During a press conference from the White House Wednesday, Trump said he authorized unspecified CIA operations in Venezuela for two main reasons.
President Donald Trump confirmed he would be authorizing Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) activity in Venezuela amid his efforts to combat Latin American drug traffickers with force.
Trump indicated during a press conference alongside FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday that his administration was next looking «at land» in Latin America after the U.S. military conducted at least five fatal strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean since last month. The president also confirmed at the Wednesday press conference that he was authorizing intelligence activity by the CIA in Venezuela to help continue the administration’s offensive against Latin American drug traffickers.
Trump told reporters there were «two reasons» why he was authorizing the CIA to conduct such work.
«Number one, they have emptied their prisons into the United States of America. They came in through the border.
