Trump Says He’s Looking at Land Strikes Targeting Venezuela Drug Cartels

President Donald Trump said on Oct. 15 that his administration is considering land strikes targeting Venezuelan drug cartels, an escalation of recent military strikes on drug trafficking boats off the nation’s coast. During a press conference with FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday, Trump said the U.S. military has “almost totally stopped” Venezuelan drug trafficking rings by sea, adding, “Now we’ll stop it by land.” “We are certainly looking at land now, because we’ve got the sea very well under control,” Trump said. On Tuesday, U.S. forces conducted their fifth strike on drug trafficking boats off the coast of Venezuela, resulting in the deaths of six men suspected of being narcotraffickers, according to Trump....