WASHINGTON ‒ President Donald Trump said he is considering U.S. military strikes on land targets to combat the flow of drugs from Venezuelan cartels into the United States after five recent maritime attacks on alleged drug-smuggling boats.
"We are certainly looking at land now because we've got the sea very well under control," Trump told reporters on Oct. 15.
Trump made the remarks after the New York Times reported the Trump administration has secretly authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to conduct covert action in Venezuela in an escalation of its campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's regime.
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Trump confirmed the report, saying the action is in response to Venezuelan migrants and drugs entering the United States.
