After Targeting Boats at Sea, Trump Suggests Land Strikes in Venezuela May Be Next

TIME

After touting the success of recent military strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean that killed dozens, President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday he is considering land strikes in Venezuela or elsewhere as a way of further targeting alleged shipments of illegal drugs. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump was asked by TIME if ground strikes were possible. “We are certainly looking at land now because we’ve got the sea under control,” Trump said.

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00:00What's the next step in this war on cartels, and are you considering options, are you considering strikes on land?

00:05Well, I don't want to tell you exactly, but we are certainly looking at land now, because we've got the sea very well under control.

00:12We've had a couple of days where there isn't a boat to be found, and I view that as a good thing, not a bad thing.

00:18But we had tremendous amounts coming in by boats, by very expensive boats. You know, they have a lot of money.

00:23Does the CIA have authority to take out Maduro?

00:25Oh, I don't want to answer a question like that. That's a ridiculous question for me to be given.

00:30Not really a ridiculous question, but wouldn't it be a ridiculous question for me to answer?

00:36But I think Venezuela is feeling heat, but I think a lot of other countries are feeling heat, too.

00:41We're not going to let this country, our country, be ruined because other people want to drop, as you say, their worst.

00:47They have given us their worst.

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