‘Don’t Give Sh*t’: JD Vance Responds To Critics After US Strike Kills 11

Last Updated:September 07, 2025, 11:50 IST

Vice President JD Vance has responded to the critics calling the US strike a ‘war crime’ and said that ‘he doesn’t give a sh*t’.

US Vice President JD Vance (Credits: AFP)

Days after the United States killed 11 people in a deadly military strike against an alleged drug boat linked to the Venezuelan cartel ‘Tren de Aragua’, Vice President JD Vance has defended the move and said he “doesn’t give a sh*t” if it’s referred to as a war crime by the critics.

In a post on X on Saturday, Vance wrote, “Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military.”

Meanwhile, the US strike has also drawn backlash from the administration. Political commentator Brian Krassenstein referred to it as a war crime and wrote on X, “Killing the citizens of another nation who are civilians without any due process is called a war crime.”

Responding to his post, Vance wrote, “I don’t give a shit what you call it.”

Earlier, US President Donald Trump confirmed the strike and said on September 3 that the US Military Forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists, following his orders.

TDA is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organisation, operating under the control of Nicolas Maduro, responsible for mass murder, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and acts of violence and terror across the United States and Western Hemisphere,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

“Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America. BEWARE!” he added.

According to a report by CNN, the US military was deploying over 4,000 Marines and sailors to the waters around Latin America and the Caribbean amid its intensified fight against drug cartels. The move is meant to show strength and also give the president more military options to go after the cartels.

The Trump administration is taking strict action against Latin American drug cartels, labeling several of them as foreign terrorist groups and global terrorists.

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