WorldStrat President Jim Hanson, who previously served in the U.S. Army Special Forces, warned that drug cartels will face “holy hell unleashed” if they attempt to retaliate against the United States following President Donald Trump’s strike on a drug cartel vessel in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday.
In a Truth Social post on Tuesday, Trump shared a video of the U.S. military executing a “kinetic strike” against “Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists” in the Caribbean Sea. The president confirmed that the U.S. military strike left 11 terrorists dead.
Asked during an interview on Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime” if there was any risk of cartel members executing “counterstrikes” in the United States following the Trump administration’s operation on Tuesday, Hanson said, “There is. Asymmetric warfare is the Achilles heel of the United States. We are one giant soft target here inside the United States. However, payback can be a medevac if they try something like that.”
“You know, you go ahead and hit us here, and you want to see some holy hell unleashed wherever you’re operating,” Hanson added. “I don’t think they’d do it more than once.”
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In his Truth Social post on Tuesday, Trump warned that the U.S. military strike against the drug cartel vessel in the Caribbean Sea was a “notice” to any individuals “even thinking about” illegally transporting harmful drugs into the United States.
The president’s warning to drug cartel members comes as multiple U.S. warships have been deployed to the Caribbean Sea. Newsweek reported that the USS Fort Lauderdale, the USS Gravely, the USS Iowa Jima, the USS Jason Dunham, the USS Lake Erie, the USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, the USS Newport News, the USS Sampson, and the USS San Antonio have been deployed to the eastern Caribbean.
Asked if the American people would support the Trump administration continuing operations that target drug cartels, Hanson told Watters, “100%. I mean, the American people are sick of seeing these drug traffickers and these cartels destroying our country with no consequences.”
Hanson added, “And if any of these people down in South America think they’re going to make friends in our hemisphere with the Russians and the Chinese or anybody else, they’re going to find out that President Trump is back in charge. America’s on top. That’s not going to play.”
