Military strikes second drug ship headed to US, killing three ‘terrorists,’ Trump says

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President Donald Trump ordered the military to conduct a kinetic strike against a vessel in the Caribbean area on Monday, the second this month.

“The Strike occurred while these confirmed narcoterrorists from Venezuela were in international waters transporting illegal narcotics (A DEADLY WEAPON POISONING AMERICANS!” headed to the U.S.,” Trump said Monday afternoon on Truth Social, adding that “3 male terrorists” were killed.

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