President Donald Trump announced today a second attack against a Venezuelan vessel in the Caribbean for allegedly transporting illegal drugs.

JD Vance has escalated his rhetoric on U.S. military strikes on boats in international waters with a crude joke about killing innocent fishermen. The vice president has shrugged off mounting criticism about the airstrikes President Donald Trump ordered on alleged Venezuelan drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean in recent weeks,

The sighting of more naval and air assets signals a broader confrontation, as Washington intensifies counternarcotics strikes.

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the United States carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-laden vessel that had departed from Venezuela.

The strike is the second in two weeks by U.S. forces, which have surged ships, troops and planes into the southern Caribbean near Venezuela over the last month.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela that was operated by the Tren de Aragua gang.

Having rebranded the Department of Defense as the Department of War, the president is going on offense with the US military.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. military on Monday again targeted a boat reportedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing three aboard the vessel, and hinted that the military targeting of cartels could be further expanded.