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President Trump has said that the administration is “looking at” targeting Venezuela-based drug cartels on land after taking out approximately half a dozen drug smuggling vessels.
“We are certainly looking at land now because we’ve got the sea under control,” he said in response to a reporter question in the Oval Office.
President Donald Trump speaks as FBI Director Kash Patel listens during an event in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Wednesday. AP“A lot of the Venezuela drugs come in through the sea. So you get to see that, but we’re going to stop them by land also,” Trump added.
The president also declined to say whether he has authorized the CIA to “take out” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, though he confirmed that he approved covert operations inside the South American country.
“Wouldn’t it be a ridiculous question for me to answer?” he said. “But I think Venezuela is feeling heat.”
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