US Forces Took Out Drug Boat Facility in Venezuela in Airstrike: Trump

The president made the comments in a radio interview with billionaire John Catsimatidis on Dec. 26.President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 29, 2025. Joe Raedle/Getty Images&12/29/2025|Updated: 12/29/2025President Donald Trump on Dec. 29 said that the United States had knocked out a drug-loading facility in Venezuela sometime before Dec. 26 as part of Washington’s ongoing campaign against boats carrying narcotics to the United States.On Monday, Trump told reporters that strikes had taken place, confirming that they had been carried out on Venezuelan soil and were part of U.S. anti-drug trafficking operations in the region.Guy Birchall is a UK-based journalist covering a wide range of national stories with a particular interest in freedom of expression and social issues.Author’s Selected Articles