Trump Bombs 7 Countries in 1 Year: A Fact Check

The national Republican party portrayed ... in his first year back in office, Trump bombed seven countries: Yemen, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia and Venezuela....

From ISIS targets in Africa and the Middle East to Iran’s nuclear sites and suspected drug operations, Trump authorized lethal strikes across the globe this year.

The Trump administration carried out an attack on Venezuela in January 2026, bombing the capital, Caracas, and abducting President Nicolas Maduro, a longtime figure of US ire.

Since the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and the US capital, the US has engaged in three full-scale wars and bombed at least 10 countries in operations ranging from drone strikes to invasions, often multiple times within a single year.

Al-Shabab, which has about 7,000 fighters, holds large swaths of land in south-central Somalia, while the smaller ISIS-Somalia, which has about 1,500 fighters, is active in the mountainous regions of autonomous Puntland, in northern Somalia. In the past year, 7,289 people have been killed by armed group activity, according to the US-based Africa Center for Strategic Studies. In his first term as president, Trump withdrew most US troops from the country, but the Biden administration redeployed them in May 2022.

Iran is now following through on the retaliation that it promised, and has launched missiles toward at least seven countries. At least six U.S. troops have been killed, and with Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing to continue bombing, the war is escalating and expanding. While brazen, aggressive U.S. military action in the 21st century did not begin with Donald Trump — the current president is simply bringing the unvarnished reality of U.S.

He also ordered the U.S. military to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities, responded to attacks against U.S. service members in Syria, and targeted Houthi militants in Yemen. In early 2026, after months of military buildup in the Caribbean and U.S. attacks on alleged drug boats, the United States bombed Venezuela and captured the country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro.

Donald Trump, who once pledged to end America's 'endless wars,' has become the first US president in history to authorise military strikes in seven countries within a single year.

Updated Mar. 3 2026 11:54AM EST / Published Mar. 2 2026 9:15AM EST ... Wannabe Nobel Laureate Donald Trump has now ordered attacks against a greater number of countries than any other president in modern U.S.