This week, United States President Donald Trump confirmed that the US had struck a docking facility in Venezuela, marking the first military action on the South American country’s land since it began targeting Venezuelan shipping in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific in September 2025.Speaking to reporters as he met in Florida with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump said there had been “an explosion in Venezuela”, at a facility where boats the US believes to be carrying drugs usually “load up”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“There was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs,” he said. “They load the boats up with drugs, so we hit all the boats, and now we hit the area. It’s the implementation area. That’s where they implement. And that is no longer around.”Trump did not reveal more details about the strikes.Despite modelling himself as the “president of peace” deserving of a Nobel Peace Prize, who – he claims – has ended eight wars around the world this year, Trump’s Venezuela strike was just the latest in a string of his administration’s military attacks around the globe since its inauguration in January.Armed Conflict Location & Event Data or ACLED, the nonpartisan conflict monitor, told Al Jazeera that the US had carried out – or been a partner to – 622 overseas bombings in all, using drones or aircraft, since January 20, 2025, when Trump took office.The attacks contrast with his promise to voters to end US involvement in foreign conflicts …
