"MSNBC's Alex Witt was dumbfounded over the latest strike by President Donald Trump's administration on alleged Venezuelan drug runners in international waters. On Friday, Trump announced via Truth Social that he gave the order for a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility. Trump added, Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics, and was transiting along a known narcotrafficking passage enroute to poison Americans."
"Leah Lipman with the University of Michigan law school explained it's an area of law where it is quite difficult to bring a preemptive lawsuit that would prevent the president from carrying out strikes before he does so, because in order to bring such a suit, you would need a plaintiff to be able to show that they were about to be the target of such a strike."
"So a preemptive lawsuit that could prevent this is basically out of the question, which is why we need a Congress to actually step up and do something. I meanyou could make an argument here, but by these actions, the president's going against the Constitution! Witt exclaimed. I mean, this is just extraordinary. And what if the shoe were on the other foot? What if another country did this to Americans? All hell would break out!"
President Donald Trump ordered lethal kinetic strikes on vessels affiliated with alleged Venezuelan narcotrafficking operations in the USSOUTHCOM area, with administration claims that intelligence confirmed illicit narcotics trafficking and a route intended to poison Americans. The operation marked the third strike on a Venezuelan vessel in a month and occurred without congressional authorization. Legal experts noted that preemptive lawsuits to block such strikes are difficult because plaintiffs must show imminent targeting and the president does not announce future targets. Critics urged congressional action and questioned the factual basis and legality of the strikes.
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