thehill.com

... Last month, a message on the White House website declared that "the Trump Administration has been the most transparent and accessible administration in modern American history ... ensuring the American people are constantly in touch with what their government is doing." ...

Timeline of Boat Strikes and Related Actions
www.justsecurity.org

... On October 5, Trump spoke at a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush. He implied there was an additional strike the prior evening, October 4, stating: "Every one of those boats is responsible for the death of 25,000 American people and the destruction of families. So when you think of it that way, what we're doing is actually an act of kindness. ...

OK, so, Pres Trump has said that each boat strike saves 25,000 American lives.

To wit ...

Trump: Each U.S. boat strike off the coast of Venezuela saves 25,000 people.
www.pbs.org

... The Trump administration has struck at least 32 vessels killing about 115 people in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean since September. Trump said previously that the boats were carrying drugs en route to the U.S. and during the press conference he said the drugs on each boat would kill "on average, 25,000 people."

However, experts on drugs and Venezuela told PolitiFact the country plays a minor role in trafficking drugs that reach the U.S. And the administration has provided no evidence about the type or quantity of drugs it says were on the boats. This lack of information makes it impossible to know how many lethal doses of the drugs could have been destroyed.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 73,000 U.S. drug overdose deaths from May 2024 to April 2025.

That means the drugs on 32 boats would have been responsible for 800,000 deaths, nearly 11 times the number of U.S. overdose deaths in one year. ...

Wait, what?

Pres Trump lied?

Again?!?!?