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Thu Jun 12, 2025, 07:13 AM Thursday

Trump's top general just undercut his 'invasion' claims

(CNN) One of the problems with making a series of brazen and hyperbolic claims is that it can be hard to keep everyone on your team on the same page.

And few Trump administration claims have been as brazen as the idea that the Venezuelan government has engineered an invasion of gang members into the United States. This claim forms the basis of the administration’s controversial efforts to rapidly deport a bunch of people it claimed were members of the gang Tren de Aragua – without due process.

But one of the central figures responsible for warding off such invasions apparently didn’t get the memo.

At a Senate hearing Wednesday, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman retired Lt. Gen. Dan Caine acknowledged that the United States isn’t currently facing such a threat. “I think at this point in time, I don’t see any foreign state-sponsored folks invading,” Caine said in response to Democratic questioning.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-top-general-just-undercut-225201648.html

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