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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Justin Baragona

John Oliver slams Trump over move more ‘shocking’ than White House demolition

John Oliver reminded his viewers Sunday night that while Donald Trump’s sudden demolition of the White House’s East Wing might be alarming, it is merely the “tip of Trump’s iceberg” and nowhere near as “shocking” as the president’s lethal military strikes on purported drug traffickers off the Venezuelan coast.

In recent weeks, the Trump administration has destroyed at least ten boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, killing at least 43 people whom they have described as “narco-terrorists.” At the same time, the administration has yet to provide any public evidence to support its claims that the boats are being run by cartel members and transporting large quantities of illicit drugs.

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