Trump’s Caribbean Drug Hunt: Jets Buzz USS Jason Dunham Drama
On September 5, 2025, in what could only be described as a naval soap opera, two Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets decided to photobomb the USS Jason Dunham, a guided-missile destroyer moonlighting as a drug-busting wannabe celebrity. The Pentagon labeled this high-stakes flyover a 'highly provocative move' designed to mess up U.S. counter narco-terrorism operations, led by Trump’s flamboyant flotilla off Venezuela’s coast. This comes barely 48 hours after Trump announced that his Caribbean strike took out 11 supposed Tren de Aragua narcoterrorists, possibly inspired by his clear mix of regime change ambitions with an impromptu game of naval chicken. Meanwhile, Pentagon spokespeople perfected their art of ghosting Axios’ requests, leaving the world hanging like forgotten DMs.
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Nothing says 'keep out of my waters' like buzzing a warship with fighter jets—because when your drug war doubles as regime change fanfiction, diplomacy apparently becomes an extreme sport.
Two Venezuelan F-16s played peekaboo with USS Jason Dunham while Trump’s flotilla hoped regime change would come gift-wrapped with a side of drug busts. Welcome to international waters drama that’s part spy thriller, part soap opera.
If Trump’s Venezuelan gambit were a reality show, today’s episode featured explosive fighter jet cameos buzzing a Navy destroyer like it owed them money—because nothing solves foreign policy like jets playing chicken in international waters.
Source: Axios | Published: 9/5/2025 | Author: Rebecca Falconer
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