USS Gravely arrives to dock for military exercises in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Robert Taylor)
Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, has supported the U.S. military presence and the Trump administration’s deadly strikes on suspected drug boats in waters off Venezuela.
USS Gravely prepares to dock in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Robert Taylor)
USS Gravely is conducting joint military exercises with Trinidad and Tobago, according to officials from both countries. (AP Photo/Robert Taylor)
The arrival of USS Gravely in Trinidad and Tobago comes as the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford moves closer to Venezuela in the Trump administration’s effort to target suspected drug smuggling vessels in the Caribbean.
Maduro criticized the movement of the carrier as an attempt by the U.S. government to fabricate "a new eternal war" against his country.
Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro in a military vehicle during celebrations for the Independence Day, in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 5, 2025. (Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images)
The Trump administration has already ordered a number of strikes in the Caribbean aimed at dismantling and disrupting drug cartels in the region. President Donald Trump has also accused Maduro of being a drug cartel leader.
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Earlier this month, Trump confirmed that he authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela, saying he did so because the South American nation has released prisoners into the U.S. and that drugs were coming into the U.S. from Venezuela through sea routes.
Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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