US President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he has authorized CIA operations on Venezuelan soil.
The New York Times earlier reported that the decision would allow intelligence operatives to carry out lethal operations against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, whose government Trump has accused of running “narco-terrorist” cartels and flooding the US with cocaine and fentanyl.
A reporter asked Trump in the Oval Office, “Why did you authorize the CIA to go into Venezuela?”
“I authorized for two reasons, really,” Trump replied. “Number one, they [Venezuela] have emptied their prisons into the United States of America.”
“And the other…
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