U.S. forces recently targeted a submersible vessel suspected of trafficking narcotics, President Donald Trump said during an Oct. 17 White House press conference, while hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Trump described the strike on the submersible vessel after facing questions about reports that U.S. forces had recovered the survivors of a recent strike on a vessel operating in the Caribbean Sea. Reuters was the first to report that two individuals had survived the Oct. 16 U.S. strike on the suspected drug vessel.
Trump initially referred questions about the Oct. 16 strike to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
“It’s well known there’s an ongoing narco-terrorist operation the United States has been conducting. As far as details of any recent strikes, we’re not prepared here to announce all those details, but you’ll get that information here very shortly,” Rubio began his response….
Trump Says US Forces Attacked Drug-Carrying Submersible Vessel
