TELL CONGRESS: Trump is escalating military threats against Venezuela and says he will
bypass Congress to wage a ground offensive. “We are going to kill them,
you know? They are going to be, like, dead,” Trump said. But there’s a
bipartisan push to stop this disastrous war. Sign the petition: Don’t let Trump go to war with Venezuela.
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Trump is escalating his threats of war with Venezuela.
He vowed to launch ground strikes against Venezuela and said he'd likely
bypass Congressional authorization.^1 The Trump administration authorized
the CIA to carry out lethal operations within Venezuela and deployed a
strike group to the Caribbean that includes the world's largest warship.^2
There's a bipartisan push to stop Trump from dragging us into another
devastating, intractable war. Senators Rand Paul and Adam Schiff said that
Trump's bombings of six Venezuelan boats were extrajudicial and lawless
killings.^3,4 A vote is now imminent on a war powers resolution that would
stop Trump from starting a full-blown war with Venezuela.
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After Trump declared that he wasn't likely to seek Congressional approval
for war, he spoke of the so-called narco-terrorists he claims to be
targeting, saying, “We are going to kill them, you know? They are going to
be like, dead.”^5
A Venezuelan official close to President Nicolas Maduro said that there's
“no doubt” that Trump is trying to overthrow their government and turn the
country into a U.S. colony.^6 Current and former government officials in
Latin America are warning that a U.S. war with Venezuela would destabilize
the entire region.^7
When asked if he agrees with Trump's claim that the strikes on Venezuelan
boats were consistent with international law, Senator Ruben Gallego said,
“No, it's murder.”^8 Our lawmakers in Congress cannot allow Trump's
law-breaking violence and warmaking to continue.
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Trump from going to war with Venezuela! Thanks for taking action,
Joey and the Demand Progress team
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Sources:
1. The New York Times, "Trump Says He Will Not Seek Authorization for
Cartel Strikes,” [ [link removed] ]October 23, 2025.
2. Common Dreams, "Trump’s Escalation Against Venezuela Continues as
Hegseth Deploys Aircraft Carrier Strike Group to Latin American
Waters,” [ [link removed] ]October 24, 2025.
3. The Guardian, "Republican senator calls Trump’s military airstrikes
‘extrajudicial killings’,” [ [link removed] ]October 27, 2025.
4. Rep. Schiff on X, "Donald Trump just blew up another boat in the
middle of the ocean with no legal justification.” [ [link removed] ]September 15,
2025.
5. The New York Times, "Trump Says He Will Not Seek Authorization for
Cartel Strikes,” [ [link removed] ]October 23, 2025.
6. BBC, "'No doubt' Trump wants to topple our government, Venezuelan
official tells BBC,” [ [link removed] ]October 26, 2025.
7. Common Dreams, "Former Caribbean Leaders Denounce Trump’s Military
Escalation in the Region,” [ [link removed] ]October 24, 2025.
8. The Hill, "Senators in both parties raise questions about boat
strikes,” [ [link removed] ]October 26, 2025.
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