Trump says he supports releasing video of suspected boat strike: “I support the decision to take the boats out”
[ad_1]
Washington – President Trump said on Wednesday that he would support the release of any traffic from Many strikes to The airboat in Venezuela appears on September 2while supporting the “decision to remove the boats.”
The Trump Administration and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegstety in particular have been under scrutiny in recent days, after the Washington Post reported that the US military carried out the next strike on a boat in the Caribbean, despite its survival. CBS News has not independently confirmed the existence of survivors, but the White House has – limited The boat was hit more than once on September 2.
“I don’t know what they have, but whatever they have we will certainly release it, no problem,” said the President of any strike.
A reporter asked the President in the oval office if hegsseth, ADM. Frank Bradley or others should be punished if there really are stains on the boat. The commanders suggested that Bradley, the operations commander, had given the order for the second strike and that it was within his rights to do so.
The President replied, “I think you will find that this war,” means drugs have entered the United States and killed millions.
“I think you’re going to find that there’s a receptive ear to doing what they’re doing, getting those boats out,” Mr. Trump said.
The President was again pressed if he supported the decision to kill the survivors, if that happened.
“No, I support the decision to remove the boats,” he said.
On Sunday, the President told reporters at the airport that he “would not want” a second strike on the boat. But since then, the administration has protected Hegseth and his leadership.
The President on Wednesday repeated the threat from earlier this week that Global Strikes in Venezuela It could start soon, as tensions with President Nicolás Maduro rise.
“Soon, we’ll start doing it in the world, too,” he said. “You know, the world is very simple … and we know the routes they take. We know everything about them. We know where they live. And we’re going to start over and over again.”
The President has asked for months to expand the maritime strikes based on the Administration to include suspected drugs that have been washed in the world, telling reporters in October that he is “fully prepared” to carry out global strikes. If the President takes the step of ordering targeted strikes in Latin American countries, it would greatly increase the anti-narcotics operations, which beat them up of the 20 boats suspected in the Caribbean and Pacific, killing more than 80 people.
The boat strike is already controversial. Democratic lawmakers and some Republicans opposed Mr. Trump acted without legal authority and did not provide sufficient evidence that the boats were carrying drugs. Administration said The US is engaged in a “non-nuclear international” conflict with drug cartels, designated as terrorist groups.
