Is Trump getting away with murder in the Caribbean?
The News Agents
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🗓️ 28 October 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump is declaring his actions in the Caribbean a war on drugs. Democrats are calling it "state-sanctioned murder". What is Trump's game plan for Venezuela? Is it about fentanyl? Oil? Or regime change?
Later - the latest YouGov poll has put four major parties all within two points of each other. What does it tell us about the state of UK politics? And what can we learn from Plaid Cymru’s success in last week's Caerphilly by-election ?
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.1 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:12.9 | In the past few moments, there's been breaking news that four more boats have been struck by the US military, 14 killed, adding to the dozens who've already been taken out |
| 0:24.0 | by American strikes on alleged drug runners. What the hell is going on off the coast of Venezuela? |
| 0:30.8 | The administration insists these strikes are consistent with international law. Do you agree with that? |
| 0:35.9 | No, it's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels that they're doing something |
| 0:40.6 | illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our |
| 0:44.6 | military, and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder. It's sanctioned murder |
| 0:48.8 | that he is doing that. That was Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego, who's clear that this is sanctioned murder. |
| 0:57.5 | Is Trump really fighting a war on drugs or trying to get rid of Venezuela's president? |
| 1:04.4 | Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:10.0 | The News Agents. |
| 1:11.6 | It's John. |
| 1:12.3 | It's Emily. |
| 1:13.2 | And there are two major events happening off the coast of Latin America right now. |
| 1:20.0 | One is a hurricane barreling towards Jamaica. |
| 1:23.9 | The other is man-made. |
| 1:25.9 | And that is the mass of forces that have gathered US forces off the coast of Venezuela. |
| 1:32.6 | It all started with the Americans taking out, firing on boats that the Americans alleged were full of drugs and drug runners. |
| 1:43.1 | No proof has been extended to confirm that, but the Americans have |
| 1:47.5 | carried on their exercise. Meanwhile, the biggest aircraft carrier that the US has is now in |
| 1:53.7 | position of Venezuela. Is the real game, the overthrow of President Maduro? Donald Trump says it's a stupid question, but we'll have a |
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