After Donald Trump was asked by a journalist to share more details on an attack in the Caribbean over the weekend, the president’s response left Fox News viewers baffled
Fox News viewers have turned on Donald Trump while slamming the president’s comments as “reckless.”
Last week, Trump said the US had carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela and was operated by the Tren de Aragua gang. He wrote in a social media post that 11 people were killed in the rare US military operation – a dramatic escalation in the Republican administration’s effort to stem the flow of narcotics from Latin America.
Then speaking at Naval Station Norfolk on Sunday beside the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman on Sunday, Trump noted another vessel had been hit on Saturday. He said, “In recent weeks, the Navy has supported our mission to blow the cartel terrorists the hell out of the water … we did another one last night. Now we just can’t find any.” Just weeks ago, Venezuelan authorities released harrowing footage of a vessel being intercepted by a US warship.
Yesterday, Trump was asked by a Fox News reporter to share more details on Saturday’s attack. The journalist asked, “You said there was an attack yesterday night in the Caribbean, can you give more details on that?”
But Trump didn’t explain anything and instead responded, “My people will give you those details.” After the video was circulated on social media, Fox News viewers hit out at Trump, saying that mentioning a military attack without giving further details was a “reckless” move on his part.
A person wrote on X, “Announcing military action without details is reckless. The public deserves facts, not ‘my people will fill you in later.'” Another tweeted, “Trump: I just wear hats and make believe I stopped wars. I’m not a ‘details guy.’ Are you new?”
Someone else said, “He’s started building his ‘I knew nothing about it’ defence. It was all someone else’s idea, and I only heard about it after it happened.” A viewer said, “He knows it’s a war crime.” One more added, “Trump doesn’t know the details. He’s just the tariff guy. He’s not in charge of anything else.”
While Trump referred to a Saturday attack, it remains unclear whether he was referring to an attack that happened on Friday, or whether there was an additional one. In an apparent threat to strike Venezuela, he said, “They’re not coming in by sea anymore, so now we’ll have to start looking about the land because they’ll be forced to go by land.”
Addressing a strike carried out on Tuesday last week, Trump said 11 people were killed as he also posted a short video clip of a small vessel appearing to explode in flames. He wrote on Truth Social, “The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in International waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States. No U.S. Forces were harmed in this strike. Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America.”
The video appears to show a long, multi-engine speedboat traveling at sea when a bright flash of light bursts over the craft. The boat is then briefly seen covered in flames. The video, which is largely in black and white, is not clear enough to see if the craft is carrying as many as 11 people. The video also did not show any large or clear stashes of drugs inside the boat.
Tren de Aragua originated more than a decade ago at an infamously lawless prison with hardened criminals in Venezuela’s central state of Aragua. The gang has expanded in recent years as more than 7.7 million Venezuelans fled economic turmoil and migrated to other Latin American countries or the US. Trump and administration officials have repeatedly blamed the gang for being at the root of the violence and illicit drug dealing that plague some cities.
And the president on Tuesday repeated his claim – contradicted by a declassified US intelligence assessment – that Tren de Aragua is operating under Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s control. The White House did not immediately explain how the military determined that those aboard the vessel were Tren de Aragua members. The size of the gang is unclear, as is the extent to which its actions are coordinated across state lines and national borders.
It comes as the daughter of Donald Trump’s doctor makes a bombshell claim about his health.
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