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While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Analysts say the latest drone strike fits into this historical pattern of deniable, intelligence-led operations, designed to apply pressure while stopping short of overt military confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The failed 2020 \"Operation Gideon,\" a disastrous seaborne incursion involving US-based private security contractors that Caracas claimed was supported by US intelligence, has been cited by Venezuela more recently. Although Washington denied any official involvement, the event<\/a> increased Venezuelan concerns about clandestine maritime assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts say the latest drone strike fits into this historical pattern of deniable, intelligence-led operations, designed to apply pressure while stopping short of overt military confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In an attempt to overthrow the Sandinista government, the CIA secretly mined harbors in Nicaragua during the 1980s, which is one of the most prominent instances. Later, the operation was denounced internationally and the United States was found to have violated international law in a historic ruling by the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The failed 2020 \"Operation Gideon,\" a disastrous seaborne incursion involving US-based private security contractors that Caracas claimed was supported by US intelligence, has been cited by Venezuela more recently. Although Washington denied any official involvement, the event<\/a> increased Venezuelan concerns about clandestine maritime assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts say the latest drone strike fits into this historical pattern of deniable, intelligence-led operations, designed to apply pressure while stopping short of overt military confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The reported CIA strike echoes past US intelligence-linked maritime operations in Latin America, which have often carried significant political fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an attempt to overthrow the Sandinista government, the CIA secretly mined harbors in Nicaragua during the 1980s, which is one of the most prominent instances. Later, the operation was denounced internationally and the United States was found to have violated international law in a historic ruling by the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The failed 2020 \"Operation Gideon,\" a disastrous seaborne incursion involving US-based private security contractors that Caracas claimed was supported by US intelligence, has been cited by Venezuela more recently. Although Washington denied any official involvement, the event<\/a> increased Venezuelan concerns about clandestine maritime assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts say the latest drone strike fits into this historical pattern of deniable, intelligence-led operations, designed to apply pressure while stopping short of overt military confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The reported CIA strike echoes past US intelligence-linked maritime operations in Latin America, which have often carried significant political fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an attempt to overthrow the Sandinista government, the CIA secretly mined harbors in Nicaragua during the 1980s, which is one of the most prominent instances. Later, the operation was denounced internationally and the United States was found to have violated international law in a historic ruling by the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The failed 2020 \"Operation Gideon,\" a disastrous seaborne incursion involving US-based private security contractors that Caracas claimed was supported by US intelligence, has been cited by Venezuela more recently. Although Washington denied any official involvement, the event<\/a> increased Venezuelan concerns about clandestine maritime assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts say the latest drone strike fits into this historical pattern of deniable, intelligence-led operations, designed to apply pressure while stopping short of overt military confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
One official familiar with the strike described it as operationally successful but strategically limited, noting that the destroyed dock represented only one of many trafficking nodes along Venezuela\u2019s extensive coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reported CIA strike echoes past US intelligence-linked maritime operations in Latin America, which have often carried significant political fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an attempt to overthrow the Sandinista government, the CIA secretly mined harbors in Nicaragua during the 1980s, which is one of the most prominent instances. Later, the operation was denounced internationally and the United States was found to have violated international law in a historic ruling by the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The failed 2020 \"Operation Gideon,\" a disastrous seaborne incursion involving US-based private security contractors that Caracas claimed was supported by US intelligence, has been cited by Venezuela more recently. Although Washington denied any official involvement, the event<\/a> increased Venezuelan concerns about clandestine maritime assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts say the latest drone strike fits into this historical pattern of deniable, intelligence-led operations, designed to apply pressure while stopping short of overt military confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The CIA declined to comment, while requests for responses from the White House and Venezuela\u2019s communications and foreign ministries went unanswered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One official familiar with the strike described it as operationally successful but strategically limited, noting that the destroyed dock represented only one of many trafficking nodes along Venezuela\u2019s extensive coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reported CIA strike echoes past US intelligence-linked maritime operations in Latin America, which have often carried significant political fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an attempt to overthrow the Sandinista government, the CIA secretly mined harbors in Nicaragua during the 1980s, which is one of the most prominent instances. Later, the operation was denounced internationally and the United States was found to have violated international law in a historic ruling by the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The failed 2020 \"Operation Gideon,\" a disastrous seaborne incursion involving US-based private security contractors that Caracas claimed was supported by US intelligence, has been cited by Venezuela more recently. Although Washington denied any official involvement, the event<\/a> increased Venezuelan concerns about clandestine maritime assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts say the latest drone strike fits into this historical pattern of deniable, intelligence-led operations, designed to apply pressure while stopping short of overt military confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cto include intel support.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The CIA declined to comment, while requests for responses from the White House and Venezuela\u2019s communications and foreign ministries went unanswered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One official familiar with the strike described it as operationally successful but strategically limited, noting that the destroyed dock represented only one of many trafficking nodes along Venezuela\u2019s extensive coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reported CIA strike echoes past US intelligence-linked maritime operations in Latin America, which have often carried significant political fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an attempt to overthrow the Sandinista government, the CIA secretly mined harbors in Nicaragua during the 1980s, which is one of the most prominent instances. Later, the operation was denounced internationally and the United States was found to have violated international law in a historic ruling by the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The failed 2020 \"Operation Gideon,\" a disastrous seaborne incursion involving US-based private security contractors that Caracas claimed was supported by US intelligence, has been cited by Venezuela more recently. Although Washington denied any official involvement, the event<\/a> increased Venezuelan concerns about clandestine maritime assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts say the latest drone strike fits into this historical pattern of deniable, intelligence-led operations, designed to apply pressure while stopping short of overt military confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cto include intel support.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The CIA declined to comment, while requests for responses from the White House and Venezuela\u2019s communications and foreign ministries went unanswered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One official familiar with the strike described it as operationally successful but strategically limited, noting that the destroyed dock represented only one of many trafficking nodes along Venezuela\u2019s extensive coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reported CIA strike echoes past US intelligence-linked maritime operations in Latin America, which have often carried significant political fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an attempt to overthrow the Sandinista government, the CIA secretly mined harbors in Nicaragua during the 1980s, which is one of the most prominent instances. Later, the operation was denounced internationally and the United States was found to have violated international law in a historic ruling by the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The failed 2020 \"Operation Gideon,\" a disastrous seaborne incursion involving US-based private security contractors that Caracas claimed was supported by US intelligence, has been cited by Venezuela more recently. Although Washington denied any official involvement, the event<\/a> increased Venezuelan concerns about clandestine maritime assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts say the latest drone strike fits into this historical pattern of deniable, intelligence-led operations, designed to apply pressure while stopping short of overt military confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Two sources told CNN that US Special Operations Forces provided intelligence support for the operation, a claim publicly denied by US Special Operations Command, which said it did not assist <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cto include intel support.