Donald Trump defended his administration’s aggressive anti-drug operations, claiming Venezuela and other countries had sent criminals, gang members, and people from prisons and mental institutions into the United States. He said the U.S. sea-based interdiction campaign had cut drug inflows by 91 percent and suggested similar actions would soon begin on land. When pressed about reports that survivors of a boat strike were killed, Trump avoided directly addressing the allegation, insisting the conflict was a form of war and reiterating support for destroying drug-carrying boats while rejecting that he endorsed killing survivors.
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