"PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I don't think we're going to necessarily ask for a declaration of war. I think we're just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country, OK. We're going to kill them. You know, they're going to be, like, dead. [SOUNDS OF TAPE ENDS] MARGARET BRENNAN: You don't need an aircraft carrier to hit drug boats. Are land strikes planned? SEN. GRAHAM: Yeah, I think that's a real possibility."
"I think President Trump's made a decision that [Nicolas] Maduro, the leader of Venezuela, is an indicted drug, drug trafficker, that it's time for him to go, that Venezuela and Colombia have been safe havens for narco-terrorists for too long, and President Trump told me yesterday that he plans to brief members of Congress when he gets back from Asia about future potential military operations against Venezuela and Colombia."
Nine military strikes targeted boats the administration contends belonged to the Venezuela-based gang Tren de Aragua. The Navy deployed the aircraft carrier Gerald Ford to Latin America. President Trump rejected seeking a declaration of war and threatened lethal action against those bringing drugs into the United States. Land strikes were presented as a real possibility with plans to brief Congress about potential operations against Venezuela and Colombia. Sen. Lindsey Graham characterized Nicolás Maduro as an indicted drug trafficker and supported expanding military action from the sea to the land.
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