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The CIA declined to comment, while requests for responses from the White House and Venezuela\u2019s communications and foreign ministries went unanswered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One official familiar with the strike described it as operationally successful but strategically limited, noting that the destroyed dock represented only one of many trafficking nodes along Venezuela\u2019s extensive coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reported CIA strike echoes past US intelligence-linked maritime operations in Latin America, which have often carried significant political fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an attempt to overthrow the Sandinista government, the CIA secretly mined harbors in Nicaragua during the 1980s, which is one of the most prominent instances. Later, the operation was denounced internationally and the United States was found to have violated international law in a historic ruling by the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The failed 2020 \"Operation Gideon,\" a disastrous seaborne incursion involving US-based private security contractors that Caracas claimed was supported by US intelligence, has been cited by Venezuela more recently. Although Washington denied any official involvement, the event<\/a> increased Venezuelan concerns about clandestine maritime assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts say the latest drone strike fits into this historical pattern of deniable, intelligence-led operations, designed to apply pressure while stopping short of overt military confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Two sources told CNN that US Special Operations Forces provided intelligence support for the operation, a claim publicly denied by US Special Operations Command, which said it did not assist <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cto include intel support.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The CIA declined to comment, while requests for responses from the White House and Venezuela\u2019s communications and foreign ministries went unanswered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One official familiar with the strike described it as operationally successful but strategically limited, noting that the destroyed dock represented only one of many trafficking nodes along Venezuela\u2019s extensive coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reported CIA strike echoes past US intelligence-linked maritime operations in Latin America, which have often carried significant political fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an attempt to overthrow the Sandinista government, the CIA secretly mined harbors in Nicaragua during the 1980s, which is one of the most prominent instances. Later, the operation was denounced internationally and the United States was found to have violated international law in a historic ruling by the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The failed 2020 \"Operation Gideon,\" a disastrous seaborne incursion involving US-based private security contractors that Caracas claimed was supported by US intelligence, has been cited by Venezuela more recently. Although Washington denied any official involvement, the event<\/a> increased Venezuelan concerns about clandestine maritime assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts say the latest drone strike fits into this historical pattern of deniable, intelligence-led operations, designed to apply pressure while stopping short of overt military confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Analysts<\/a> say that confirmation of a US intelligence-led attack on Venezuelan territory could be used by Maduro to bolster allegations of foreign aggression and justify additional security crackdowns, even though the CIA strike reportedly went mostly unnoticed inside Venezuela at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two sources told CNN that US Special Operations Forces provided intelligence support for the operation, a claim publicly denied by US Special Operations Command, which said it did not assist <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cto include intel support.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The CIA declined to comment, while requests for responses from the White House and Venezuela\u2019s communications and foreign ministries went unanswered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One official familiar with the strike described it as operationally successful but strategically limited, noting that the destroyed dock represented only one of many trafficking nodes along Venezuela\u2019s extensive coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reported CIA strike echoes past US intelligence-linked maritime operations in Latin America, which have often carried significant political fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an attempt to overthrow the Sandinista government, the CIA secretly mined harbors in Nicaragua during the 1980s, which is one of the most prominent instances. Later, the operation was denounced internationally and the United States was found to have violated international law in a historic ruling by the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The failed 2020 \"Operation Gideon,\" a disastrous seaborne incursion involving US-based private security contractors that Caracas claimed was supported by US intelligence, has been cited by Venezuela more recently. Although Washington denied any official involvement, the event<\/a> increased Venezuelan concerns about clandestine maritime assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts say the latest drone strike fits into this historical pattern of deniable, intelligence-led operations, designed to apply pressure while stopping short of overt military confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Caracas frequently disputes US accusations that it aids in widespread drug trafficking, arguing that Washington exploits the drug problem as a cover for regime change. Additionally<\/a>, US intelligence services have been accused by Venezuelan officials of supporting armed incursions and sabotage operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts<\/a> say that confirmation of a US intelligence-led attack on Venezuelan territory could be used by Maduro to bolster allegations of foreign aggression and justify additional security crackdowns, even though the CIA strike reportedly went mostly unnoticed inside Venezuela at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two sources told CNN that US Special Operations Forces provided intelligence support for the operation, a claim publicly denied by US Special Operations Command, which said it did not assist <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cto include intel support.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The CIA declined to comment, while requests for responses from the White House and Venezuela\u2019s communications and foreign ministries went unanswered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One official familiar with the strike described it as operationally successful but strategically limited, noting that the destroyed dock represented only one of many trafficking nodes along Venezuela\u2019s extensive coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reported CIA strike echoes past US intelligence-linked maritime operations in Latin America, which have often carried significant political fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an attempt to overthrow the Sandinista government, the CIA secretly mined harbors in Nicaragua during the 1980s, which is one of the most prominent instances. Later, the operation was denounced internationally and the United States was found to have violated international law in a historic ruling by the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The failed 2020 \"Operation Gideon,\" a disastrous seaborne incursion involving US-based private security contractors that Caracas claimed was supported by US intelligence, has been cited by Venezuela more recently. Although Washington denied any official involvement, the event<\/a> increased Venezuelan concerns about clandestine maritime assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts say the latest drone strike fits into this historical pattern of deniable, intelligence-led operations, designed to apply pressure while stopping short of overt military confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
For a long time, the Venezuelan government has accused the United States of using covert actions, cyber operations, sanctions, and support for opposition groups as part of an undeclared hybrid warfare campaign to overthrow President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Caracas frequently disputes US accusations that it aids in widespread drug trafficking, arguing that Washington exploits the drug problem as a cover for regime change. Additionally<\/a>, US intelligence services have been accused by Venezuelan officials of supporting armed incursions and sabotage operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts<\/a> say that confirmation of a US intelligence-led attack on Venezuelan territory could be used by Maduro to bolster allegations of foreign aggression and justify additional security crackdowns, even though the CIA strike reportedly went mostly unnoticed inside Venezuela at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two sources told CNN that US Special Operations Forces provided intelligence support for the operation, a claim publicly denied by US Special Operations Command, which said it did not assist <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cto include intel support.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The CIA declined to comment, while requests for responses from the White House and Venezuela\u2019s communications and foreign ministries went unanswered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One official familiar with the strike described it as operationally successful but strategically limited, noting that the destroyed dock represented only one of many trafficking nodes along Venezuela\u2019s extensive coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reported CIA strike echoes past US intelligence-linked maritime operations in Latin America, which have often carried significant political fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an attempt to overthrow the Sandinista government, the CIA secretly mined harbors in Nicaragua during the 1980s, which is one of the most prominent instances. Later, the operation was denounced internationally and the United States was found to have violated international law in a historic ruling by the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The failed 2020 \"Operation Gideon,\" a disastrous seaborne incursion involving US-based private security contractors that Caracas claimed was supported by US intelligence, has been cited by Venezuela more recently. Although Washington denied any official involvement, the event<\/a> increased Venezuelan concerns about clandestine maritime assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts say the latest drone strike fits into this historical pattern of deniable, intelligence-led operations, designed to apply pressure while stopping short of overt military confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
