WASHINGTON (AP) —President Trump won't rule out a U.S. strike on Venezuelan soil.
The president said of U.S. strikes against boats off of Venezuela, “We are certainly looking at land now.”
A series of recent U.S. strikes have sunk vessels the White House says were carrying drugs from Venezuela. Asked if such attacks may eventually target mainland Venezuela, Trump said, “I don’t want to tell you, exactly.”
But he suggested that land attacks were an option “because we’ve got the sea well under control.”
The president also said he’d authorized the CIA to operate in Venezuela.
Asked if the agency could “take out” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Trump was noncommittal, saying it was “a ridiculous question” for him to answer.