"Monday, on social media, President Donald Trump announced that he had murdered three people—"three male terrorists killed in action" was how he put it. By "terrorists," the president meant nothing more than that he claimed the three people were smuggling drugs; by "in action," he meant that they were traveling in a boat in the Caribbean when a U.S. military aircraft hunted them down and killed them."
"Thirteen days ago, by his own account, Trump killed 11 other people in another military strike on a boat, likewise for no reason other than that he claimed the boat was carrying drugs. The boat was unarmed and was reportedly heading back to shore when the United States military, under Trump's orders, attacked it. Then the attacking aircraft—apparently military drones—returned, according to multiple media reports citing government officials, and killed off the survivors."
President Donald Trump publicly announced that he had killed three people he described as "three male terrorists killed in action," meaning he claimed they were smuggling drugs and were killed by a U.S. military aircraft in the Caribbean. Thirteen days earlier he said he ordered another strike that killed 11 people on a boat he claimed was carrying drugs. The earlier boat was reportedly unarmed and heading back to shore when U.S. forces attacked, and attacking aircraft apparently returned to kill survivors. Multiple media reports cite government officials for those details, and the president's own statements provide the stated rationale for the strikes. The killings are characterized as murder because the victims were killed on the basis of the president's claims about drug smuggling.
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