How Trump’s Strikes on Venezuelan Boats Could Spark Armed Conflict

How Trump’s Strikes on Venezuelan Boats Could Spark Armed Conflict | WSJ

President Trump has shown the U.S. can use lethal force to combat drug cartels in Venezuela and has repeatedly tied Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to drug trafficking. The U.S. military carried out a strike against a drug-carrying boat from Venezuela killing eleven just days after the Pentagon deployed warships to the Caribbean to stop the flow of cocaine.
WSJ’s Vera Bergengruen explains how the heightened rhetoric and military moves by the Trump administration and Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro could escalate.
Chapters:
0:00 U.S.-Venezuela tension
0:42 Trump’s crackdown on drug cartels
3:21 Pressure on Maduro
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