By Admin 
US President Donald Trump has carried out many operations on the soil of other countries in the first year of his second term. A survey has said that during the second term of President Trump, more air and drone attacks have been carried out in foreign countries, whereas before this there were not so many attacks in the entire four-year tenure of former President Joe Biden.
According to data from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), from January 20, 2025, to January 5, 2026, the US conducted a total of 573 air and drone strikes and a total of 658 strikes on foreign soil, including operations with its coalition partners, compared to 494 strikes and 694 coalition operations during Biden’s four-year term.
A total of 1,093 people died in Trump’s one year military action
The non-profit conflict watchdog said the US was involved in 1,008 foreign military operations in at least nine countries over the past 12 months, resulting in about 1,093 deaths, compared with 1,518 deaths in 1,648 operations throughout Biden’s tenure.
According to a Newsweek report, the deaths under Trump’s rule included at least 110 alleged drug smugglers killed by US forces in the Caribbean Sea and Marines in the eastern Pacific. The report also states that the number of deaths caused by the US attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites in June is not yet known.
Last year, most of the attacks were on Houthi rebels – ACLED
ACLED said that between January and December last year in 2025, more than 80 percent of the attacks were carried out on Yemen’s Houthi rebels, resulting in more than 530 deaths. The watchdog said in its analysis, ‘Foreign attacks in Trump’s first year show a strategy of ‘attack first, ask questions later’.’
The report said, ‘The data show that the Trump administration has emphasized swift, high-impact military action as a first response, which is proceeding faster and with fewer interruptions than in previous years.’
ACLED CEO accuses Trump administration
According to the report of news agency Xinhua, ACLED CEO Cleonard Raleigh said, ‘What we are seeing now in America’s foreign activities is shocking not only for its speed, but also for how openly it challenges the idea that power should be controlled by common rules.’
He said recent operations in countries like Venezuela and Nigeria show how quickly this approach can have an impact. He warned that attention could now shift to places like Greenland, Colombia and Cuba, which should be treated as independent countries with their own political agency rather than targets of control. Raleigh accused the Trump administration of presenting these areas as a manageable problem. He says that these are being shown as areas where America can directly benefit by gaining control over the available resources.
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