For a long time, the Venezuelan government has accused the United States of using covert actions, cyber operations, sanctions, and support for opposition groups as part of an undeclared hybrid warfare campaign to overthrow President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Caracas frequently disputes US accusations that it aids in widespread drug trafficking, arguing that Washington exploits the drug problem as a cover for regime change. Additionally<\/a>, US intelligence services have been accused by Venezuelan officials of supporting armed incursions and sabotage operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts<\/a> say that confirmation of a US intelligence-led attack on Venezuelan territory could be used by Maduro to bolster allegations of foreign aggression and justify additional security crackdowns, even though the CIA strike reportedly went mostly unnoticed inside Venezuela at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two sources told CNN that US Special Operations Forces provided intelligence support for the operation, a claim publicly denied by US Special Operations Command, which said it did not assist <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cto include intel support.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The CIA declined to comment, while requests for responses from the White House and Venezuela\u2019s communications and foreign ministries went unanswered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One official familiar with the strike described it as operationally successful but strategically limited, noting that the destroyed dock represented only one of many trafficking nodes along Venezuela\u2019s extensive coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reported CIA strike echoes past US intelligence-linked maritime operations in Latin America, which have often carried significant political fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an attempt to overthrow the Sandinista government, the CIA secretly mined harbors in Nicaragua during the 1980s, which is one of the most prominent instances. Later, the operation was denounced internationally and the United States was found to have violated international law in a historic ruling by the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The failed 2020 \"Operation Gideon,\" a disastrous seaborne incursion involving US-based private security contractors that Caracas claimed was supported by US intelligence, has been cited by Venezuela more recently. Although Washington denied any official involvement, the event<\/a> increased Venezuelan concerns about clandestine maritime assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts say the latest drone strike fits into this historical pattern of deniable, intelligence-led operations, designed to apply pressure while stopping short of overt military confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Earlier this year, Trump expanded the CIA\u2019s operational authority in Latin America, including inside Venezuela \u2014 a shift that reportedly enabled the agency to conduct land-based actions beyond the scope of traditional military missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For a long time, the Venezuelan government has accused the United States of using covert actions, cyber operations, sanctions, and support for opposition groups as part of an undeclared hybrid warfare campaign to overthrow President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Caracas frequently disputes US accusations that it aids in widespread drug trafficking, arguing that Washington exploits the drug problem as a cover for regime change. Additionally<\/a>, US intelligence services have been accused by Venezuelan officials of supporting armed incursions and sabotage operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts<\/a> say that confirmation of a US intelligence-led attack on Venezuelan territory could be used by Maduro to bolster allegations of foreign aggression and justify additional security crackdowns, even though the CIA strike reportedly went mostly unnoticed inside Venezuela at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two sources told CNN that US Special Operations Forces provided intelligence support for the operation, a claim publicly denied by US Special Operations Command, which said it did not assist <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cto include intel support.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The CIA declined to comment, while requests for responses from the White House and Venezuela\u2019s communications and foreign ministries went unanswered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One official familiar with the strike described it as operationally successful but strategically limited, noting that the destroyed dock represented only one of many trafficking nodes along Venezuela\u2019s extensive coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reported CIA strike echoes past US intelligence-linked maritime operations in Latin America, which have often carried significant political fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an attempt to overthrow the Sandinista government, the CIA secretly mined harbors in Nicaragua during the 1980s, which is one of the most prominent instances. Later, the operation was denounced internationally and the United States was found to have violated international law in a historic ruling by the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The failed 2020 \"Operation Gideon,\" a disastrous seaborne incursion involving US-based private security contractors that Caracas claimed was supported by US intelligence, has been cited by Venezuela more recently. Although Washington denied any official involvement, the event<\/a> increased Venezuelan concerns about clandestine maritime assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts say the latest drone strike fits into this historical pattern of deniable, intelligence-led operations, designed to apply pressure while stopping short of overt military confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In recent months, the US has destroyed more than 30 vessels suspected of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific, while also imposing a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers traveling to and from Venezuela. Until now, however, US strikes had been limited to international waters, where the military has clearer legal authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier this year, Trump expanded the CIA\u2019s operational authority in Latin America, including inside Venezuela \u2014 a shift that reportedly enabled the agency to conduct land-based actions beyond the scope of traditional military missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For a long time, the Venezuelan government has accused the United States of using covert actions, cyber operations, sanctions, and support for opposition groups as part of an undeclared hybrid warfare campaign to overthrow President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Caracas frequently disputes US accusations that it aids in widespread drug trafficking, arguing that Washington exploits the drug problem as a cover for regime change. Additionally<\/a>, US intelligence services have been accused by Venezuelan officials of supporting armed incursions and sabotage operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts<\/a> say that confirmation of a US intelligence-led attack on Venezuelan territory could be used by Maduro to bolster allegations of foreign aggression and justify additional security crackdowns, even though the CIA strike reportedly went mostly unnoticed inside Venezuela at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two sources told CNN that US Special Operations Forces provided intelligence support for the operation, a claim publicly denied by US Special Operations Command, which said it did not assist <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cto include intel support.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The CIA declined to comment, while requests for responses from the White House and Venezuela\u2019s communications and foreign ministries went unanswered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One official familiar with the strike described it as operationally successful but strategically limited, noting that the destroyed dock represented only one of many trafficking nodes along Venezuela\u2019s extensive coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reported CIA strike echoes past US intelligence-linked maritime operations in Latin America, which have often carried significant political fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an attempt to overthrow the Sandinista government, the CIA secretly mined harbors in Nicaragua during the 1980s, which is one of the most prominent instances. Later, the operation was denounced internationally and the United States was found to have violated international law in a historic ruling by the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The failed 2020 \"Operation Gideon,\" a disastrous seaborne incursion involving US-based private security contractors that Caracas claimed was supported by US intelligence, has been cited by Venezuela more recently. Although Washington denied any official involvement, the event<\/a> increased Venezuelan concerns about clandestine maritime assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts say the latest drone strike fits into this historical pattern of deniable, intelligence-led operations, designed to apply pressure while stopping short of overt military confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Hegseth said earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In recent months, the US has destroyed more than 30 vessels suspected of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific, while also imposing a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers traveling to and from Venezuela. Until now, however, US strikes had been limited to international waters, where the military has clearer legal authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier this year, Trump expanded the CIA\u2019s operational authority in Latin America, including inside Venezuela \u2014 a shift that reportedly enabled the agency to conduct land-based actions beyond the scope of traditional military missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For a long time, the Venezuelan government has accused the United States of using covert actions, cyber operations, sanctions, and support for opposition groups as part of an undeclared hybrid warfare campaign to overthrow President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Caracas frequently disputes US accusations that it aids in widespread drug trafficking, arguing that Washington exploits the drug problem as a cover for regime change. Additionally<\/a>, US intelligence services have been accused by Venezuelan officials of supporting armed incursions and sabotage operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts<\/a> say that confirmation of a US intelligence-led attack on Venezuelan territory could be used by Maduro to bolster allegations of foreign aggression and justify additional security crackdowns, even though the CIA strike reportedly went mostly unnoticed inside Venezuela at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two sources told CNN that US Special Operations Forces provided intelligence support for the operation, a claim publicly denied by US Special Operations Command, which said it did not assist <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cto include intel support.