‘Alea Jacta Est’ (The die is cast)
With the massive US military presence in the Caribbean, the question on everyone’s minds is: now what?
President Donald J. Trump has been meeting with War Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan ‘Raizin’ Caine, being briefed brief on the potential options for operations in the region.
TGP has reported on how Yesterday (14), Secretary Hegseth announced the new mission against South American narco-terrorists: ‘Operation Southern Spear.’
On Nov. 10, at the direction of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization. Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was involved in illicit narcotics smuggling,… pic.twitter.com/eptSZvVF6x
— U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) November 14, 2025
But what will this new operation entail, specifically? Trump declines to tell the press.
USA Today reported:
“President Donald Trump says he’s ‘sort of made up [his] mind’ on whether to take military action in Venezuela, a move that would escalate an already tense situation after the United States spent two months striking alleged drug boats in the Caribbean.
‘I can’t tell you what it would be, but I’ve sort of made up my mind’, Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Nov. 14. ‘We’ll see what happens. I mean, I can’t tell you what it is but we’ve made a lot of progress on Venezuela in terms of stopping drugs from pouring in’.”
Watch: ‘I have somewhat made up my mind, I cannot tell you what it will be’.
President Trump says he has made a decision regarding Venezuela:
“I have somewhat made up my mind, I cannot tell you what it will be.” pic.twitter.com/HzmTZfcO5o
— Sprinter Press (@SprinterPress) November 15, 2025
Ready for rapid response: U.S. Marines with the @22nd_MEU conduct training operations in Puerto Rico. U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the #SOUTHCOM mission, @DeptofWar-directed operations, and @POTUS‘ priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking… pic.twitter.com/cxClR61U3X
— U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) November 1, 2025
Read more:
Pete Hegseth Announces the Launch of ‘Operation Southern Spear’ to Protect ‘America’s Neighborhood’
