The president’s comments follow reports that U.S. forces recovered two individuals who survived a U.S. strike in the Caribbean Sea on Oct. 16.
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In the latest military maneuver in the Caribbean sea, U.S. forces struck a submarine that allegedly was being used to traffic narcotics, said President Donald Trump.
The president spoke about the attack on the submersible vessel after receiving questions about reports that U.S. forces had recovered the survivors of a recent strike on a vessel operating in the Caribbean Sea. Reuters was the first to report that two individuals had survived the Oct. 16 U.S. strike on the suspected drug vessel, according to The Epoch Times.
“It’s well known there’s an ongoing narco-terrorist operation the United States has been conducting. As far as details of any recent strikes, we’re not prepared here to announce all those details, but you’ll get that information here very shortly,” said Marco Rubio, Secretary of State.
Following Rubio’s initial comments, Trump described the targeted vessel as a submarine.
.@POTUS: "We attacked a submarine. That was a drug-carrying submarine built specifically for the transportation of massive amounts of drugs — just so you understand. This was not an innocent group of people." pic.twitter.com/4dTsbysG3c
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 17, 2025
“That was a submarine, right? It was. We attacked a submarine, and that was a drug-carrying submarine built specifically for the transportation of massive amounts of drugs,” Trump said. “Just so you understand, this was not an innocent group of people. I don’t know too many people that have submarines, and that was an attack on a drug-carrying loaded-up submarine.”
This attack on the alleged narcotics-trafficking submarine would be at least the sixth time that U.S. forces have struck at a vessel maneuvering in the Caribbean Sea since September.
In another attack, Trump announced on Sept. 2 that U.S. forces had killed 11 suspected narcotics traffickers in the Caribbean Sea. Since then, he and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth have shared footage of additional lethal U.S. strikes in the region.
As the strikes progress, Trump has ordered a strong naval U.S. presence in the Caribbean Sea. The moves have been made to put pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro; Trump has accused him of supporting drug cartels, but Maduro has denied the accusations.
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