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The CIA declined to comment, while requests for responses from the White House and Venezuela\u2019s communications and foreign ministries went unanswered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One official familiar with the strike described it as operationally successful but strategically limited, noting that the destroyed dock represented only one of many trafficking nodes along Venezuela\u2019s extensive coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reported CIA strike echoes past US intelligence-linked maritime operations in Latin America, which have often carried significant political fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an attempt to overthrow the Sandinista government, the CIA secretly mined harbors in Nicaragua during the 1980s, which is one of the most prominent instances. Later, the operation was denounced internationally and the United States was found to have violated international law in a historic ruling by the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The failed 2020 \"Operation Gideon,\" a disastrous seaborne incursion involving US-based private security contractors that Caracas claimed was supported by US intelligence, has been cited by Venezuela more recently. Although Washington denied any official involvement, the event<\/a> increased Venezuelan concerns about clandestine maritime assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts say the latest drone strike fits into this historical pattern of deniable, intelligence-led operations, designed to apply pressure while stopping short of overt military confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cThese narcoterrorists are the al Qaeda of our hemisphere,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Hegseth said earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In recent months, the US has destroyed more than 30 vessels suspected of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific, while also imposing a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers traveling to and from Venezuela. Until now, however, US strikes had been limited to international waters, where the military has clearer legal authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier this year, Trump expanded the CIA\u2019s operational authority in Latin America, including inside Venezuela \u2014 a shift that reportedly enabled the agency to conduct land-based actions beyond the scope of traditional military missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For a long time, the Venezuelan government has accused the United States of using covert actions, cyber operations, sanctions, and support for opposition groups as part of an undeclared hybrid warfare campaign to overthrow President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Caracas frequently disputes US accusations that it aids in widespread drug trafficking, arguing that Washington exploits the drug problem as a cover for regime change. Additionally<\/a>, US intelligence services have been accused by Venezuelan officials of supporting armed incursions and sabotage operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts<\/a> say that confirmation of a US intelligence-led attack on Venezuelan territory could be used by Maduro to bolster allegations of foreign aggression and justify additional security crackdowns, even though the CIA strike reportedly went mostly unnoticed inside Venezuela at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two sources told CNN that US Special Operations Forces provided intelligence support for the operation, a claim publicly denied by US Special Operations Command, which said it did not assist <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cto include intel support.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The CIA declined to comment, while requests for responses from the White House and Venezuela\u2019s communications and foreign ministries went unanswered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One official familiar with the strike described it as operationally successful but strategically limited, noting that the destroyed dock represented only one of many trafficking nodes along Venezuela\u2019s extensive coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reported CIA strike echoes past US intelligence-linked maritime operations in Latin America, which have often carried significant political fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an attempt to overthrow the Sandinista government, the CIA secretly mined harbors in Nicaragua during the 1980s, which is one of the most prominent instances. Later, the operation was denounced internationally and the United States was found to have violated international law in a historic ruling by the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The failed 2020 \"Operation Gideon,\" a disastrous seaborne incursion involving US-based private security contractors that Caracas claimed was supported by US intelligence, has been cited by Venezuela more recently. Although Washington denied any official involvement, the event<\/a> increased Venezuelan concerns about clandestine maritime assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts say the latest drone strike fits into this historical pattern of deniable, intelligence-led operations, designed to apply pressure while stopping short of overt military confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cThese narcoterrorists are the al Qaeda of our hemisphere,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Hegseth said earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In recent months, the US has destroyed more than 30 vessels suspected of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific, while also imposing a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers traveling to and from Venezuela. Until now, however, US strikes had been limited to international waters, where the military has clearer legal authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier this year, Trump expanded the CIA\u2019s operational authority in Latin America, including inside Venezuela \u2014 a shift that reportedly enabled the agency to conduct land-based actions beyond the scope of traditional military missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For a long time, the Venezuelan government has accused the United States of using covert actions, cyber operations, sanctions, and support for opposition groups as part of an undeclared hybrid warfare campaign to overthrow President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Caracas frequently disputes US accusations that it aids in widespread drug trafficking, arguing that Washington exploits the drug problem as a cover for regime change. Additionally<\/a>, US intelligence services have been accused by Venezuelan officials of supporting armed incursions and sabotage operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts<\/a> say that confirmation of a US intelligence-led attack on Venezuelan territory could be used by Maduro to bolster allegations of foreign aggression and justify additional security crackdowns, even though the CIA strike reportedly went mostly unnoticed inside Venezuela at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two sources told CNN that US Special Operations Forces provided intelligence support for the operation, a claim publicly denied by US Special Operations Command, which said it did not assist <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cto include intel support.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The CIA declined to comment, while requests for responses from the White House and Venezuela\u2019s communications and foreign ministries went unanswered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One official familiar with the strike described it as operationally successful but strategically limited, noting that the destroyed dock represented only one of many trafficking nodes along Venezuela\u2019s extensive coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reported CIA strike echoes past US intelligence-linked maritime operations in Latin America, which have often carried significant political fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an attempt to overthrow the Sandinista government, the CIA secretly mined harbors in Nicaragua during the 1980s, which is one of the most prominent instances. Later, the operation was denounced internationally and the United States was found to have violated international law in a historic ruling by the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The failed 2020 \"Operation Gideon,\" a disastrous seaborne incursion involving US-based private security contractors that Caracas claimed was supported by US intelligence, has been cited by Venezuela more recently. Although Washington denied any official involvement, the event<\/a> increased Venezuelan concerns about clandestine maritime assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts say the latest drone strike fits into this historical pattern of deniable, intelligence-led operations, designed to apply pressure while stopping short of overt military confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently compared regional traffickers to al Qaeda, saying they are being pursued with similar intelligence-driven precision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese narcoterrorists are the al Qaeda of our hemisphere,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Hegseth said earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In recent months, the US has destroyed more than 30 vessels suspected of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific, while also imposing a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers traveling to and from Venezuela. Until now, however, US strikes had been limited to international waters, where the military has clearer legal authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier this year, Trump expanded the CIA\u2019s operational authority in Latin America, including inside Venezuela \u2014 a shift that reportedly enabled the agency to conduct land-based actions beyond the scope of traditional military missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For a long time, the Venezuelan government has accused the United States of using covert actions, cyber operations, sanctions, and support for opposition groups as part of an undeclared hybrid warfare campaign to overthrow President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Caracas frequently disputes US accusations that it aids in widespread drug trafficking, arguing that Washington exploits the drug problem as a cover for regime change. Additionally<\/a>, US intelligence services have been accused by Venezuelan officials of supporting armed incursions and sabotage operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts<\/a> say that confirmation of a US intelligence-led attack on Venezuelan territory could be used by Maduro to bolster allegations of foreign aggression and justify additional security crackdowns, even though the CIA strike reportedly went mostly unnoticed inside Venezuela at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two sources told CNN that US Special Operations Forces provided intelligence support for the operation, a claim publicly denied by US Special Operations Command, which said it did not assist <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cto include intel support.