Wednesday, September 17th 2025, 8:36:54 pm
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Fox News host Kennedy bashed the Trump administration’s lethal strikes on alleged drug smuggling boats from Venezuela, warning it’s coming dangerously close to “killing innocent civilians.” On Tuesday’s broadcast of The Five, the mononymous co-host reacted to the president’s announcement of a strike on Monday—the second one this month in international waters. This action killed three passengers, while the first killed 11. Despite trying to justify the strikes by calling all on board “narcoterrorists” threatening national security, Trump has faced blowback from a variety of figures like Venezuela’s president and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul. They have questioned why the passengers simply weren’t captured by the Coast Guard and later charged, per usual maritime drug laws.