Trump threatens strikes on any country he claims makes drugs for US [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Tue 2 Dec 2025 16.17 EST
Last modified on Tue 2 Dec 2025 17.14 EST
Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that any country he believes is making drugs destined illegally for the US is vulnerable to a military attack. The US president’s comments came during a question-and-answer session at the White House at which he also said military strikes on land targets inside Venezuela, which he has accused of narco-terrorism, would “start very soon”.
The exchange with reporters followed a lengthy cabinet meeting at which Trump and Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, moved to put the responsibility with a navy admiral for the extrajudicial killing of two survivors of an attack on an alleged drug smuggling boat in September.
Asked if only Venezuela was in the Pentagon’s crosshairs, Trump said he saw any country producing drugs for contraband as fair game, echoing previous saber-rattling directed at Mexico.
“If they come in through a certain country, or any country, or if we think they’re building mills, whether its fentanyl or cocaine … anybody doing that and selling it into our country is subject to attack. Not just Venezuela,” Trump said, adding that he “heard” Colombia was “making cocaine, they have cocaine plants”.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/02/trump-threatens-strikes-drugs-venezuela
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