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During a press briefing, President Trump dodged a direct question about whether the CIA has authorization to target Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Caught on camera, Trump’s response stunned reporters as he called the question “ridiculous” and offered a pointed lecture on U.S. foreign policy.



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00:00Does the CIA have authority to take out Maduro? Oh, I don't want to answer a question like that.
00:05That's a ridiculous question for me to be given. Not really a ridiculous question,
00:09but wouldn't it be a ridiculous question for me to answer? Does the CIA have authority to take
00:14out Maduro? Oh, I don't want to answer a question like that. That's a ridiculous question for me to
00:19be given. Not really a ridiculous question, but wouldn't it be a ridiculous question for me to
00:24answer? But I think Venezuela is feeling heat, but I think a lot of other countries are feeling
00:29heat too we're not going to let this country our country be ruined because other people want to
00:35drop as you say their worst they they have given us their worst they've loaded up our country with
00:41prisoners with with mentally ill people that are seriously ill criminally ill and we're not going
00:48to take it and so i mean it's uh just one of those things and i can tell you we've taken care of the
00:53sea there's nobody and we're watching we're watching and if we see it we'll save it yeah
00:58please on the ships though sir there are republicans and democrats up on the hill concerned that in the
01:04briefings they've gotten about those attacks they're not necessarily getting information about
01:08who was on them and what exactly was on those ships thank you um curious why did you authorize the cia
01:15to go into venezuela and is there more information you can share about these strikes on the alleged
01:21well i can't do that but i authorized me for two reasons really number one they have emptied
01:27their prisons into the united states of america they came in through the uh well they came in
01:33through the border they came in because we had an open border policy and as soon as i heard that i said
01:38a lot of these countries they're not the only country but they're the worst abuser and they've entered
01:43their they've they've allowed thousands and thousands of prisoners mental institution people from mental
01:51institutions insane asylums emptied out into the united states we're bringing them back but that's
01:57a really bad and they did it at a level that probably not many many countries have done it but not like
02:02venezuela they were down and dirty and the other thing are drugs we have a lot of drugs coming in from
02:07venezuela and a lot of the venezuelan drugs come in through the sea so you get to see that but we're
02:12going to stop them by land also does the cia have authority to take out maduro oh i don't want to
02:18answer a question like that that's a ridiculous question for me to be given not really a ridiculous
02:23question but wouldn't it be a ridiculous question for me to answer but i think venezuela is feeling
02:29heat but i think a lot of other countries are feeling heat too we're not going to let this country our
02:34country be ruined because other people want to drop as you say their worst they they have given us their
02:41worst they've loaded up our country with prisoners with with mentally ill people that are seriously
02:48ill criminally ill and we're not going to take it and so i mean it's just one of those things and
02:54i can tell you we've taken care of the sea there's nobody and we're watching we're watching and if we
02:59see it we'll save it yeah please on the ships though sir there are republicans and democrats up on the hill
03:06concerned that in the briefings they've gotten about those attacks they're not necessarily getting
03:10information about who was on them and what exactly was on those ships subscribe to one india and never
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