The US could expand military operations against state-linked drug cartels, the president has said
President Donald Trump has signaled that the US could soon extend its military campaign against drug smuggling groups it links to Venezuela from the sea to land operations.
Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Trump touted what he described as great success in intercepting alleged Venezuelan state-linked “drug boats.” “Drugs coming in by sea are like 5% of what they were a year ago,” he said.
“The land is going to be next,” he added, without elaborating on where and when potential attacks could take place.
Trump also pushed back against the notion that he needs a congressional war declaration for strikes on alleged narcotraffickers. “We may go to the Senate; we may go to the Congress and tell them about it, but I can’t imagine they’d have any problem with it,” he said.
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