President Donald Trump's military strikes in the Caribbean Sea are causing ripples through Washington D.C., but it doesn't appear that it's fazing the president at all, because he just authorized another one.
According to the New York Post, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced over the weekend that the United States military eliminated another batch of drug smugglers in the Caribbean.
While the War Secretary revealed that it hit a US-designated terrorist organization, he didn't specify which organization the administration hit. Many in Washington D.C. have called on the strikes on drug vessels to end, but President Trump doesn't really give a rip.
The latest strike marks the 15th known strike on drug vessels in that area, and the administration hasn't indicated that it plans on stopping anytime soon.
Secretary Hegseth provided some details in his weekend announcement.
“This vessel—like EVERY OTHER—was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics," Hegseth said.
Overnight, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Tren de Aragua (TdA), a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO), trafficking narcotics in the Caribbean Sea.
The vessel was known by our… pic.twitter.com/lVlw0FLBv4
— Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) October 24, 2025
At least 64 narco drug runners have been killed since the Trump administration began deleting them from the planet.
The New York Post noted:
Trump has justified the attacks as a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs into the United States. He has asserted the US is engaged in an “armed conflict” with drug cartels, relying on the same legal authority used by the Bush administration when it declared a war on terrorism after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Some members of Congress are demanding that the Trump administration provide more details on their justification in continuing the strikes.
Users across social media reacted to Hegseth's statement regarding the latest strike.
"Our choices are to destroy the drug traffickers or let the drug traffickers destroy tens of thousands of people a year. Easy choice," one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "America is respected again! Drugs = Dead."
It'll be interesting to see how many additional strikes will be carried out in the coming weeks and months.
