Representative Adam Smith said the Trump administration had failed to provide a legal rationale for killing rather than arresting drug trafficking suspects.

According to NBC, Paul said that the strikes “go against all of our traditions.” The senator even argued that Donald Trump does not have the legal authority to authorize such strikes without approval from Congress. Sen. Paul especially pointed to the lack of due process.

Since 2020, these apex predators have been biting rudders, ramming and tipping boats and, in some shocking cases, sinking vessels. For sailors here, it is a terrifying experience. And it is happening with increasing frequency.

President Donald Trump has been using fictional figures to justify his controversial military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean near Venezuela.

After touting the success of recent military strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean that killed dozens, President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday he is considering land strikes in Venezuela or elsewhere as a way of further targeting alleged shipments of illegal drugs.

Trump's officials say they are acting in self-defence by destroying boats carrying illicit drugs to the US. But they have not provided evidence of the alleged drug trafficking or details about who or what was on board each ship, and the strikes have attracted condemnation in the region.

SEepublica in the Senate shut down a Democrat-led proposal this week that would have required Trump to get congressional approval before using the military to destroy suspected drug boats

President Trump has said that the administration is “looking at” targeting Venezuela-based drug cartels on land after taking out approximately half a dozen drug smuggling vessels.

The Virginia Varsity Four placed second overall and first among collegiate boats at the 60th Head Of The Charles Regatta on Sunday (Oct. 19).