Senator Rand Paul has once again raised the hackles of Trump’s base by expressing opposition to the President’s decision to conduct a military strike on a Venezuelan vessel full of drugs and narcoterrorists.
As we highlighted, Trump cabinet officials have indicated this strike is just the beginning.
In an appearance on Newsmax, Paul stated “I guess it’s hard to have any sympathy for drug dealers trying to import product into our country. But at the same time, you might ask the question: where does it end?”
Rand Paul raises concerns over Trump's strike on Venezuelan drug boats: “It's hard to have sympathy for drug dealers, but where does it end? Are we the world's policemen? I'm not sure we have the finances to be the world's policemen.” pic.twitter.com/ULnAnzSz2r
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) September 4, 2025
“Are we the world’s policeman — the international policemen? Are we going to be blowing people up off the coast all around the world trying to interdict?” Paul contiuned.
“Really, I’m not sure we have the finances to be the world’s policemen,” the Senator emphasised.
“So, on the face of it, it sounds good. Nobody’s going to have any lost love for a bunch of drugs going down in the ocean and killing some gang members. At the same time, really, where does it end?” he reiterated.
“And is it really the constitutional duty of our government to be policing international drug trade everywhere around the world?” Paul asked.
He clarified, “If it’s coming into our country, I think interdicting drugs coming into our country, absolutely — there is a U.S. interest in that. But that’s a real question. I don’t know the details of where the drugs were going. They may well have been coming to our country, but this was done off the coast of another country. So it is a little bit different. It is unique.”
“It hadn’t really been done in decades, where we have an action against another group inside their territorial waters,” Paul added.
The remarks have not gone down well on X.
Protecting out borders from narco-traffickers certainly seems like an appropriate operation to me.
— WindTalker (@nmlinguaphile) September 4, 2025
No dip sh*t @RandPaul @SenateGOP we are stopping Maduros war against the USA by blowing up his narcoterrorists and stopping them from bringing their drugs into our country on his orders. How can someone be a Senator and not know Maduro is behind this? I'm sick of Rands idiocy.
— Ultra MAGA Deplorable Deb ?? (@DebraMMason1) September 4, 2025
I rarely disagree with Senator Paul, but he’s wrong here. The boat was loaded with drugs headed for Puerto Rico, give one warning, they don’t stop, kaboom, I hope all of Venezuela heard the blast!
— David Paulides????? (@canammissing) September 4, 2025
This is retarded. These people are killing huge numbers of Americans.
— Joe Lonsdale (@JTLonsdale) September 4, 2025
Good Lord this guy is an insufferable clown
— Kelly Leak (@BadKellyLeak) September 4, 2025
He and Massie think their jobs are to play the role of the contrarian- 24/7.
We're not policing the world. We're policing the United Stated of America. ?? Where the drugs are headed to and where they are killing our own people.…
We now have a situation where Fetterman is fully onboard with Trump on protecting Americans from the cartels but Rand Paul isn’t.
Federman is actually more pro law-enforcement than you are..
— Thomas Beltz (@ThomasABeltz) September 4, 2025
More often than not, you’re on the wrong side. What’s up with that? https://t.co/ImiqetXGqN
Bizarro world.
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Is an unwarranted attack on a group of ferryboat / fishing boats supposed to provide exertainment for the general US public?
Does our military not have something more important to do than destroy boats traveling back and forth between the Trinidad and Tobago Islands probably moving day workers and produce supplies back and forth? Could not customs forces take a look into this? Or the local constabulary?
Why was not lawful apprehension or investigation done before firing expensive missiles?
Was this some sort of grand show before he main event?
Interational law regarding transport of illicit substances is quite effective you know?
You’re an idiot.
And what exactly did the boat murders of transporters accomplish?
All the drug transport comes out of Peru – Ecuador and Columbia. Go see about baja California and the West coast distribution ports for illicit products,
Would prefer solid evidence of otherwise.
Venezuela is floating upon a lodestone of liquid gold called oil why would they dirty their hands with the cartels for that other thing.
Try not to be influenced too much by what the mainstream news channels have to offer. They will carry the administration’s biased news feed.
Senator Rand Paul asked normal questions. Where does it end? What about the Constitution? Demonrats didn’t care about the constitution. This government promised to respect the constitution, if I remember correctly.
I wish Trump would blow up some of the dinghies in the channel…
The Brits need to blow up thier own dingys. Or just use the french box cutter method.
Paul is a BIG-L Libertarian… and as such, he hates the US military and believes we should never use our military beyond our own borders. Meh. It’s as predictable as morning sunrise.
Don’t worry Randy, you won’t be called up for action.
We know you aren’t a Teddy nor a Jefferson
Something happened to Paul. You never know with people, especially in Washington.