President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that strikes on suspected drug boats his administration began carrying out in September in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean are saving hundreds of thousands of people in the U.

The Trump administration earlier this week carried out the 20th attack against alleged narco-terrorists in the Caribbean Sea, a Pentagon official confirmed to NBC News.

The terminology being deployed by the president and his aides is just as telling as their build-up of troops and military hardware.

U.S. strikes have killed at least 80 people in 20 attacks on small boats that the U.S. has accused of transporting narcotics in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean, since early September.

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has doubled down on calls for peace as U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly mulls over options for military operations inside the country and places an enormous amount of firepower close to Venezuela's coast.

As the Trump administration expands its Caribbean campaign, a long-circulated legend about George Washington’s doomsday prophecy is gaining new traction among commentators.

Department of Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem calls Tren de Aragua worse than MS-13 as Trump designates Venezuelan gangs as terrorist organizations.