In a significant development, former President Donald Trump revealed on Tuesday that U.S. military forces executed a strike on a small vessel suspected of drug trafficking in international waters near Venezuela. The operation, announced via a post on Truth Social, resulted in the deaths of six individuals aboard the boat, with no reported casualties among U.S. personnel. This incident represents the fifth such lethal strike in the Caribbean, part of the Trump administration’s controversial policy of treating alleged drug traffickers as “unlawful combatants” subject to military intervention. Official figures indicate that at least 27 people have been killed across these operations. The escalating use of military force has drawn bipartisan criticism in Congress. While some Republicans are pressing the White House for a clearer legal rationale and operational details, Democrats argue that these strikes violate both U.S. and international laws. The debate intensified last week when the Senate rejected a war powers resolution aimed at restricting the administration from conducting further strikes without explicit congressional approval.