The Daily Blast: Trump Press Sec Spin Implodes as Fresh Boat Bombing Horrors Rattle GOP

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Chris Cotnoir

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🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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President Trump’s illegal boat bombings just got even worse. We’ve now learned that after demolishing a boat allegedly carrying drug smugglers in September, two survivors were left behind, and they were both blown apart in a second strike. That’s probably a war crime. On Monday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt struggled mightily to spin this as perfectly lawful. But all she revealed is how hard it is to defend all this when actual facts are known. Meanwhile, the latest turn in this saga is clearly rattling some Republicans, who feel forced to appear as if they want to exercise more oversight. We talked to Jennifer Rubin, editor-in-chief of The Contrarian, about her good new piece on this latest fiasco. She explains why we should take GOP angst over the bombings seriously, why people inside the chain of command should fear they’re on the hook for illegal acts, and what it will really take to impose accountability. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.5	President Trump's illegal boat bombings in the Caribbean Sea just got much worse.
1:07.6	We've now learned that after demolishing a boat allegedly carrying drug smugglers in September,
1:13.4	two survivors were left behind, and they were both blown apart in a second strike.
1:15.9	This is probably a war crime.
1:22.7	White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt faced reporters' questions about this on Monday and tried to spin all of it as perfectly lawful. But all she ended up revealing is how hard it is for the administration
1:29.2	to justify its acts when actual facts about them are known. We're working through all this with
1:35.9	Jennifer Rubin, co-founder and editor-in chief of the contrarian who has a good piece laying all this out.
1:41.5	Jen, great to have you back on. It's great to be here, Greg.
1:45.3	So here's what we know. The Washington Post reports that on September 2nd, after the U.S.
1:50.9	blew up a boat carrying 11 people allegedly smuggling drugs, a live drone feed then showed two
1:57.6	survivors in the water clinging to the wreckage. Then a second strike was ordered, which blew the men apart in the water.
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