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Podcast: Americast
Episode: Why is Trump blowing up Venezuelan "drug boats"?
Description: In today’s episode, we look at some of the stories “under the radar”, away from the main news headlines in the United States.
Why is the Trump administration blowing up boats which it says are carrying drugs from Venezuela to the United States? Donald Trump has described the latest strike which killed four people, as “an act of kindness” saving the lives of thousands of Americans. Sarah, Justin and Marianna unpack what we do and don’t know about the strikes, the evidence presented by the Pentagon and the justification. We also to look at why next year’s...