Trump’s new war on drugs
Today, Explained
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🗓️ 8 September 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You've probably heard by now that the president did a post over the weekend. |
| 0:04.7 | It's an AI-generated image inspired by the movie Apocalypse Now, |
| 0:08.9 | but instead of napalming Vietnam, President Trump appears to be napalming Chicago. |
| 0:14.1 | It's labeled, Shepocalypse Now because wordplay doesn't always have to be good. |
| 0:19.6 | Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois responded. |
| 0:22.2 | Take off that cavalry hat, you draft Dodger. |
| 0:25.1 | You didn't earn the right to wear it. |
| 0:27.0 | Stolen valor at its worst. |
| 0:29.2 | Some guy named Alex responded to Duckworth. |
| 0:31.9 | I think the bigger issue here is that he posted an image of himself napalming Chicago. |
| 0:37.3 | Maybe an even bigger issue still is what the president is doing in international waters around |
| 0:42.6 | Venezuela. That's where he actually blew up a boat, he said, was carrying 11 drug smugglers |
| 0:48.7 | and their drugs. An actual act of war. A declaration? Legal? We're going to ask on Today Explained from Vox. |
| 0:56.9 | But it's not looking great. |
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