
President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the U.S. has struck a fifth vessel off the coast of Venezuela as his administration continues ramping up pressure on the Maduro regime. The attack killed six people, Trump added.
In a social media post on his platform, Truth Social, Trump said he directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to order a "lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela."