Donald Trump’s war on drug cartels just delivered its biggest victory yet.
The Coast Guard pulled off something that would make any American proud.
And the Coast Guard just crushed drug cartels with record bust that left traffickers stunned.
Coast Guard makes history with massive drug seizure
The U.S. Coast Guard just achieved something that’s never been done before in American history.
On Monday, the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton pulled into Port Everglades, Florida, carrying the largest drug haul ever seized in a single operation.
We’re talking about 76,140 pounds of illegal narcotics with a street value of $473 million – enough poison to kill 23 million Americans.
The crew hauled in 61,740 pounds of cocaine and 14,400 pounds of marijuana after a summer-long operation that should have every patriotic American cheering.
“To put this into perspective, the potential 23 million lethal doses of cocaine seized by the U.S. Coast Guard and our partners are enough to fatally overdose the entire population of the state of Florida,” said Rear Admiral Adam Chamie.
That’s the kind of deadly cargo that was heading for American communities before Trump’s Coast Guard intercepted it.
The seizure represents the fruits of Operation Pacific Viper – Trump’s coordinated assault on the drug cartels that have been poisoning American families for decades.
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Trump’s strategy delivers crushing blow to cartels
Here’s what makes this operation so devastating for the drug cartels – it wasn’t just one lucky break.
The Coast Guard conducted 19 separate interdictions across the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea between June and August.
Captain John McWhite, commanding officer of the Hamilton, said his crew “interdicted 11 go-fast vessels, detained 34 suspected drug traffickers, and seized a record 47,000 pounds of cocaine.”
These weren’t random encounters either.
Using advanced drone technology, the Coast Guard coordinated with multiple agencies, including the U.S. Navy, Customs and Border Protection, and even the Royal Netherlands Navy.
On June 26, maritime patrol aircraft spotted two suspicious vessels near the Galápagos Islands – the Hamilton’s helicopter crews used airborne tactics to stop both boats and seized more than 8,800 pounds of cocaine.
Two days later, they nailed another vessel and grabbed 4,330 more pounds.
The operation continued through August, with seizures ranging from individual vessels carrying thousands of pounds to coordinated strikes that netted multiple boats in a single day.
By August 18, they were still at it – intercepting vessels near Jamaica and Curaçao right up until the end of the mission.
Trump’s America First approach
The Coast Guard isn’t just randomly patrolling anymore – they’re conducting targeted operations with specific intelligence and coordinated international support.
Operation Pacific Viper represents everything Trump promised about getting serious on drugs and actually following through.
This single operation denied criminal organizations more than half a billion dollars in revenue that would have fueled more fentanyl production, more violence, and more death in American communities.
You want to know why cartels are scrambling? Because Trump’s team figured out that 80% of drug interdictions happen on the high seas – and they’re hitting traffickers where it hurts most.
The timing isn’t coincidental either. Since January alone, the Coast Guard has seized $2.2 billion worth of drugs headed for American shores.
Compare that to the catch-and-release disaster we had under previous policies, and you can see why Trump’s strategy has cartels genuinely worried for the first time in years.
These aren’t just statistics – we’re talking about 23 million potential overdose deaths that won’t happen because American servicemembers put themselves in harm’s way to stop the poison at the source.
The Coast Guard crews spent over two months at sea, away from their families, conducting dangerous interdictions of armed drug traffickers in international waters.
That’s the kind of sacrifice that happens when you have leadership that actually believes in protecting American lives instead of managing the problem.
And here’s the kicker – this is just one operation under Trump’s broader strategy to designate cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and unleash the full power of American military and law enforcement against them.
The message to drug cartels is crystal clear: the days of easy money shipping poison to American families are over.
¹ Louis Casiano, “Coast Guard offloads record-breaking amount of drugs off Florida coast,” Fox News, August 26, 2025.
² U.S. Coast Guard, “Coast Guard achieves historic milestone with offload over 76,140 lbs. in illegal narcotics at Port Everglades,” Press Release, August 25, 2025.
³ Elizabeth Crisp, “Coast Guard makes record drug haul,” The Hill, August 26, 2025.
⁴ Brad Lendon, “Record drug haul seized by US Coast Guard was enough to ‘fatally overdose the entire population’ of Florida,” CNN, August 26, 2025.
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