Trump’s anti-Venezuela actions lack strategy, justifiable targets and legal authorization

By: Jeffrey Fields, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: October 29, 2025

Words: 1,374

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago

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By Jeffrey Fields, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

“I think we’re just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. OK? We’re going to kill them. You know, they’re going to be, like, dead,” President Donald Trump said in late October 2025 of U.S. military strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea north of Venezuela.

The Trump administration asserted without providing any evidence that the boats were carrying …

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