Trump Hails Venezuela Vessel Attacks at Miami Business Forum

US President Donald Trump speaks during the America Business Forum in Miami on Nov. 5. — US President Donald Trump speaks during the America Business Forum in Miami on Nov. 5.
Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg

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By Kate Sullivan

November 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM UTC

Updated on

November 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM UTC

President Donald Trump championed US attacks on Venezuelan vessels during a speech at a business event Wednesday in Miami, in his latest saber-rattling toward the regime of President Nicolas Maduro.

“We’re blowing up cartel terrorists. We’re blowing them up — linked to the Maduro regime in Venezuela and others,” Trump said at the America Business Forum. “Venezuela emptied their prisons into our country. Nobody wants that. They emptied their prisons into our country.”