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The CIA declined to comment, while requests for responses from the White House and Venezuela\u2019s communications and foreign ministries went unanswered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One official familiar with the strike described it as operationally successful but strategically limited, noting that the destroyed dock represented only one of many trafficking nodes along Venezuela\u2019s extensive coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reported CIA strike echoes past US intelligence-linked maritime operations in Latin America, which have often carried significant political fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an attempt to overthrow the Sandinista government, the CIA secretly mined harbors in Nicaragua during the 1980s, which is one of the most prominent instances. Later, the operation was denounced internationally and the United States was found to have violated international law in a historic ruling by the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The failed 2020 \"Operation Gideon,\" a disastrous seaborne incursion involving US-based private security contractors that Caracas claimed was supported by US intelligence, has been cited by Venezuela more recently. Although Washington denied any official involvement, the event<\/a> increased Venezuelan concerns about clandestine maritime assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts say the latest drone strike fits into this historical pattern of deniable, intelligence-led operations, designed to apply pressure while stopping short of overt military confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Drug trafficking organizations are increasingly being referred to by the Trump administration as \"narcoterrorist\" organizations, drawing comparisons to extremist networks that were targeted during the international war on terror. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently compared regional traffickers to al Qaeda, saying they are being pursued with similar intelligence-driven precision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese narcoterrorists are the al Qaeda of our hemisphere,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Hegseth said earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In recent months, the US has destroyed more than 30 vessels suspected of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific, while also imposing a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers traveling to and from Venezuela. Until now, however, US strikes had been limited to international waters, where the military has clearer legal authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier this year, Trump expanded the CIA\u2019s operational authority in Latin America, including inside Venezuela \u2014 a shift that reportedly enabled the agency to conduct land-based actions beyond the scope of traditional military missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For a long time, the Venezuelan government has accused the United States of using covert actions, cyber operations, sanctions, and support for opposition groups as part of an undeclared hybrid warfare campaign to overthrow President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Caracas frequently disputes US accusations that it aids in widespread drug trafficking, arguing that Washington exploits the drug problem as a cover for regime change. Additionally<\/a>, US intelligence services have been accused by Venezuelan officials of supporting armed incursions and sabotage operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts<\/a> say that confirmation of a US intelligence-led attack on Venezuelan territory could be used by Maduro to bolster allegations of foreign aggression and justify additional security crackdowns, even though the CIA strike reportedly went mostly unnoticed inside Venezuela at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two sources told CNN that US Special Operations Forces provided intelligence support for the operation, a claim publicly denied by US Special Operations Command, which said it did not assist <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cto include intel support.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The CIA declined to comment, while requests for responses from the White House and Venezuela\u2019s communications and foreign ministries went unanswered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One official familiar with the strike described it as operationally successful but strategically limited, noting that the destroyed dock represented only one of many trafficking nodes along Venezuela\u2019s extensive coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reported CIA strike echoes past US intelligence-linked maritime operations in Latin America, which have often carried significant political fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an attempt to overthrow the Sandinista government, the CIA secretly mined harbors in Nicaragua during the 1980s, which is one of the most prominent instances. Later, the operation was denounced internationally and the United States was found to have violated international law in a historic ruling by the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The failed 2020 \"Operation Gideon,\" a disastrous seaborne incursion involving US-based private security contractors that Caracas claimed was supported by US intelligence, has been cited by Venezuela more recently. Although Washington denied any official involvement, the event<\/a> increased Venezuelan concerns about clandestine maritime assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts say the latest drone strike fits into this historical pattern of deniable, intelligence-led operations, designed to apply pressure while stopping short of overt military confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While US officials publicly emphasize counter-narcotics objectives, senior figures within the administration have acknowledged broader political goals. Trump\u2019s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, said in a recent interview that attacks on drug boats were intended to pressure Maduro into backing down politically \u2014 to make him \u201ccry uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, that pressure has failed to produce concessions. Maduro remains firmly in power, bolstered by the military and support from allies including Russia, China, and Iran.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump confirms CIA covert drone strike on Venezuelan port facility","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trump-confirms-cia-covert-drone-strike-on-venezuelan-port-facility","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10007","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":19},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP<\/p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>
Venezuela has emerged as a major transit hub for cocaine shipments headed for the United States and Europe<\/a>, according to US officials who have framed the operation as part of a larger counter-narcotics campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP<\/p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>
Venezuela has emerged as a major transit hub for cocaine shipments headed for the United States and Europe<\/a>, according to US officials who have framed the operation as part of a larger counter-narcotics campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP<\/p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>
Before President Donald Trump hinted at the strike in a recent interview, providing few operational details and refusing to say whether the US military or the CIA carried out the action, it had not been made public. CNN was the first to report<\/a> on the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Venezuela has emerged as a major transit hub for cocaine shipments headed for the United States and Europe<\/a>, according to US officials who have framed the operation as part of a larger counter-narcotics campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP<\/p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>
The strike targeted a remote port facility along Venezuela's coastline that US intelligence agencies believe the Tren de Aragua criminal network uses to store drugs and transfer them onto boats for international trafficking routes, according to officials familiar with the operation. No casualties were reported, and the dock was apparently empty at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before President Donald Trump hinted at the strike in a recent interview, providing few operational details and refusing to say whether the US military or the CIA carried out the action, it had not been made public. CNN was the first to report<\/a> on the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Venezuela has emerged as a major transit hub for cocaine shipments headed for the United States and Europe<\/a>, according to US officials who have framed the operation as part of a larger counter-narcotics campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP<\/p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>
A covert CIA drone strike on Venezuelan territory earlier this month has intensified already fraught relations between Washington and Caracas, marking what sources describe as the first known US attack on a fixed land-based target inside Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The strike targeted a remote port facility along Venezuela's coastline that US intelligence agencies believe the Tren de Aragua criminal network uses to store drugs and transfer them onto boats for international trafficking routes, according to officials familiar with the operation. No casualties were reported, and the dock was apparently empty at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before President Donald Trump hinted at the strike in a recent interview, providing few operational details and refusing to say whether the US military or the CIA carried out the action, it had not been made public. CNN was the first to report<\/a> on the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Venezuela has emerged as a major transit hub for cocaine shipments headed for the United States and Europe<\/a>, according to US officials who have framed the operation as part of a larger counter-narcotics campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP<\/p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>
