""I think we're just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country, OK?" President Trump told reporters at a press conference last week. "We're going to kill them, you know? They're going to be, like, dead." Trump had gotten his message across, that he can kill whomever he wants, without any legal process. Judge, jury, and executioner. As he has been doing, since early September when he had the military blow up a boat in the Caribbean, killing 11 people."
"The day after Trump proclaimed that "we're just going to kill people," the Pentagon announced that the world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, would be heading to the Caribbean from Europe. It left Croatia for this journey on October 26. The carrier is equipped with about 90 aircraft, including helicopters, early-warning planes and F/A-18 Super Hornets, fighter planes capable of attacking ground targets."
"The Ford Carrier Strike Group, which includes five guided-missile destroyers, will join five other Navy warships and a submarine in the region, in addition to amphibious warships with Marines onboard. This has made it appear that the Trump administration is planning a much bigger war, with Venezuela as the target. This could end very horribly, as other US-led "regime change" wars-e.g. in Iraq and Libya-have ended."
President Trump issued explicit threats to kill people involved in drug trafficking and asserted unilateral authority to execute without legal process, citing prior military action that killed 11 people in the Caribbean. The Pentagon announced deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford from Europe to the Caribbean, accompanied by a carrier strike group, other warships, a submarine, and amphibious ships with Marines. The carrier carries roughly 90 aircraft, including strike-capable jets. The buildup has raised concerns about a larger operation aimed at Venezuela and the potential for destructive, US-led regime-change warfare. Congressional War Powers measures could constrain further military actions.
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