c/world · by MicroWave@lemmy.world · 338d

Stephen Miller takes leading role in strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/29/stephen-miller-venezuela-drug-boat-strike

Exclusive: Miller’s homeland security council has played a key part in coordinating operations, sources say

Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, has played a leading role in directing US strikes against suspected Venezuelan drug boats, according to three people familiar with the situation. At times, his role has superseded that of Marco Rubio, the secretary of state and national security adviser.

The strikes on the Venezuelan boats allegedly carrying narcotics, which the administration has claimed were necessary because interdiction did not work, have been orchestrated through the homeland security council (HSC), which Miller leads as the homeland security adviser.

Miller empowered the HSC earlier this year to become its own entity in Donald Trump’s second term, a notable departure from previous administrations where it was considered part of the national security council and ultimately reported to the national security adviser.

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FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 65 pts · 338d (7 replies)

That's murder, Stephen Miller is a murderer

redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 23 pts · 338d

How else is he going deal with his wife leaving him to be part of Elon's harem? Gotta spill some blood, back to his small animal killing roots, back to murdering hookers! (Seriously check his crawl space)

random_character_a@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 338d (3 replies)

Well the guy sure looks like the embodiment of petty hate.

RaoulDuke@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 338d (2 replies)

Petty Hate Machine

First track: Head Like a Globe

Arkouda@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 338d

This made my whole day.

Track two: "Terrible Lie", doesn't even need any changes. haha

Blackfeathr@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 337d

Bow down before the one you serve

You're going to get what you deserve

^god i hope so^

ZephyrXero@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 338d

The psycho has been dreaming of killing brown people since he was in high school. He hates Latinos especially

didnt1able@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 337d

It could also be looked at that he is a saviour. "WE KILLED THESE NARCO TERRORISTS WHO WERE ON THEIR WAY TO KILL 10s OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS" something about patch overdoses. Idk can't emulate a Trump tweet too well, not unhinged enough.

Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 36 pts · 338d (2 replies)

Cool, so now we have a name behind the warcrimes. How about we get an arrest warrant?

Vizzerdrix@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 338d (1 reply)

Tbh has like any American politician ever been held accountable for their war crimes? Henry Kissinger? Obama with his drone strikes? All that shit that happened in Irak under Bush and Dick Cheney?

The US just leaves any international body that would want to hold one of theirs accountable.

Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 9 pts · 338d

Ah, so we don't start prosecuting war criminals because...why? Maybe it's time to start. SCROTUS said Presidents are not prosecutable, which is ridiculous and unjustified. But their henchmen have no such guarantee. And they will be more reluctant to commit crimes if they can get charged for them.

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 18 pts · 338d

I don't know about everyone else, but my homeland sure feels more secure now that we started killing random Venezuelan fishermen.

ieatpwns@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 338d (2 replies)

Every picture of him looks like he’s focusing really hard on keeping the dookie in his diaper

the_q@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 338d

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NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 338d

I just assume he’s daydreaming about setting brown people on fire whenever his dumb mug pops up.

Formfiller@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 338d

Just throw some holy water at it