Even Barack Obama criticized Barack Obama in 2016 when he told the UK that they would be \u201cat the back of the queue\" if they chose to have a Brexit vote.<\/p>\n","post_title":"How has Donald Trump abandoned the tradition of non-interference abroad?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"how-has-donald-trump-abandoned-the-tradition-of-non-interference-abroad","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-01 13:18:50","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-01 13:18:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10015","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10007,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-12-30 10:51:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:25","post_content":"\n A covert CIA drone strike on Venezuelan territory earlier this month has intensified already fraught relations between Washington and Caracas, marking what sources describe as the first known US attack on a fixed land-based target inside Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The strike targeted a remote port facility along Venezuela's coastline that US intelligence agencies believe the Tren de Aragua criminal network uses to store drugs and transfer them onto boats for international trafficking routes, according to officials familiar with the operation. No casualties were reported, and the dock was apparently empty at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before President Donald Trump hinted at the strike in a recent interview, providing few operational details and refusing to say whether the US military or the CIA carried out the action, it had not been made public. CNN was the first to report<\/a> on the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Venezuela has emerged as a major transit hub for cocaine shipments headed for the United States and Europe<\/a>, according to US officials who have framed the operation as part of a larger counter-narcotics campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP<\/p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>
However, Trump is not the first president to involve the country internationally. Right from the CIA-led coup in Iran in 1953 through the change of governments in Latin America to the invasion of Iraq, America has been characterized by interventionist policies in the name of democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even Barack Obama criticized Barack Obama in 2016 when he told the UK that they would be \u201cat the back of the queue\" if they chose to have a Brexit vote.<\/p>\n","post_title":"How has Donald Trump abandoned the tradition of non-interference abroad?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"how-has-donald-trump-abandoned-the-tradition-of-non-interference-abroad","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-01 13:18:50","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-01 13:18:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10015","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10007,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-12-30 10:51:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:25","post_content":"\n A covert CIA drone strike on Venezuelan territory earlier this month has intensified already fraught relations between Washington and Caracas, marking what sources describe as the first known US attack on a fixed land-based target inside Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The strike targeted a remote port facility along Venezuela's coastline that US intelligence agencies believe the Tren de Aragua criminal network uses to store drugs and transfer them onto boats for international trafficking routes, according to officials familiar with the operation. No casualties were reported, and the dock was apparently empty at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before President Donald Trump hinted at the strike in a recent interview, providing few operational details and refusing to say whether the US military or the CIA carried out the action, it had not been made public. CNN was the first to report<\/a> on the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Venezuela has emerged as a major transit hub for cocaine shipments headed for the United States and Europe<\/a>, according to US officials who have framed the operation as part of a larger counter-narcotics campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP<\/p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>
However, Trump is not the first president to involve the country internationally. Right from the CIA-led coup in Iran in 1953 through the change of governments in Latin America to the invasion of Iraq, America has been characterized by interventionist policies in the name of democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even Barack Obama criticized Barack Obama in 2016 when he told the UK that they would be \u201cat the back of the queue\" if they chose to have a Brexit vote.<\/p>\n","post_title":"How has Donald Trump abandoned the tradition of non-interference abroad?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"how-has-donald-trump-abandoned-the-tradition-of-non-interference-abroad","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-01 13:18:50","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-01 13:18:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10015","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10007,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-12-30 10:51:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:25","post_content":"\n A covert CIA drone strike on Venezuelan territory earlier this month has intensified already fraught relations between Washington and Caracas, marking what sources describe as the first known US attack on a fixed land-based target inside Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The strike targeted a remote port facility along Venezuela's coastline that US intelligence agencies believe the Tren de Aragua criminal network uses to store drugs and transfer them onto boats for international trafficking routes, according to officials familiar with the operation. No casualties were reported, and the dock was apparently empty at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before President Donald Trump hinted at the strike in a recent interview, providing few operational details and refusing to say whether the US military or the CIA carried out the action, it had not been made public. CNN was the first to report<\/a> on the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Venezuela has emerged as a major transit hub for cocaine shipments headed for the United States and Europe<\/a>, according to US officials who have framed the operation as part of a larger counter-narcotics campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP<\/p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>
Leaders in France, Germany, and the UK warn that Trump-aligned movements such as National Rally, Alternative for Germany, and Reform UK threaten liberal democracy. Few expected the United States\u2014long Europe\u2019s primary security guarantor\u2014to emerge as a destabilizing political force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, Trump is not the first president to involve the country internationally. Right from the CIA-led coup in Iran in 1953 through the change of governments in Latin America to the invasion of Iraq, America has been characterized by interventionist policies in the name of democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even Barack Obama criticized Barack Obama in 2016 when he told the UK that they would be \u201cat the back of the queue\" if they chose to have a Brexit vote.<\/p>\n","post_title":"How has Donald Trump abandoned the tradition of non-interference abroad?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"how-has-donald-trump-abandoned-the-tradition-of-non-interference-abroad","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-01 13:18:50","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-01 13:18:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10015","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10007,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-12-30 10:51:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:25","post_content":"\n A covert CIA drone strike on Venezuelan territory earlier this month has intensified already fraught relations between Washington and Caracas, marking what sources describe as the first known US attack on a fixed land-based target inside Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The strike targeted a remote port facility along Venezuela's coastline that US intelligence agencies believe the Tren de Aragua criminal network uses to store drugs and transfer them onto boats for international trafficking routes, according to officials familiar with the operation. No casualties were reported, and the dock was apparently empty at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before President Donald Trump hinted at the strike in a recent interview, providing few operational details and refusing to say whether the US military or the CIA carried out the action, it had not been made public. CNN was the first to report<\/a> on the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Venezuela has emerged as a major transit hub for cocaine shipments headed for the United States and Europe<\/a>, according to US officials who have framed the operation as part of a larger counter-narcotics campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP<\/p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>
Trump\u2019s administration has increasingly positioned itself against centrist and left-leaning governments in Europe. The new US national security strategy argues that European culture is under threat from \u201ccivilizational erasure\u201d caused by Muslim immigration and openly endorses far-right populist parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leaders in France, Germany, and the UK warn that Trump-aligned movements such as National Rally, Alternative for Germany, and Reform UK threaten liberal democracy. Few expected the United States\u2014long Europe\u2019s primary security guarantor\u2014to emerge as a destabilizing political force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, Trump is not the first president to involve the country internationally. Right from the CIA-led coup in Iran in 1953 through the change of governments in Latin America to the invasion of Iraq, America has been characterized by interventionist policies in the name of democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even Barack Obama criticized Barack Obama in 2016 when he told the UK that they would be \u201cat the back of the queue\" if they chose to have a Brexit vote.<\/p>\n","post_title":"How has Donald Trump abandoned the tradition of non-interference abroad?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"how-has-donald-trump-abandoned-the-tradition-of-non-interference-abroad","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-01 13:18:50","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-01 13:18:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10015","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10007,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-12-30 10:51:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:25","post_content":"\n A covert CIA drone strike on Venezuelan territory earlier this month has intensified already fraught relations between Washington and Caracas, marking what sources describe as the first known US attack on a fixed land-based target inside Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The strike targeted a remote port facility along Venezuela's coastline that US intelligence agencies believe the Tren de Aragua criminal network uses to store drugs and transfer them onto boats for international trafficking routes, according to officials familiar with the operation. No casualties were reported, and the dock was apparently empty at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before President Donald Trump hinted at the strike in a recent interview, providing few operational details and refusing to say whether the US military or the CIA carried out the action, it had not been made public. CNN was the first to report<\/a> on the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Venezuela has emerged as a major transit hub for cocaine shipments headed for the United States and Europe<\/a>, according to US officials who have framed the operation as part of a larger counter-narcotics campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP<\/p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>
