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Monday, September 15, 2025

President Donald Trump on Sunday tried to justify the fatal U.S. strike on a Venezuelan boat by claiming that 300 million people, presumably Americans, died from drugs last year. He was off by almost 300 million.

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The country's interior minister said those killed in a U.S. Caribbean strike were not drug traffickers, raising questions about the legality of the attack.

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-- Newsweek (@newsweek.com) Sep 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM

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Eberly will be a long shortly, to blame the Democrats for ... something or another.

#1 | Posted by Wardog at 2025-09-15 01:58 PM | Reply

Jeff will run in and declare this to be factual.

62 million people died last year AROUND THE WORLD from drugs.

This asshat says almost 90% of Americans died last year.

Anyone ask Jake Tapper if he's clutching his pearls yet?

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-09-15 02:26 PM | Reply

Trump
Lies
All
The
Time

His idiot supporters are the dumbest people in America and believe his every word.

#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-09-15 02:29 PM | Reply

Wardog will be along shortly to tell us all what Eberly had for breakfast.......oh wait...already did.

#4 | Posted by eberly at 2025-09-15 02:30 PM | Reply

Rocky Mountain Oysters?

#5 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-09-15 02:35 PM | Reply

What stat have the Dems offered up for how many people have been killed by drugs?

Show me that or else this is entirely believable...

-Ebitcherly

#6 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-15 04:24 PM | Reply

Fucking Idiot!

#7 | Posted by moder8 at 2025-09-15 04:34 PM | Reply

Trump appears to be confused... and projecting the future death tolls under Bobby Jr.

#8 | Posted by Corky at 2025-09-15 05:06 PM | Reply

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