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In the past 2 weeks, Trump has launched two controversial attacks connected Venezuelan ships successful planetary waters, claiming they carried amerciable drugs. The archetypal onslaught killed 11 people, and the 2nd killed three. Venezuela's interior curate said that nary of the 11 radical killed successful the archetypal onslaught were members of Tren de Aragua, the pack Trump claimed helium was targeting.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed the attacks arsenic self-defense, arguing that those suspected of smuggling drugs airs "an contiguous threat." But critics and ineligible scholars argue that suspected cause smuggling cannot legally beryllium equated to an imminent equipped attack.
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Speaking to a assemblage successful Howell, Michigan, connected Wednesday, Vice President JD Vance appeared to marque airy of the attacks with a joke.
"I was talking to Secretary Hegseth, and you cognize what helium said? He said, you cognize what, Mr. Vice President? We don't spot immoderate of these cause boats coming into our country. They've wholly stopped," Vance said.
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"And I said, I cognize why. I would halt too," helium continued. "Hell, I wouldn't spell sportfishing close present successful that country of the world."
Naturally, radical had a full batch of thoughts astir the remark:
"Get it? The gag is that we mightiness termination immoderate wholly guiltless people! Haha that’s funny, right?"
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"This truly isn't funny. Countries don't person the close to sprout down vessels successful planetary waters without ineligible justification."
"Didn't the sofa fucker @VP accidental similar 2 days agone we shouldn't mock oregon observe the decease of anyone?"
"What a treble modular from the Trump administration."
And lastly... "Joking astir murder. How bash I interaction his employer?"
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