only once convicted by a court of law.
I assume he wants to go after Venezuela's oil reserves. He's such a POS, was hoping the rumors over the weekend were true.
I had a much worse thought. He idolises Hitler, so what if it's a Beachhead attack to provide a two pronged attack, from the north, US border, and up from Venezuela against the few countries in North America that are not US or Canada. Far fetched but so is everything going on now.
No, they want a war so that they can pretend they can cancel elections
Do you see Venezuela claiming that boat, those people, that cargo? Do you see a flag on that boat? This is no the first time this has happened. It wont be the last. Right now - "Are you running this next load?" "No...hell no...not me...Im not going to get killed...". This raises the street price.
It’s frankly baffling that they released this video which clearly contradicts their claims. It only makes sense if the goal is to provoke a Venezuelan response and escalate hostilities.
This is disturbing 🤬🤬🤬
Little alpha boys with their lethal toys Paid for with our healthcare dollars. Took out a little panga to make them feel young and virile again. Like I said, occupational viagra for the worms (white old rebumlican males).
I got to go take a shower and get this North Korea stink off of me. It's no wonder they're laughing so hard over in China, especially today. It's like they're saying we could squash you with our collective thumb.
Consider this an advance notice of what he intends to do at home. "Do all these things I want, blue state, or I'll start dropping cruise missiles on 'gang members'".
So, the people on that boat were executed without a trial or even evidence. Isn't this an act of war?
that's sad how they believe anything this known crook says. trump and his regime needs to be stopped.
Absolutely shocking but not surprising considering this administration.
Trump is currently feeling more aroused than he's been since Marla. He's officially been introduced to literal first person shooter video games... and he knows more than the generals. This will be the first of many.
The terrorist is the orange blob in the White House.
The Nobel Peace prize candidate attacked a vessel from Venezuela with a missile killing 11 civilians (tax dollars , 💸) with no proof they were drug dealers @nobelprize.bsky.social
AND he's having US Armed Forces troops occupy American cities. AND he bombed Iran. AND he's repeatedly threatened to invade three neighboring nations, and promised military "management" in Gaza. Yet still, his administration DEMANDS a Nobel Peace Prize. youtu.be/OJxQVJpYDu4?...
he killed 65 refugees in Yemen , same sin
Do you have an article? I'd like to learn about that.
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Thanks. Added to my list. For someone who purports to be extremely Orthodox Catholic, Erik Prince's actions are never "Christlike." More like the "AntiChrist."
He is an outright murderer.
He's going to start a frickin' war!
Where’s the intel? Trump’s action is aimed at diversion, distraction and deflection from the Epstein file.
We will see a lot more murder before this regime is done I fear
And the more it happens, the more desensitized we shall become. If you watch nothing but horror films, the sight of a severed limb will hardly register.
11 people on a drug run sounds a bit fishy to begin with.
Why would it need to be 11 people, anyway?
And where is the media coverage of this??? I heard it mentioned once.
I expected to wake up to this being a huge deal.
He talks as if he took out a massive ship
He speaks as though a tiny craft carrying a substantial amount of drugs ... and ELEVEN people... is anything but a lie and, as sounds as though he snorted a whole lot of drugs himself. *The second post on that attachment has a video of the Adderall flying and there are many more out there.
Notice the bimbo on the left, smiling, proud of her small-handed bonespurred faux warrior. Our trillion dollar navy took out a panga and liquidated 12 people. She's literally gushing. Bitch.
I remember seeing those adderall globs firing out of his nose a few years ago. Look at his pupils!
His upper lip is swollen as well. A pupil picture compilation is also in that same attachment as the Adderall flying
Drugs or not...it was murder.
Really small boat. I couldn't count how many people onboard. Didn't look like 11.
Warships, a submarine, 4,500 military personnel…sounds like a typical ICE raid to capture a few women and children.
Not sure that helps Trump with that Peace Prize.
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We're is the proof of any of Trump's allegations where the bodies of the cartel king pins where are the bundles of drugs. Once again, there is no proof that Trump didn't just bomb 11 innocent fishermen on a little skiff near Venezuela.
Why isn’t the US Coast Guard intercepting and arresting? We just blow people up now? Each day we become worse monsters.
trump administration carried this attack in Venezuelan waters, why they went all the way down there to do this?, why they don’t attack 1st the boats within USA’s waters?, why trump administration did free the son of el chapo, the most dangerous mexican cartel lord? Bunch of hypocrites & liars
We’re supposed to believe that a small, uncovered boat filled with people was transporting drugs from Venezuela to America? Nothing to eat? Nowhere to sleep protected from the elements? What’s even the range and fuel load of a boat like that?
Looks like it had 3 large outboard engines, so the range couldn't have been much. Might have possibly made it to Haiti or the Dominican Republic. No threat to the US.
Most drug lords don’t like their drugs rained on either.
Trump being judge, jury and executioner and he’s getting away with it. 100% he got off on this.
"GIMMIE MY PEACE PRIZE OR I'LL BLOW UP MORE SHIT!!!"
