Florian Gaertner / Photothek via Getty Images Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, isn’t the only member of the family wading into foreign policy. His son is facing mounting backlash after invoking his late brother’s overdose death to justify the Trump administration’s capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. In a lengthy post on X, Alex Witkoff tied the U.S. operation against Maduro to the death of his brother Andrew Witkoff, who died in 2011 at age 22 from an OxyContin overdose. Writing Sunday on what would have been Andrew’s 37th birthday, Witkoff called it “surreal” that the date coincided with Trump’s capture of Maduro, whom he labeled “an illegitimate narco-terrorist dictator.” Yesterday my family would have been celebrating my brother Andrew’s 37th birthday. Instead, he’s gone, overtaken by a drug overdose Drug overdoses are a national catastrophe and now the #1 killer of Americans ages 18–45 It’s surreal that on Andrew’s birthday, President Trump… — Alex Witkoff (@Alex_Witkoff) January 4, 2026 Read more at The Daily Beast.