Vice President JD Vance hailed the military strike on newly designated narco-terrorist targets from Venezuela last week, which has drawn ire from Democrats, leftist media, and even some longtime GOP pacifists like Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.

“Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military,” Vance wrote on X amid anti-Trump forces questioning President Donald Trump’s use of force against narco-terrorists after they had been designated a foreign terrorist organization (FTO).

Officially designating narco-terrorists as FTOs, Trump is now authorized by the U.S. to use the military to strike with deadly force to defend America.

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