Trump, who personally ordered the release of video footage from the operation, posted a detailed statement on Truth Social, celebrating what he called “a major victory for the American people” and for “law and order on the seas.”

The Operation and Footage

According to Trump’s post, the vessel destroyed was a custom-built narco-submarine, designed for the covert transport of drugs along a known trafficking route from South America toward the United States.

“The United States military this week destroyed a very large drug-carrying submarine in the Caribbean,” Trump wrote. “The submarine was filled with fentanyl and other deadly narcotics. Our forces acted with precision, bravery, and total success. No U.S. personnel were harmed.”

He added that the mission likely prevented as many as 25,000 overdose deaths, citing the estimated quantity of narcotics recovered or destroyed in the operation.

The footage released by Trump, portions of which later aired on Fox News and circulated online, showed aerial surveillance video captured by U.S. military aircraft. The clip depicted the dark outline