THIS is the dramatic moment Donald Trump bombs another Venezuelan boat as he wages war on “extremely violent drug trafficking cartels”.
The US president warned “WE ARE HUNTING YOU” as he shared unclassified footage of the vessel being obliterated with 11 people on board.
Three “male terrorists” were killed in the kinetic strike on international waters, according to Trump.
Dramatic footage showed a small boat rocking around in choppy waters before it was targeted by a US missile.
A huge explosion erupts and leaves the vessel up in flames.
Trump shared the video to his Truth Social account as he sent a direct warning to any drug traffickers.
He wrote in the caption: “These extremely violent drug trafficking cartels POSE A THREAT to U.S. National Security, Foreign Policy, and vital U.S. Interests.”
“BE WARNED — IF YOU ARE TRANSPORTING DRUGS THAT CAN KILL AMERICANS, WE ARE HUNTING YOU!
“The illicit activities by these cartels have wrought DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES ON AMERICAN COMMUNITIES FOR DECADES, killing millions of American Citizens.
“NO LONGER.”
In a bizarre response Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed the footage shared by the US was actually made with artificial intelligence.
Maduro said: “The video shows modification by AI.
“Everybody knows it… I’m not Gemini. I’m Maduro. There’s a lot of mechanisms that say it.”
Trump and Maduro are locked in a bitter international feud after weeks of heated back and forth.
President Trump accused his Venezuelan counterpart of being complicit in “mass murder, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and acts of violence and terror across the United States and Western Hemisphere”
He also slapped a $50million bounty on Maduro offered by Washington.
Maduro responded by saying he will never let Trump get away with his “threats of bombs, death, and blackmail”.
He also announced he is mobilising his nation’s military – claiming to have 2.5 million military personnel deployed to defend Venezuela.
President Maduro claimed: “Everyone knows that the story of drugs and drug trafficking is a plot.
“That’s the argument. They want regime change to seize the country’s wealth, to control the country’s oil reserves.”
Around 78,000 Americans died of drug overdoses between March 2024 to March 2025, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Trump has always claimed the figure is likely much higher and has vowed to prevent as many drug-related deaths as possible during his second term.
Just weeks ago, the Don blitzed another narco boat killing 11 on board.
On September 3, Trump claimed he attacked a boat full with drug-smuggling gangsters heading for American shores.
Source : https://www.the-sun.com/news/15192916/trump-bombs-venezuelan-drug-boat/