I visited the San Diego and El Centro border sectors to meet with the soldiers and Marines who are locking down the southern border. Thanks to the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Hegseth, and the work of Joint Task Force Southern Border, our border is more secure than ever. DoW National Defense Areas 4 & 5 are positioned directly across from major narco-terrorist strongholds in Mexico. Every day, Task Force Leviathan (San Diego) and Task Force Ram (El Centro) are disrupting drug and human trafficking operations, preventing illegal migrant crossings, and using advanced technology to detect and defeat drones.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!

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President Trump pledged no more Forever Wars. His incredible restraint secured this peace deal with Iran. Iran may try more games, but as Commander-in-Chief of the greatest military in world history, Trump holds all the cards.

Fight night energy is taking over DC. UFC Freedom 250 is almost here. 🇺🇸

.@SECWAR "What I would say the President has been MOST CLEAR ABOUT is that IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. NEVER—FULL STOP.”

.@SECWAR "In partnership with the Venezuelan government—they invited our military in because they had a foreign terrorist organization on their soil in Tren de Aragua... The founder and leader—we were able to identify where he was and KILL HIM—just like we would kill Al-Qaeda or ISIS. We treat these foreign terrorist organizations THE SAME WAY!"

Happy birthday to the COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF DONALD J. TRUMP.

Three months ago, @DeptofWar kicked @AnthropicAI out of our building—forever. Every passing day proves why that was the right move. 🇺🇸

Tren De Aragua was the consequence of a weak Biden Administration, preying on open borders to bring narco terrorism into the American heartland. President Trump promised retribution for the murder of Laken Riley, Jocelyn Nungaray, and the scourge of Aurora, Colorado. The War Department under Secretary Hegseth delivered. The death of Nino Guerrero sends a clear message to Latin America. There is no refuge for narco terrorists in our hemisphere. The Department of War and the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition (A3C) will continue to deliver on President Trump's promise.

Earlier this week, the @DeptofWar — in full collaboration with Venezuelan security forces — conducted a kinetic strike on a Tren de Aragua (TdA) compound in Venezuela. TdA founder & leader Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, aka “Niño Guerrero,” was confirmed killed during the strike. The operation underscores the shared U.S. and Venezuelan commitment to take the fight to narco-terrorists and deny them any safe haven in our hemisphere. We will continue to work closely with security partners, like Venezuela — and counties in the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition (A3C) partners — to take the fight to our enemies.

JOIN. THE. FIGHT. War.gov

The first TV ad from THE War Department—JOIN THE FIGHT. WAR.GOV/JOINTHEFIGHT

If you are in our country illegally, law enforcement agents will arrest you, and the Department of War will help deport you to a place of our choosing. You will have no choice in the matter. This week, DOW supported two @CBP & @ICEgov repatriation flights to Honduras. We will continue to defend our Homeland.

Border security is national security.

"In October 2024, at approximately 1851 local time in the northeastern United States, an eyewitness observed a light source below the horizon, hovering above a pond at an estimated distance of 2,700 feet. The luminous object resembled a 'plasma-like sphere' intermittently changing shape and luminosity. At times, the primary light source appeared to separate into smaller luminous points. A luminous point below the primary source hovered just above the water and did not appear consistent with a surface reflection. The object remained generally stationary for approximately 45 minutes before disappearing. The eyewitness did not hear any sound from the objects. This video was captured by a private citizen on an iPhone and subsequently analyzed and authenticated by the U.S. Government. To protect the individual’s privacy, the footage has been cropped. Apart from this privacy-protective measure, no edits, enhancements, or alterations have been made to the visual content. The description above is derived from statements provided to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) by an eyewitness to the event. The FBI assesses the individual who reported this event as highly credible." war.gov/UFO/#FBI-UAP-PR003-O…

Today, I am sanctioning Cuba’s state-owned energy company, Unión Cuba-Petróleo (CUPET), under President Trump’s EO 14404. Cuba’s Communist elites have weaponized energy as a tool of social control and kleptocratic profit. For decades, the regime has stolen and hoarded available fuel — using it for the Castros’ private jet, the security services forces used to repress the Cuban people, to keep empty tourist hotels lit up, and to bus people in for fake protests and political stunts — all while the Cuban people have suffered blackouts and waited weeks to fill their cars. President Trump wants a new future for the Cuban people with greater economic and political freedom and opportunity. Until then, we will continue to target the Communist regime’s ability to leverage its energy trade to further its corrupt agenda and violently repress the Cuban people.

Yesterday, @SECWAR visited Cuba and @CENTCOM and met with the warriors standing watch and carrying out critical missions on behalf of our nation. They embody the definition of deterrence.