During the harsh winter of 1777, a story tells of George Washington experiencing a vision that has lingered in American consciousness for over 200 years.

At Valley Forge, an ethereal presence reportedly appeared to Washington, foretelling three major challenges that the fledgling nation would encounter. The first two have already materialized – the Revolution that gave birth to the United States, and the Civil War that nearly fragmented it.

The third prophecy, however, remains unfulfilled: it speaks of ‘hordes of armed men’ crossing the ocean to invade America.

Currently, with Donald Trump assembling the largest military presence in the Caribbean since the Cold War era, apprehensions grow that Washington’s ominous prophecy might be nearing realization.

This week, Ryan Bledsoe, who hosts a podcast centered on supernatural events, highlighted Washington’s prediction, noting that influential military figures had brought it to his attention.

“George Washington was visited by the lady. You can read about this event in the Library of Congress. It’s a documented occurrence,” Bledsoe stated.

He said Washington’s third vision includes ‘a threat of war in a future time that would be so great with powers from the east crossing the sea.’

At least seven American warships are currently stationed in the Caribbean, and on Thursday, Defense Secretary Hegseth announced the United States’ latest effort against narco-terrorists in South America with ‘Operation Southern Spear.’ 

And for a second straight day, Trump and his defense and national security teams met in at the White House to go over their options for potential strikes on Venezuela. 

President Donald J. Trump led a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on April 10

In the winter of 1777, legend goes that George Washington received a vision that has haunted America for over two centuries

The US has killed 75 suspected drug terrorists since the Pentagon began focusing on the region since Trump took back the White House. 

Trump, Hegseth, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio, Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan ‘Raizin’ Caine sat in on the powwow, The Washington Post reported.   

The defense secretary made the announcement of ‘Operation Southern Spear’ on social media Thursday, after it was revealed the US has killed 75 suspected drug terrorists since the Pentagon began focusing on the region. 

‘President Trump ordered action — and the Department of War is delivering. Today, I’m announcing Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR,’ Hegseth wrote.

‘Led by Joint Task Force Southern Spear and @SOUTHCOM, this mission defends our Homeland, removes narco-terrorists from our Hemisphere, and secures our Homeland from the drugs that are killing our people. 

‘The Western Hemisphere is America’s neighborhood – and we will protect it.’

The Daily Mail has reached out to the White House for comment.

Earlier this week, Rubio made a robust defense of the strikes after France’s foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot said they were in violation of international law.

The US has killed 75 suspected drug terrorists since the Pentagon began focusing on the region

‘We have observed with concern the military operations in the Caribbean region, because they violate international law and because France has a presence in this region through its overseas territories, where more than a million of our compatriots reside,’ Barrot said on the sidelines of the Group of Seven foreign ministers’ summit in Canada. 

‘I don’t think that the European Union gets to determine what international law is. They certainly don’t get to determine is how the United States defends its national security,’ Rubio responded at the same summit. 

‘The United States is under attack from organized criminal narco-terrorists in our hemisphere, and the president is responding in the defense of our country.’

Rubio called out the EU’s hypocrisy for asking the US for weapons but wanting a say in how America uses its own arsenal.  

‘I do find it interesting that all these countries want us to send and supply, for example, nuclear-capable Tomahawk missiles to defend Europe,’ Rubio added. 

‘But when the United States positions aircraft carriers in our hemisphere, where we live, somehow, that’s a problem.’ 

The Trump administration says the military has killed at least 75 people in 19 known strikes against what it says are drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean since early September. 

Two strikes were conducted under the president’s orders on Sunday, killing six.

The defense secretary made the announcement of ‘Operation Southern Spear’ on social media Thursday

US intelligence discovered the vessels were ‘associated with illicit narcotics smuggling,’ according to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who announced the operation on social media Monday.

He claimed both vessels were carrying narcotics but did not specify the exact drugs or location in the Eastern Pacific Ocean where the strike took place.

The cabinet secretary added: ‘Both strikes were conducted in international waters and three male narco-terrorists were aboard each vessel. All six were killed. No US forces were harmed.’

Since starting his second term, Trump has applied more military pressure on Venezuela by accusing the socialist regime of trafficking drugs into the United States.

Trump has also labeled the largest drug cartels in Mexico as terrorist organizations.

‘Under President Trump, we are protecting the homeland and killing these cartel terrorists who wish to harm our country and its people,’ Hegseth concluded.

The administration has been under pressure from Congress to provide more information about who is being targeted and the legal justification for the strikes. 

Critics have claimed that the Trump administration’s targeted strikes on drug smugglers represent extrajudicial killings.  

The Pentagon has yet to release concrete evidence to the public that the vessels were carrying narcotics or posed a threat to the US. 

Trump has justified the attacks as a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs into the United States.

He has asserted America is engaged in an ‘armed conflict’ with drug cartels, relying on the same legal authority used by the Bush administration when it declared a war on terrorism after the September 11 attacks.

Senate Democrats have expressed doubts over the legality of the strikes, and last week renewed their request for more information about the strikes in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Hegseth.

‘We also request that you provide all legal opinions related to these strikes and a list of the groups or other entities the President has deemed targetable,’ the senators wrote.

A White House spokesman claimed Trump has a mandate from the American public to take decisive action against cartels.