Now they are cheering Donald Trump for murdering people, they don’t even know who they are, because they happen to be in a speedboat in the Caribbean. These people are on boats that cannot even make it to the United States. There is no evidence they have illegal drugs on board.
Brad's claim is not accurate.
While the U.S. military has indeed conducted airstrikes and missile attacks on speedboats in the Caribbean since early September 2025—killing at least 64 people in 15 known operations under the Trump administration's "war on narcoterrorism", the characterization of these as killings of innocent bystanders "who happen to be in a speedboat" with "no evidence" of drugs is an overstatement and misleading.
Here's why, based on available reporting and analysis:
The strikes target vessels the U.S. government describes as "narco-trafficking" boats operated by cartels like Venezuela's Tren de Aragua, which it has designated as terrorist organizations.
These are low-profile, high-speed "go-fast" boats equipped with multiple outboard engines for evasion, often painted black for nighttime runs, and designed for long-haul smuggling from South America toward Central America or the U.S.
Some incidents have produced visible evidence of drugs post-strike, such as packages of cocaine recovered floating in the water near the Dominican Republic after a September attack that killed three people.
Brad's "no evidence they have illegal drugs" claim is disingenuous.
U.S. officials have intelligence about smuggling routes and operators, but they've shared little publicly, because the release of classified information would put future operations (and informants' lives) at risk.
As for
Brad's obtuse statement that the boats "cannot even make it to the United States," that's inaccurate for the targeted vessels.
Go-fast boats are built for 1,000+ mile transits, carrying extra fuel barrels alongside cargo, and the Caribbean is a key smuggling corridor (90% of cocaine to the U.S. moves on maritime routes, per DHS data).
Strikes have occurred in international waters off Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Dominican Republic, far from U.S. shores but on established narco-routes and within range of smuggling craft.
Coast Guard operations (e.g., seizing 17,450 pounds of cocaine in June 2025) confirm these boats' capability.
Brad's claim ignores the fact that targeted strikes are a new, escalated tactics
In summary, these operations have killed people in speedboats on the high seas, but the boats in question are purpose-built for smuggling, not incidental civilian craft incapable of reaching the U.S., and some strikes have led to the discovery of corroborated drug loads floating at the site as flotsam.
The policy is legally part of an armed conflict with designated cartels.
Personally, I hope someone in
Brad's family succumbs to an overdose due to use of narcotics from a drug cargo that eluded detection, if they haven't already.
