Trump's extrajudicial killings point to something even more chilling

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington.
37% : Experts appear to agree: The Venezuelan government is now legitimately accusing the U.S. of extrajudicial murder, and preparing for escalating violence.
36% : His Neanderthalic bleating tracks similar talk from ICE and DHS as theyglorify militarism and violence to recruit new agents, for whom a criminal background is not an automatic disqualification.
31% : " After the strike, Trump posted, "Earlier this morning, on My Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility.
30% : Whatever his true reason, if Trump has the authority to unilaterally redefine civilian suspects as "combatants" even though they pose no imminent threat, he can redefine any group as a terrorist organization, and order them killed.
23% : Maduro has said that he suspects Trump is really threatening regime change with the strike and the buildup of U.S. naval forces in the area, because Venezuela holds the world's largest proven oil reserves.
20% : Still others say Trump is dangerously unhinged, projecting imagery of power to mask his administration's widespread ineptitude.
19% : Others believe Trump's escalating use of military force is an attempt to divert public attention away from the Epstein files, corruption and tanking economy.
16% : The closest thing I've seen to a law-adjacent defense is the administration's bootstrapping claim that Trump could order a strike on Tren de Aragua because Trump has designated it a terrorist organization.

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