The U.S. Army launched a night strike along the Caribbean Sea to destroy a suspected drug ship and kill six people on board. On October 24, U.S. Defense Secretary Hegel posted on social media that the ship belonged to the Alaska Railway Traffic Traffic Group and was also carrying drugs. This was the tenth time the U.S. Army has done so since September, with a total of at least 43 people killed. He also posted two videos showing how the U.S. Army sank the ship. The ninth attack before was near the Pacific coast of Colombia, and the sinking of a ship resulted in the death of three people. The U.S. Army operations expanded from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean, increasingly. He said the strikes were based on intelligence reports, targeting
On the same day, U.S. Department of Defense spokesman Sean Parnell announced that the aircraft carrier strike group Gerald R. Ford would be sent to the waters surrounding Latin America. This deployment was carried out according to Trump's instructions, with the aim of disintegrating transnational criminal organizations, combating drug terrorism and protecting local security. The aircraft carrier group includes carrier-based aircraft wings, which can enhance the US military's ability to detect, monitor and strike. Southern Command is headquartered in Florida, and its jurisdiction is Latin American land south of Mexico, Central America, waters near South America, and the Caribbean Sea. According to US media analysis, this means that the Trump administration intends to expand military strikes from small drug traffickers in international waters to ground targets in Latin America. Venezuelan President Maduro condemned it on the same day, saying that the Trump administration was inciting a new eternal war.
Let's talk about Trump going back on his word. On October 23rd, Trump publicly said that he had a phone call with San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurry, and then stopped his plan to send additional federal troops to the San Francisco Bay Area. This plan was intended to strengthen immigration enforcement. The previous deployment news received a lot of scolding in California's political circles and triggered street protests. Trump originally planned to send more than 100 Customs and Border Protection and other federal law enforcement officers to the Alameda Coast Guard base as part of a large-scale immigration enforcement operation. As soon as the news broke, the protesters organized. On Thursday morning, hundreds of people gathered outside the base, holding signs *, including "No Immigration Enforcement Bureau or the Army in the Bay Area" and "Protect our neighbors" in Chinese and English. The protest was largely peaceful, but when the CBP vehicle tried to enter the base, police threw at least one flash bomb to disperse a small number of demonstrators. In the past few weeks, Trump has repeatedly hinted that San Francisco may be the next Democratic city to be rectified by the federal government. California Governor Newsom severely condemned it, saying that it was a page copied directly from the dictator's handbook.
It was quite surprising that Trump suddenly changed his mind after talking to Daniel. Before, he sent troops to Chicago and other places, but the local government strongly resisted it. He ignored the opposition, but this time he stopped. Trump said that business leaders such as Nvidia CEO Renxun Huang and Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff expressed to him their confidence in San Francisco's future development. The California government is ready to file a lawsuit. Newsom's office said it would delay any deployment. California Attorney General Bonta and San Francisco City Attorney Qiu vowed to file a lawsuit within hours or even minutes if federal troops moved in. Public opinion was also under pressure, with hundreds of people gathering outside the Coast Guard base in Alameda early Thursday morning to protest. Trump's withdrawal of his decision this time may be closely related to these factors.
On the other side, Vance also had an accident in the Middle East. On October 24, Vance led a delegation to the Middle East to promote the implementation of the Palestinian-Israeli ceasefire agreement. As a result, the Israeli Knesset preliminarily voted to pass the relevant bill to annex the West Bank. This made Vance quite angry, and he said directly that he felt insulted. According to reports, Vance criticized the Israeli Parliament for initially passing the bill to annex the occupied West Bank, calling it an extremely stupid political stunt, and saying, "I personally feel insulted by this". The Israeli opposition pushed forward with this bill, apparently trying to embarrass Netanyahu while Vance was still in Israel. The Trump administration's policy is that the West Bank will not be annexed by Israel, and the United States will not be happy if someone makes a symbolic vote. At first glance, there seems to be a contradiction between the United States and Israel, and Vance is very angry. But Israel's public actions should have taken into account the position of the United States, and it is unlikely that it will do it without acquiescence.
Netanyahu ordered to stop further work on the bill, saying the opposition intentionally created disagreements during the Wans visit. This happened during the Wans visit, and the situation in the Middle East had been disordered, now adding more variables. The U.S. intervened deeply, Israel's actions were frequent, and the turmoil in the Middle East intensified.
These things are not over yet. While the United States was shooting in South America, it also attacked Russia. On October 22, U.S. Treasury Secretary Bescent announced that the United States would sanction Russia's two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, urging Russia and Ukraine to cease fire immediately, but did not specify the effective date of the sanctions. These two companies account for nearly half of Russia's crude oil exports. The sanctions will freeze their property assets in the United States, prohibit American citizens from trading with them, and impose secondary sanctions on cooperating third parties. This may significantly reduce Russia's energy revenue, hit its war potential, and also show the tough stance of the United States in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Bescent called on U.S. allies to join sanctions. On the same day, EU member states reached an agreement on the 19th round of sanctions against Russia. Trump feels it's time to sanction Russia, and hopes that the sanctions won't drag on too long.
On October 23, Putin made an important speech to reporters, reiterating that diplomatic means are superior to military action, suggesting that Russia is willing to dialogue. He called on the U.S. side to return to rational consultations and resume previously discussed economic cooperation projects. But Putin’s response also included a strong warning that the U.S. is approaching the Russian Red Line, and once the border is crossed, the dialogue will change, and the prior issues and progress may be blown up. Putin also suggested that Trump is paying attention to the White House servants’ means, his Chinese Secretary of Foreign Affairs Bio’s performance attracted attention, and that after a call with the Russian Foreign Minister, the U.S. policy has turned sharply toward Russia. Putin warned Trump that radical policies will damage the image of its peacemaker
On October 25, Russian drones and missiles attacked Ukraine, killing at least two people and wounding more than a dozen. Ukraine was also not asleep, attacked the dam of a reservoir in Russia's Belgorod state on the same day, causing damage, and local residents evacuated to a temporary settlement point. In order to resolve the conflict between Russia and Russia, Trump and Putin's meeting in Alaska was temporarily suspended.