Article in Media Maters by Zachary Pleat, 11/24/25
Headline: “Right-wing media praise Trump’s made-up excuses for war against Venezuela”
Subhead: “Trump massively inflated threat from Venezuelan “narco-terrorists” smuggling fentanyl into the US”
“President Donald Trump and right-wing media have been quick to cite fentanyl interdiction as the supposed justification for the administration’s likely illegal strikes against vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, which they have blamed on so-called “narco-terrorists” tied to the regime of President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela. But reporting has shown the Trump administration’s excuses are built on lies. . .”
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