Trump\u2019s administration has increasingly positioned itself against centrist and left-leaning governments in Europe. The new US national security strategy argues that European culture is under threat from \u201ccivilizational erasure\u201d caused by Muslim immigration and openly endorses far-right populist parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leaders in France, Germany, and the UK warn that Trump-aligned movements such as National Rally, Alternative for Germany, and Reform UK threaten liberal democracy. Few expected the United States\u2014long Europe\u2019s primary security guarantor\u2014to emerge as a destabilizing political force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, Trump is not the first president to involve the country internationally. Right from the CIA-led coup in Iran in 1953 through the change of governments in Latin America to the invasion of Iraq, America has been characterized by interventionist policies in the name of democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even Barack Obama criticized Barack Obama in 2016 when he told the UK that they would be \u201cat the back of the queue\" if they chose to have a Brexit vote.<\/p>\n","post_title":"How has Donald Trump abandoned the tradition of non-interference abroad?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"how-has-donald-trump-abandoned-the-tradition-of-non-interference-abroad","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-01 13:18:50","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-01 13:18:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10015","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10007,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-12-30 10:51:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:25","post_content":"\n A covert CIA drone strike on Venezuelan territory earlier this month has intensified already fraught relations between Washington and Caracas, marking what sources describe as the first known US attack on a fixed land-based target inside Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The strike targeted a remote port facility along Venezuela's coastline that US intelligence agencies believe the Tren de Aragua criminal network uses to store drugs and transfer them onto boats for international trafficking routes, according to officials familiar with the operation. No casualties were reported, and the dock was apparently empty at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before President Donald Trump hinted at the strike in a recent interview, providing few operational details and refusing to say whether the US military or the CIA carried out the action, it had not been made public. CNN was the first to report<\/a> on the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Venezuela has emerged as a major transit hub for cocaine shipments headed for the United States and Europe<\/a>, according to US officials who have framed the operation as part of a larger counter-narcotics campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP<\/p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>
In South Korea, Trump posted inflammatory claims about church raids just before talks with President Lee Jae Myung, placing his counterpart on the defensive during a critical diplomatic visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump\u2019s administration has increasingly positioned itself against centrist and left-leaning governments in Europe. The new US national security strategy argues that European culture is under threat from \u201ccivilizational erasure\u201d caused by Muslim immigration and openly endorses far-right populist parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leaders in France, Germany, and the UK warn that Trump-aligned movements such as National Rally, Alternative for Germany, and Reform UK threaten liberal democracy. Few expected the United States\u2014long Europe\u2019s primary security guarantor\u2014to emerge as a destabilizing political force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, Trump is not the first president to involve the country internationally. Right from the CIA-led coup in Iran in 1953 through the change of governments in Latin America to the invasion of Iraq, America has been characterized by interventionist policies in the name of democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even Barack Obama criticized Barack Obama in 2016 when he told the UK that they would be \u201cat the back of the queue\" if they chose to have a Brexit vote.<\/p>\n","post_title":"How has Donald Trump abandoned the tradition of non-interference abroad?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"how-has-donald-trump-abandoned-the-tradition-of-non-interference-abroad","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-01 13:18:50","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-01 13:18:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10015","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10007,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-12-30 10:51:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:25","post_content":"\n A covert CIA drone strike on Venezuelan territory earlier this month has intensified already fraught relations between Washington and Caracas, marking what sources describe as the first known US attack on a fixed land-based target inside Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The strike targeted a remote port facility along Venezuela's coastline that US intelligence agencies believe the Tren de Aragua criminal network uses to store drugs and transfer them onto boats for international trafficking routes, according to officials familiar with the operation. No casualties were reported, and the dock was apparently empty at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before President Donald Trump hinted at the strike in a recent interview, providing few operational details and refusing to say whether the US military or the CIA carried out the action, it had not been made public. CNN was the first to report<\/a> on the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Venezuela has emerged as a major transit hub for cocaine shipments headed for the United States and Europe<\/a>, according to US officials who have framed the operation as part of a larger counter-narcotics campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP<\/p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>
Trump\u2019s political tactics extend well beyond the Americas. During a meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Trump circulated a video alleging a genocide against White South Africans, undermining Ramaphosa domestically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In South Korea, Trump posted inflammatory claims about church raids just before talks with President Lee Jae Myung, placing his counterpart on the defensive during a critical diplomatic visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump\u2019s administration has increasingly positioned itself against centrist and left-leaning governments in Europe. The new US national security strategy argues that European culture is under threat from \u201ccivilizational erasure\u201d caused by Muslim immigration and openly endorses far-right populist parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leaders in France, Germany, and the UK warn that Trump-aligned movements such as National Rally, Alternative for Germany, and Reform UK threaten liberal democracy. Few expected the United States\u2014long Europe\u2019s primary security guarantor\u2014to emerge as a destabilizing political force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, Trump is not the first president to involve the country internationally. Right from the CIA-led coup in Iran in 1953 through the change of governments in Latin America to the invasion of Iraq, America has been characterized by interventionist policies in the name of democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even Barack Obama criticized Barack Obama in 2016 when he told the UK that they would be \u201cat the back of the queue\" if they chose to have a Brexit vote.<\/p>\n","post_title":"How has Donald Trump abandoned the tradition of non-interference abroad?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"how-has-donald-trump-abandoned-the-tradition-of-non-interference-abroad","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-01 13:18:50","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-01 13:18:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10015","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10007,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-12-30 10:51:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:25","post_content":"\n A covert CIA drone strike on Venezuelan territory earlier this month has intensified already fraught relations between Washington and Caracas, marking what sources describe as the first known US attack on a fixed land-based target inside Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The strike targeted a remote port facility along Venezuela's coastline that US intelligence agencies believe the Tren de Aragua criminal network uses to store drugs and transfer them onto boats for international trafficking routes, according to officials familiar with the operation. No casualties were reported, and the dock was apparently empty at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before President Donald Trump hinted at the strike in a recent interview, providing few operational details and refusing to say whether the US military or the CIA carried out the action, it had not been made public. CNN was the first to report<\/a> on the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Venezuela has emerged as a major transit hub for cocaine shipments headed for the United States and Europe<\/a>, according to US officials who have framed the operation as part of a larger counter-narcotics campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP<\/p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>
