President Donald Trump stated in a December 26, 2025, interview with John Catsimatidis, as reported in X posts shared between 5:16 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. UTC on Dec. 28, that the United States destroyed a drug trafficking plant in Venezuela on Christmas Eve. "They have a large plant. A building where the boats leave. Two nights ago we hit them hard," Trump said, according to posts by @EmmaRincon and @OrlvndoA. X user @EmmaRincon posted at https://x.com/EmmaRincon/status/2005328329940013252 quoting Trump: "They have a big plant. A building where the ships come out of. We hit them hard two nights ago." @OrlvndoA shared similar quotes in two posts at https://x.com/OrlvndoA/status/2005327350775644215 and https://x.com/OrlvndoA/status/2005319648125083799, marking them as urgent and noting the interview context. One @OrlvndoA post added that Trump discussed drugs being down over 97 percent following the strike. No location within Venezuela, method of destruction, or confirmation from U.S. military sources were specified in the posts shared during the 29-minute window.
