“We’re going to start with those ground strikes, you know, land is much easier, much easier, and we know the routes they take, we know everything about them, we know where they live, we know where the bad guys live, and we’re going to start very soon,” Trump told reporters during a White House cabinet meeting.
“Anyone who does that and who sells drugs into our country will be targeted,” he added.
Preparation for military intervention?
When asked by journalists, he said that this means that the goals will be limited to Venezuela.
Trump has authorized strikes on targets he and his top officials say are linked to narco-terrorism, but those strikes have so far been limited to targets at sea, including ships and submarines. The US president has vowed to launch strikes against land targets as he significantly increases the US military presence in Latin America.
Trump has asked Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to step down as the US carries out attacks on ships it says are carrying drugs to the US, amid speculation he may soon order military intervention in the Latin American nation.
Maduro’s regime, on the other hand, claims that the goal of the US is to overthrow him and take control of the rich Venezuelan oil reserves.
(Vijesti.ba)
