The DSR Network The Daily Blast: Trump Drug Boat Bombings Take Darker Turn as Damning New Facts Emerge
Sep 22, 2025
Brian Finucane, Editor at Just Security and national security expert, dives into the controversial maritime strikes ordered by Trump in the Caribbean. He highlights the alarming lack of evidence for these actions and the troubling draft bill that could expand Trump’s military authority. The discussion also covers the political ramifications, potential oversight strategies, and the implications of Trump's rhetoric on law and power. As events unfold, Finucane warns of a slide toward greater lawlessness in U.S. foreign policy.
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Strikes Lack Basic Public Evidence
- The administration has offered assertions but no concrete identity, affiliation, or cargo details for the second strike that killed three.
- Brian Finucane warns the White House has not been forthcoming and key facts remain unknown.
Counterterrorism Framing Misused
- The White House is framing drug interdiction as counterterrorism to justify military tools and tropes.
- Finucane says that framing misappropriates war frameworks because this is not an armed conflict.
Draft Bill Would Expand War Powers
- A draft bill modeled on the 2001 AUMF would give the president broad, global authority to use force against 'narco-terrorists.'
- The draft contains no geographic limits and would reallocate Congress's war powers to the executive.