Trump’s new war on drugs

特朗普的新一轮禁毒战争

Today, Explained

2025-09-09

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President Donald Trump promised to crack down on illicit drugs. Then, he blew up a Venezuelan vessel in international waters. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by David Tatasciore and Adriene Lilly, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. A still from a video the White House released showing the U.S. military strike against what it called "Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists." Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • You've probably heard by now that the president did a post over the weekend.

  • It's an AI-generated image inspired by the movie Apocalypse Now,

  • but instead of napalming Vietnam, President Trump appears to be napalming Chicago.

  • It's labeled, Schipocalypse Now because wordplay doesn't always have to be good.

  • Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois responded, Take off that cavalry hat, you draft dodger.

  • You didn't earn the right to wear it.

  • Stolen valor at its worst.

  • Some guy named Alex responded to Duckworth.

  • Uh, I think the bigger issue here is that he posted an image of himself napalming Chicago.

  • Maybe an even bigger issue still is what the president is doing in international waters around Venezuela.

  • That's where he actually blew up a boat he said was carrying 11 drug smugglers and their drugs.

  • An actual act of war.

  • A declaration.

  • Legal?

  • We're gonna ask on Today Explained from Vox.

  • But it's not looking great.

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  • Let me tell you a true story.

  • Last weekend, I got an email from a listener who wanted to discuss their problems with me.

  • And I said, look, I don't think that this is about me personally.