In the first week of September, the news reported that Trump ordered a speed boat allegedly carrying Narcotics with 11 drug dealers to be blown up.
“On Tuesday, the US destroyed what President Donald Trump described as a “drug-carrying boat” in international waters in the southern Caribbean, killing 11 people on board. Trump claimed the vessel was tied to the Tren de Aragua cartel, which he has designated as a terrorist organization. Venezuelan officials dismissed the footage as fabricated, calling it “cartoonish.”“
Assuming the report is true, we must ask a question.
Q: By what authority did Trump order the killing?
Consider the following facts:
(1) the boat was 1300 miles from the shores of the United States;
(2) U.S. forces were not being fired upon nor were any troops in danger; Why didn’t the U.S. Navy just confiscate the ship . . . and the drugs . . . and detain the passengers? This is painstaking, but lawful. Murder is not.
(3) Labeling someone an international terrorist doesn’t grant the authority to kill to kill them. In 2020, a US court indicted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on charges of leading the Cartel de los Soles, an allegation he denounced as a plot to destroy his presidency.
(5) It takes a declaration of war by Congress to lawfully engage in armed conflict against perceived hostiles; moreover, war is against nations or people groups within nations and not against activities.
(6) America is not at war with Venezuela nor has Congress declared war against people groups in Venezuela. Senator Rand Paul condemned the president’s decision as “despicable and thoughtless.”
(7) As of today, the DOJ has yet to release a statement explaining the authority Trump used to order the assassination of the alleged drug terrorists.
(8) No subordinates under Trump resigned due to the extreme command.
Q: By what authority did Trump order the killing? I don’t know. I’m still searching for an answer.
Storm Brooks 9-5-2025.
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