Are we going to invade Venezuela?

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🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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President Trump is sending warships to Venezuela and bombing so-called drug boats off the coast. His aggression toward Venezuela smells a lot like the beginnings of a war. But it may just be a way to expand presidential power. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Adriene Lilly and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Astead Herndon. Boats off the coast of Venezuela are being targeted by the US. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	First, it was one alleged drug boat back in September.
0:04.0	U.S. military forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified
0:10.0	Trende-Aragua narco-terrorists.
0:12.0	Eleven on board were killed.
0:14.0	When you flood American streets with drugs, you are terrorizing America.
0:18.0	Then, a second strike, in the Caribbean, then another and another, almost every week for two months.
0:27.2	In total, more than a dozen ships have been hit, and at least 57 people left dead.
0:33.2	We're going to kill them, you know? They're going to be like dead. Okay.
0:37.1	And Trump is still upping the ante.
0:39.6	He's sending warships to the coast of Venezuela.
0:42.7	But the question is why.
0:44.7	And what Stephen Miller got to do with it?
0:48.2	Okay.
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0:54.3	That and more.
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