U.S. Ramps Up Deadly Boat Strikes, and What Trump’s Stock Trades Show
5/29/202615 min
Plus, the Friday news quiz.
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Tracy Mumford· Host0:28
[instrumental music] From The New York Times, it’s the headlines. I’m Tracy Mumford. Today is Friday, May 29th. Here’s what we’re covering.
Speaker 20:39
President Trump said, “No, we’re taking the gloves off,” and it’s exactly what we’re doing. So we’re stopping the drugs, we’re striking the boats, we’re defeating narco-terrorists.
Tracy Mumford· Host0:51
For the last nine months, the U.S. has launched strike after strike on small boats in the waters off South America.
Donald Trump· Soundbite0:58
We’re saving hundreds of thousands of lives with those pinpoint attacks. It’s an amazing- Officials say the campaign is meant to cut off the flow of drugs into the U.S.,
Tracy Mumford· Host1:08
and in recent weeks, it’s been quietly ramping up the attacks. There was a boat strike on Tuesday and Wednesday. In all, there have now been almost 60 strikes, killing nearly 200 people. From the start, many legal experts have called these attacks illegal extrajudicial killings, stressing that the military is not allowed to intentionally target