
Trump sends world's most powerful warship to Latin America — historic echoes of regime change
Fox News
Trump deploys USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier to Caribbean for anti-drug operations, marking a carrier's first operational deployment to region in more than 30 years.
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
The Ford’s deployment comes as Trump has signaled that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro may not be in office much longer. The Trump administration has conducted 15 strikes in the Caribbean, while U.S. lawmakers have raised concerns about their legality and a broader conflict in the region.
During Operation Uphold Democracy, aircraft carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and USS America headed to the region as part of a multinational intervention, after Haitian Lt. Gen. Raoul Cedras led a military coup in 1991 that ousted the island’s first freely elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.













