The Trump administration laid out its justification for the strikes in a memo obtained by The Associated Press this week. “If they want to declare war, come to Congress and say they want to declare war,” he told AP. In a post about the first strike last month, Trump claimed the vessel was carrying members of the Tren de Aragua gang. Officials in the Pentagon, when asked for more details about the strike, referred The Associated Press back to Hegseth’s post. The press office for Venezuela’s government did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the latest strike.