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deminks

(11,425 posts) Wed Sep 3, 2025, 09:26 PM Wednesday

Was the boat Trump blew up carrying 'migrants', not drugs? NYT [View all]

You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *â€™migrants *
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
— Eric Umansky (@ericumansky.bsky.social) 2025-09-04T00:32:32.452Z

You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants *
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/us/politics/hegseth-venezuela-drug-strike.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jU8._oRS.QhFYZjRo5Mb1&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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Was the boat Trump blew up carrying 'migrants', not drugs? NYT [View all] deminks Wednesday OP

Trump's hatred of brown people is becoming more sadistic and cruel by the day. Irish_Dem Wednesday #1

11 people needed to smuggle a boatload of drugs? Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday #2

Could be 9 people being smuggled and no drugs. gab13by13 Wednesday #5

Who can tell? Disaffected Thursday #19

Wouldn't surprise me. Trump tried to B.See Wednesday #3

A human (or drug) smuggling run from Venezuela to the U.S. coast would be at least 1400 miles. sop Wednesday #4

If you're out in your boat gab13by13 Wednesday #6

It was cold-blooded murder of innocent people. John1956PA Wednesday #8

that is the reason Trump ordered popsdenver Wednesday #17

That boat was obviously modified before we go down that path... Melon Thursday #21

That boat did not have "4 high horsepower engines" on the transom, they were probably less than 50-70 hp each. sop Thursday #24

I am very familiar with offshore race boats Melon Thursday #25

That boat isn't going much faster than 25 mph, amd those engines look like small Yamahas, probably 40-70 hp. sop Thursday #27

For all we know, they all could have been US citizens. bluedigger Wednesday #7

I believe it. Trump and his kids love drugs newdeal2 Wednesday #9

We'll never know misanthrope Wednesday #10

One thing we do know is that what we watched happen to that boat was cold blooded murder. GoodRaisin Wednesday #11

What "heart"? Traitor has Murder in Cha Thursday #22

Were there children in the boat? Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday #12

Chances are, we will never know Hekate Wednesday #14

If you could afford it, would you walk your children through Colombian jungles or go by speedboat to Florida? Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday #15

How would such a small boat make it all the way to the US? nt Disaffected Thursday #20

I hope they keep asking -- personally, I think 11 people were murdered. Hekate Wednesday #13

Christians killing a boatload of Christians. Isn't that what this really is? RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Wednesday #16

Unlikely, unless they were squashed into small oblong packages wrapped in black plastic Warpy Wednesday #18

A better spin on the story, or how the blundering administration could have told it taxi Thursday #23

Explain how they knew about this particular boat and drugs?.................. Lovie777 Thursday #26

MaddowBlog-Team Trump faces tough questions following strike on boat in international waters LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #28

I think Trump is trying to provoke retaliation WSHazel Thursday #29

If so, then it is a war crime. kentuck Thursday #30

He's doing everything to distract from the Epstein issue. Xolodno Thursday #31