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Monday, December 22, 2025

Trump's attacks against Venezuela based on false claims of fentanyl and drug trafficking - Substack

By Ray Hanania

It’s too bad that President Donald Trump has no moral spine when it comes to serving the public, but has a will of steel when it comes to serving himself and his family.

Trump’s attacks against alleged drug dealers in Central and South America, and especially from Venezuela, are driven by hypocrisy, not by the principle of protecting our people.

And the President, whose many flaws include misogyny and disrespecting women personally, has no shame in taking actions to strengthen the financial interests of his family.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is accused of ordering the killing of survivors from a Sept. 2, 2025, boat strike in the Caribbean, killing two men clinging to attack wreckage.

While Hegseth denied issuing a “kill them all” order, calling news reports “fake news,” the White House confirmed a second strike occurred, blaming it on Commanding Admiral Frank M. Bradley.

Bradley said all on the boat were confirmed criminal drug dealers, though no proof has ever been presented.

That’s something new in America, the need to not have to prove anything in a court of law; making the accusation without evidence is enough, apparently, to make it true enough for the polarized lemmings and believers.

The killings are war crimes.

Another major flaw in Trump’s war against Venezuela is his false claims that Venezuela is involved in the trafficking of Fentanyl into America. Trump later shifted the focus from Fentanyl to “lots of drugs.”

The reality is that Venezuela...



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