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“A Navy helicopter transported the survivors from the semi-submersible and transported them to a Navy ship, a source familiar with matter confirmed to CBS News on Friday. The number of passengers and survivors is unclear,” the outlet reported.
The Trump administration has made no secret of its hardline approach toward transnational drug traffickers. The White House defended the decision to use military force in these operations.
“There should be no surprise for this. The president campaigned on using every lever of power to go after the drug cartels who have been trafficking illicit poison into our country for far too long,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday.
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Maduro Backs Down — and Begs for Peace
After the strike, Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro seemed to realize he had pushed too far. Facing mounting losses and public humiliation, he reportedly reached out to Washington with desperate offers to ease tensions.
According to one reporter, “Maduro offered everything in his country – his natural resources. He even recorded a message to you in English recently offering mediation…”
That’s when Trump, never one to mince words, fired back with the viral line now spreading across social media like wildfire.
“He’s offered everything. You’re right. You know why? Because he doesn’t want to f*ck around with the United States,” Trump said.
The remark drew gasps from the press corps — and applause from his supporters, who viewed it as another moment of Trumpian authenticity. To them, it was a reminder of the kind of leadership that speaks plainly, hits hard, and doesn’t flinch in the face of America’s enemies.
‘Peace Through Strength’ – Trump Style
The statement came amid growing tensions in Latin America as U.S. intelligence continues monitoring drug cartels with links to foreign adversaries. For Trump, who campaigned on “peace through strength,” the message to Maduro was simple: Don’t test American resolve.
Maduro’s sudden change in tone — from defiant strongman to diplomatic supplicant — underscored how serious Washington’s new strategy has become. By hitting back at Venezuela’s criminal operations and exposing their international reach, Trump’s team is signaling that the era of appeasement is over.
And while some in the media clutched their pearls over the profanity, Trump supporters saw something else entirely — a commander who speaks with conviction and refuses to sugarcoat the truth.
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Whether one loves or hates his delivery, Friday’s moment captured the essence of Trump’s leadership: bold, unscripted, and unapologetically American.
As one supporter put it on social media after the clip went viral: “Finally, a president who doesn’t play nice with tyrants.”
Maduro, it seems, got the message loud and clear — and as Trump made perfectly clear, he “doesn’t want to f*ck around with the United States.”
