President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that strikes on suspected drug boats his administration began carrying out in September in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean are saving hundreds of thousands of people in the U.

The Trump administration earlier this week carried out the 20th attack against alleged narco-terrorists in the Caribbean Sea, a Pentagon official confirmed to NBC News.

U.S. strikes have killed at least 80 people in 20 attacks on small boats that the U.S. has accused of transporting narcotics in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean, since early September.

The terminology being deployed by the president and his aides is just as telling as their build-up of troops and military hardware.

President Donald Trump said Monday he supports aggressive action against drug cartels and narcotics production in Mexico and Colombia, his latest saber-rattling in the region after a series of strikes on small boats in the Caribbean and Pacific.

As the Trump administration expands its Caribbean campaign, a long-circulated legend about George Washington’s doomsday prophecy is gaining new traction among commentators.

President Donald Trump has refused to rule out the possibility of military operations in Venezuela as the U.S. conducts joint military exercises in the region.

In the Caribbean, the U.S. military buildup continues with the arrival of the world's largest aircraft carrier, the nuclear-powered USS Gerald R. Ford. It comes as President Trump weighed in on possible next steps in Venezuela,