First U.S. Strikes on Venezuela’s Mainland: Venezuelan Militia Incapable of Responding

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President Trump confirmed that U.S. forces struck a facility on Venezuela’s coast used to load boats with drugs, describing it as a dock area destroyed around December 27, 2025. Speaking at Mar-a-Lago, Trump said there was a major explosion at the “implementation area” but declined to specify whether the military or CIA conducted the operation, saying only “it doesn’t matter” and “I know exactly who it was but I don’t want to say.”

No official Pentagon...