F-35 Stealth Fighters in the Caribbean as Millions of Illegal Immigrants leave Labgor Force

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 6 September 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

1. Military Action Against Narco-Traffickers

Reports that Trump ordered the Pentagon to use F-35 stealth fighters and military force in the Caribbean against drug cartels.
Describes the destruction of a suspected drug-running boat off Venezuela with a missile strike, killing 11 people—framed by the author as a show of strength.
Critics (including Axios, Human Rights Watch, and some U.S. officials) are portrayed as outraged, calling it extrajudicial killing and a departure from law enforcement norms.
The article defends Trump’s decision, highlighting his reclassification of cartels as terrorist organizations, which grants authority to use military force against them.

2. Immigration Courts & Military Lawyers

Notes Trump authorized the Pentagon to deploy up to 600 military lawyers as temporary immigration judges.
The stated goal: reduce the massive backlog of 3.4–3.5 million immigration cases.
Critics (media, immigration lawyers, Democrats) argue that military lawyers lack the training for immigration law and risk undermining due process.
The piece frames these objections as politically motivated resistance and emphasizes Trump’s commitment to enforcing immigration laws despite opposition.

3. Labor Force & Deportations

Discusses the decline of immigrant labor (both legal and undocumented) in the U.S., citing a Pew Research analysis that found 1.2–1.4 million immigrants left the labor force under Trump.
Argues that this decline benefits American workers through higher wages and more job opportunities.
Counters media claims (like from the AP) about crops rotting due to lack of immigrant labor, suggesting those reports are fearmongering.
Suggests that “self-deportation” is happening, where immigrants choose to leave due to stricter enforcement and fear of ICE raids.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:05.1	In some big news, President Donald Trump, with the Pentagon doing what he said to do,
0:11.1	have now deployed F-35 stealth fighters to the Caribbean for counter-narcotics operations.
0:20.0	Axios freaking out, because that's what the media does,
0:23.4	when you have a strong president that is protecting American lives. Here's what their headline reads.
0:29.3	Quote, we've never seen this before. Trump's drug war looks like a real war. Again, they're saying in a negative connotation, I'm thrilled by it, and so are most Americans,
0:42.8	because it's exactly what they voted for.
0:45.6	Now, the media, Axios, is the great example of that today.
0:49.1	They're wanting you to be terrified that the president is wanting to go after narco terrorists. Their first line of
0:56.4	the article says this, more missiles, fewer arrests. President Trump's war on drugs is officially a war,
1:04.1	not a mere law enforcement action. And then they say, why does this matter? Well, the U.S. has entered a
1:09.7	new era in which narcotic
1:11.4	traffickers are classified as terrorists, and Trump is claiming the right to kill them before they
1:17.3	or their drugs reach this country. That's what you need to know, the difference between
1:21.9	Republicans and Democrats on this issue. Democrats want to, like, hand out due process to these terrorists. Republicans are saying
1:29.1	let's kill them and stop their drugs before they kill Americans. I'm loving this article.
1:34.8	The president's overall perspective, they write, is that if there's a terrorist threat to the homeland
1:40.6	of the United States of America, he trusts the military to take that threat out, whether it's a drug boat off the coast of Venezuela
1:49.7	or an al-Qaeda terrorist in the Middle East.
1:53.4	That is what a senior Trump administration official said to Axios.
1:57.6	Now, on Tuesday, the U.S. Navy blew up a suspected drug-running boat off Venezuela, killing its crew of 11, according to Trump and Pentagon officials.
2:06.9	By the way, the video, it's glorious.
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