Trump told reporters later that the administration has evidence the targeted boat was heading to the U.S. and carrying drugs. His social media post included a video showing the vessel engulfed in a fiery explosion. Trump said he believes the airstrikes have curbed the flow of drugs into the U.S. over water, and suggested he would take similar measures against cartels who smuggled drugs into the U.S. across its land borders.“When they come by land, we’re going to be stopping them the same way we stopped the boats,” he said.The strike marks the second attack on an alleged drug trafficking boat this month. A U.S. strike against a vessel leaving Venezuela earlier this month prompted lawmakers in both parties to raise concerns over the legality of the attacks.Many Democrats pushed the White House to provide legal justification in the days after the first strike. The White House has repeatedly argued it abided by laws governing “armed conflict” to justify its strike.“Classifying a clear law enforcement mission as counterterrorism does not confer legal authority to target and kill civilians,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) wrote last week in a letter addressed to Trump signed by 24 other Senate Democrats.California Sen. Adam Schiff, a Democrat, said on he is drafting a war powers resolution to block the Trump administration from using the military to conduct further strikes on alleged drug smuggling vessels without authorization from Congress.The first strike against an accused drug vessel also sparked sharp backlash from Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who attacked Vice President JD Vance for celebrating the attack.“What a despicable and thoughtless sentiment it is to glorify killing someone without a trial,” Paul wrote on social media in response to a post from Vance.The vice president later acknowledged the lack of due process afforded to those targeted in the attack but continued to justify the Trump administration’s legal standing.The latest U.S. strike heightens the pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who Trump has opposed since his first term. Prior to Trump’s announcement of a second strike on Monday, Maduro characterized the U.S. posture towards Venezuela as “aggression.”