(NewsNation) — U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., said Tuesday he thinks President Trump administration's decision to send a carrier strike group to Venezuela is for "shock and awe" purposes.

"I think maybe the president is sending a message that, look, we're serious about it," Rounds told "On Balance."

The Trump administration recently ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group to deploy to Venezuela to “bolster U.S. capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said.

On Tuesday, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth also announced four more boats were obliterated in the Pacific Ocean by the U.S. military, resulting in 14 men being killed and one survivor clinging to w

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