Trump reacts to reports of B-1 bombers flying toward Venezuela amid drug war
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Fox News has learned that two B-1 bombers took off from Dyess Air Force Base in Texas on Thursday morning and were flying towards Venezuela as seen on open-source flight tracking systems, according to senior US official sources.
At a roundtable meeting on immigration and fighting crime held at the White House on Thursday, President Donald Trump denied the report, which was first published by the US State Department. Wall Street Magazine.
“No, it’s not right. It’s wrong,” Trump said. “But we are not happy with Venezuela for many reasons, drugs being one of them, but they also send their prisoners to our country. … No one can do that.”
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth did not correct the president during a Q&A with reporters.
President Donald Trump denied Tuesday that B-1 bombers were flying toward Venezuela amid cartel threats. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
IS TRUMP’S ‘MOVEMENT’ TOWARDS VENEZUELA THE START OF A LARGER REGIME CHANGE CAMPAIGN?
At a roundtable with law enforcement and administration officials to discuss the successes of the Homeland Security Task Forces, Trump touched on ongoing efforts to stop the smuggling of illegal drugs into the United States and expressed his belief that cartels will begin to infiltrate the United States by land.
“They’re coming overland now,” Trump said. “Even land is worried, because I told them… Land will be next. We can go to the Senate, we can go to Congress, and we can tell them about it. But I don’t think they’ll have any problems with it.”
Military attacks on ships suspected of drug smuggling have killed 37 people since September. (Ministry of War)
TRUMP IS USING THE MILITARY POWER OF THE USA ON THE CARTELS. IS A LARGER WAR COMING?
“Between this and my argument [Chinese] President Xi, I don’t think we’ve ever made this much progress,” Trump added. “Marine drugs are almost dead, and they can’t come from land as quickly, and land drugs are much more dangerous to them. It will be much more dangerous. You will see this soon. So that’s the way it is.”
Hours earlier, Hegseth confirmed that the US military launched a deadly kinetic attack on a suspected drug-smuggling ship on Wednesday, killing three suspects.
Moments before the ship suspected of drug smuggling was destroyed in a US strike on Tuesday. (X.com/SecWar)
TRUMP SAID ‘WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS’ WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HITTING VENEZUELA AMONG INCREASING TENSIONS
The attack was the ninth ship attack since September and the second reported attack in the Eastern Pacific.
It was reported that a total of 37 people were killed, and the two survivors were later repatriated.
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When asked by reporters why he did not ask Congress to approve a declaration of war against the cartels, the president implied that he did not think it was necessary.
“I don’t think we’re going to want a declaration of war,” Trump said. “I think we’re going to kill people who bring drugs into our country. … They’re going to die.”