Trump\u2019s political tactics extend well beyond the Americas. During a meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Trump circulated a video alleging a genocide against White South Africans, undermining Ramaphosa domestically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In South Korea, Trump posted inflammatory claims about church raids just before talks with President Lee Jae Myung, placing his counterpart on the defensive during a critical diplomatic visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump\u2019s administration has increasingly positioned itself against centrist and left-leaning governments in Europe. The new US national security strategy argues that European culture is under threat from \u201ccivilizational erasure\u201d caused by Muslim immigration and openly endorses far-right populist parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leaders in France, Germany, and the UK warn that Trump-aligned movements such as National Rally, Alternative for Germany, and Reform UK threaten liberal democracy. Few expected the United States\u2014long Europe\u2019s primary security guarantor\u2014to emerge as a destabilizing political force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, Trump is not the first president to involve the country internationally. Right from the CIA-led coup in Iran in 1953 through the change of governments in Latin America to the invasion of Iraq, America has been characterized by interventionist policies in the name of democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even Barack Obama criticized Barack Obama in 2016 when he told the UK that they would be \u201cat the back of the queue\" if they chose to have a Brexit vote.<\/p>\n","post_title":"How has Donald Trump abandoned the tradition of non-interference abroad?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"how-has-donald-trump-abandoned-the-tradition-of-non-interference-abroad","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-01 13:18:50","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-01 13:18:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10015","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10007,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-12-30 10:51:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:25","post_content":"\n A covert CIA drone strike on Venezuelan territory earlier this month has intensified already fraught relations between Washington and Caracas, marking what sources describe as the first known US attack on a fixed land-based target inside Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The strike targeted a remote port facility along Venezuela's coastline that US intelligence agencies believe the Tren de Aragua criminal network uses to store drugs and transfer them onto boats for international trafficking routes, according to officials familiar with the operation. No casualties were reported, and the dock was apparently empty at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before President Donald Trump hinted at the strike in a recent interview, providing few operational details and refusing to say whether the US military or the CIA carried out the action, it had not been made public. CNN was the first to report<\/a> on the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Venezuela has emerged as a major transit hub for cocaine shipments headed for the United States and Europe<\/a>, according to US officials who have framed the operation as part of a larger counter-narcotics campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP<\/p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>
Trump warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump\u2019s political tactics extend well beyond the Americas. During a meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Trump circulated a video alleging a genocide against White South Africans, undermining Ramaphosa domestically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In South Korea, Trump posted inflammatory claims about church raids just before talks with President Lee Jae Myung, placing his counterpart on the defensive during a critical diplomatic visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump\u2019s administration has increasingly positioned itself against centrist and left-leaning governments in Europe. The new US national security strategy argues that European culture is under threat from \u201ccivilizational erasure\u201d caused by Muslim immigration and openly endorses far-right populist parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leaders in France, Germany, and the UK warn that Trump-aligned movements such as National Rally, Alternative for Germany, and Reform UK threaten liberal democracy. Few expected the United States\u2014long Europe\u2019s primary security guarantor\u2014to emerge as a destabilizing political force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, Trump is not the first president to involve the country internationally. Right from the CIA-led coup in Iran in 1953 through the change of governments in Latin America to the invasion of Iraq, America has been characterized by interventionist policies in the name of democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even Barack Obama criticized Barack Obama in 2016 when he told the UK that they would be \u201cat the back of the queue\" if they chose to have a Brexit vote.<\/p>\n","post_title":"How has Donald Trump abandoned the tradition of non-interference abroad?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"how-has-donald-trump-abandoned-the-tradition-of-non-interference-abroad","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-01 13:18:50","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-01 13:18:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10015","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10007,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-12-30 10:51:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:25","post_content":"\n A covert CIA drone strike on Venezuelan territory earlier this month has intensified already fraught relations between Washington and Caracas, marking what sources describe as the first known US attack on a fixed land-based target inside Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The strike targeted a remote port facility along Venezuela's coastline that US intelligence agencies believe the Tren de Aragua criminal network uses to store drugs and transfer them onto boats for international trafficking routes, according to officials familiar with the operation. No casualties were reported, and the dock was apparently empty at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before President Donald Trump hinted at the strike in a recent interview, providing few operational details and refusing to say whether the US military or the CIA carried out the action, it had not been made public. CNN was the first to report<\/a> on the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Venezuela has emerged as a major transit hub for cocaine shipments headed for the United States and Europe<\/a>, according to US officials who have framed the operation as part of a larger counter-narcotics campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP<\/p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>
\u201cIf he doesn\u2019t win, we\u2019re gone,\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Trump warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump\u2019s political tactics extend well beyond the Americas. During a meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Trump circulated a video alleging a genocide against White South Africans, undermining Ramaphosa domestically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In South Korea, Trump posted inflammatory claims about church raids just before talks with President Lee Jae Myung, placing his counterpart on the defensive during a critical diplomatic visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump\u2019s administration has increasingly positioned itself against centrist and left-leaning governments in Europe. The new US national security strategy argues that European culture is under threat from \u201ccivilizational erasure\u201d caused by Muslim immigration and openly endorses far-right populist parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leaders in France, Germany, and the UK warn that Trump-aligned movements such as National Rally, Alternative for Germany, and Reform UK threaten liberal democracy. Few expected the United States\u2014long Europe\u2019s primary security guarantor\u2014to emerge as a destabilizing political force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, Trump is not the first president to involve the country internationally. Right from the CIA-led coup in Iran in 1953 through the change of governments in Latin America to the invasion of Iraq, America has been characterized by interventionist policies in the name of democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even Barack Obama criticized Barack Obama in 2016 when he told the UK that they would be \u201cat the back of the queue\" if they chose to have a Brexit vote.<\/p>\n","post_title":"How has Donald Trump abandoned the tradition of non-interference abroad?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"how-has-donald-trump-abandoned-the-tradition-of-non-interference-abroad","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-01-01 13:18:50","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-01 13:18:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=10015","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":10007,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-12-30 10:51:25","post_date_gmt":"2025-12-30 10:51:25","post_content":"\n A covert CIA drone strike on Venezuelan territory earlier this month has intensified already fraught relations between Washington and Caracas, marking what sources describe as the first known US attack on a fixed land-based target inside Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The strike targeted a remote port facility along Venezuela's coastline that US intelligence agencies believe the Tren de Aragua criminal network uses to store drugs and transfer them onto boats for international trafficking routes, according to officials familiar with the operation. No casualties were reported, and the dock was apparently empty at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before President Donald Trump hinted at the strike in a recent interview, providing few operational details and refusing to say whether the US military or the CIA carried out the action, it had not been made public. CNN was the first to report<\/a> on the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Venezuela has emerged as a major transit hub for cocaine shipments headed for the United States and Europe<\/a>, according to US officials who have framed the operation as part of a larger counter-narcotics campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP<\/p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>
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