President Donald Trump just dropped a bombshell on live radio, confirming a U.S. military strike on a Venezuelan smuggling hub.
In a stunning revelation during a surprise call to WABC radio, Trump disclosed that American forces had taken out at least one drug trafficking facility in Venezuela. This marks the first ground operation in his ongoing battle against narco-terrorists and the regime of Nicolas Maduro.
Breitbart reported that Trump has been targeting suspected trafficking vessels in the Caribbean and Pacific since September, showing this fight isn’t new.
Back in late November, during a Thanksgiving Day call to military personnel, he hinted that land operations were coming soon.
By early December, Trump reiterated that ground strikes would begin shortly, setting the stage for this latest move.
On Friday, Trump called into the WABC program hosted by John Catsimatidis, casually revealing that the first land strike had occurred.
He noted the operation happened "two nights ago" and targeted a key smuggling outpost, but offered little else.
“I don’t know if you read or you saw, they have a big plant or a big facility where they send the—where the ships come from. Two nights ago we knocked that out—so we hit them very hard,” Trump said, as reported by WABC.
The New York Times, which has previously platformed Maduro in its columns, reported that U.S. officials confirmed the strike but stayed tight-lipped.
“U.S. officials declined to specify anything about the site the president said was hit, where it was located, how the attack was carried out, or what role the facility played in drug trafficking,” the Times stated in its coverage.
Curiously, no word has come from the Venezuelan government or regional authorities about any such attack, leaving many unanswered questions.
Trump’s focus on Venezuela aligns with a larger mission to disrupt drug trafficking and undermine Maduro’s hold on power.
While some on the left might decry this as overreach, tackling narco-networks that harm American communities is a worthy goal if executed with care and oversight.
Yet, the scarcity of details about this operation raises fair concerns, even among allies, about transparency when our military acts abroad.
