“I think it really puts in stark relief the craziness of this policy," Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said of the Trump administration's military actions near Venezuela.

“There was a direct message,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said.

“There was a direct message,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said.

The U.S. president used one of his go-to excuses while defending his decision to pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, the former president of Honduras.

Why has Trump blown up alleged narco boats in the Caribbean and at the same time decided to let a big time trafficker off the hook?

Donald Trump has defended pardoning the drug-trafficking Honduran ex-president whilst he continues to ramp up military strikes on suspected Venezuelan drug boats. Last March,…

“I think it really puts in stark relief the craziness of this policy," Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said of the Trump administration's military actions near Venezuela.

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced to 45 years in prison last year for a bribery scheme prosecutors say allowed 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.

Trump claims to be cracking down on drug gangs in Venezuela but pardoned a Honduran drug lord serving time in the US.