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Pedro Camacho

Trump Defends Military Strike on Alleged Drug-Subsea Vessel: 'Submarines Don't Go Fishing'

US President Donald Trump gestures as he delivers a speech to US Navy personnel on board the US Navy's USS George Washington aircraft carrier at the US naval base in Yokosuka on October 28, 2025 (Credit: Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended the U.S. military's ongoing campaign targeting alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, dismissing criticism that recent strikes have struck innocent civilians.

Speaking during an address to U.S. troops aboard the USS George Washington at Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan, Trump criticized the "radical left" which, according to him, had people claiming that missile strikes had killed fishermen and not suspected drug smugglers.

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