Trump’s new war on drugs

President Donald Trump promised to crack down on illicit drugs. Then, he blew up a Venezuelan vessel in international waters.

This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by David Tatasciore and Adriene Lilly, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

A still from a video the White House released showing the U.S. military strike against what it called "Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists."

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