Trump says ‘we’re going to start doing those strikes on land too’ as he talks about drug boat attacks

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Trump said carrying out strikes on land would be ‘much easier’

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President Donald Trump said the U.S. would start “doing those strikes on land” when speaking about U.S. military operations against alleged drug-carrying boats from Venezuela.

"We're doing these [sea] strikes and we're going to start doing those strikes on land, too, you know, the land is much easier, much easier,” Trump said Tuesday.

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