It is not excluded that Donald Trump to notify Congress next time to launch strikes against ships off its coast Venezuelawhich according to him are transporting drugs. According to the American president, his government has every legal right.
“We are allowed to do so. If it happens on Venezuelan soil, we might go back to Congress,” the US president told reporters in the Oval Office, shortly after announcing that he had canceled his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Budapest. He added that his government is “absolutely prepared” to launch strikes against drug traffickers on Venezuelan soil.
“We will hit them very hard if they come by land. We’ll probably go back to Congress and explain exactly what we’re doing when we go ashore. We don’t have to, but I think I’d love to do it.”
Specialists, on the other hand, question the legitimacy of the specific wounds. Critics of the American president’s government speak of extrajudicial killings and violations of international law of the sea. Besides, members of the democratic opposition remind us that the authority to declare war – which could lead to strikes on Venezuelan soil – typically rests with Congress, not the US president.
Venezuela is showing its “teeth”.
Against the backdrop of Donald Trump’s possible plans, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro warned that his country has 5,000 man-portable anti-aircraft missiles of Russian manufacture that could be used for the countering American threats.
“Every military in the world knows the power of Igla-S, and Venezuela has no less than 5,000 Igla-S,” Venezuela’s president said, as the US launched strikes against what Washington claims are high-speed drug vessels since September.
The originally Soviet-designed man-portable missiles (MANPADS) referred to by President Maduro are manufactured by the Russian KBM industry.
They are believed to have an effective range of up to 6 km; they are generally used against low-altitude targets.