US Boosts Caribbean Firepower as Trump Hints at Strikes in Venezuela

Is the Trump administration taking legitimate actions against a narco-regime, or is it an unacceptable executive overreach with imperial intentions?

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US Boosts Caribbean Firepower as Trump Hints at Strikes in Venezuela

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Above: A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B fighter lands at José Aponte de la Torre Airport in Puerto Rico on Dec. 1, 2025. Image credit: Miguel J. Rodríguez Carrillo/Getty Imags

The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

The seizure of an oil tanker off Venezuela and the deployment of military force against narcoterrorists in international waters south of the U.S. are legitimate actions to cut off revenue to the rogue Maduro regime. The U.S. is following proper legal procedure to impose real economic costs on an abhorrent dictator who has long clung to power despite electoral defeats.

ABC News Red State

Establishment-critical narrative

This has nothing to do with drugs or democracy, but rather with consolidating executive power at home and advancing U.S. imperial ambitions abroad. Trump has bypassed Congress entirely to carry out lethal strikes on civilians and engage in international piracy to promote regime change in Venezuela, while corporate interests salivate over reconstruction contracts in a post-Maduro Venezuela.

Al Jazeera Truthout