President Donald Trump has worked overtime to put a dent in the narcotics traffickers roaming international waters, and he's clearly proud of the ongoing strikes as he has decided to authorize the release of videos showing drug traffickers getting blown out of the water.
According to Fox News, Trump authorized the U.S. military to strike a "very large drug-carrying submarine" in the waters of the Caribbean Sea, and he's letting the public see the video of the operation.
Two narco-terrorists died in the strike, and two others were captured alive.
The president took to his Truth Social account to talk about the strike, indicating that it was a "great honor" to see the drug submarine destroyed by the precision U.S. military strike.
In a statement posted to his Truth Social account, President Trump said the vessel was carrying mostly "fentanyl and other narcotics" toward the U.S. on a "well known narcotrafficking transit route."
That single interdiction alone, the president claimed, prevented the deaths of at least 25,000 Americans.
"It was my great honor to destroy a very large DRUG-CARRYING SUBMARINE," Trump wrote in the statement. "U.S. Intelligence confirmed this vessel was loaded up with mostly Fentanyl… There were four known narcoterrorists on board. Two of the terrorists were killed.
📹 DESTROYED: Confirmed DRUG-CARRYING SUBMARINE navigating towards the United States on a well-known narcotrafficking transit route.
"Under my watch, the United States of America will not tolerate narcoterrorists trafficking illegal drugs, by land or by sea." - President Trump pic.twitter.com/N4TAkgPHXN
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 18, 2025
Trump added, "The two surviving terrorists are being returned to their Countries of origin, Ecuador and Colombia, for detention and prosecution."
Fox News noted:
Fox News previously confirmed that two survivors were rescued by the U.S. Navy after the strike and were being held aboard an American warship. Trump’s statement is the first official acknowledgment of their identities and nationalities.
Users across social media weighed in on the successful strike.
"Can't believe they're actually trying that. Would be hilarious if it wasn't so despotic," one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "Couldn't we do the same thing to cartel mansions? Just a thought..."
It'll be interesting to see what targets Trump approves next.
