President Donald Trump said during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday that the United States may carry out attacks on land in Venezuela as part of an expanding effort to target narcoterrorist networks.
The comment came after he was asked about recent U.S. military strikes on drug boats operating in the Caribbean.
“I want those boats taken out, and if we have to we’ll attack on land also, just like we attack on sea,” Trump said when questioned about an incident in which a narcoterrorism vessel was struck by two missiles.
Trump addressed whether he had knowledge of two surviving individuals after an initial strike on the vessel.
He said he was not aware of details regarding a follow-up strike.
“All I know is every boat that you see get blown up. We save 25,000 on average lives,” Trump said.
He also spoke about the volume of narcotics being trafficked to the United States, citing fentanyl as the most lethal threat.
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“They’ve been sending enough this horrible fentanyl and other things like cocaine and other things, but fentanyl right now is the leader of the pack to kill our entire nation, because a little speck of the head of a pin can kill somebody,” Trump said.
“It’s very dangerous stuff. I know so many people with this up to our drug addicts, they had one little sample, and they died. They died. They were they couldn’t believe it.”
Trump said he believed U.S. military operations had significantly disrupted drug trafficking via maritime routes.
He estimated that the military has eliminated “90 percent of” the drug trafficking coming to the United States by sea.
He added that the strikes conducted under his administration are “saving hundreds of thousands of lives” domestically.
Trump: “I want those boats taken out, and if we have to we’ll attack on land also.” pic.twitter.com/9DOG0yW8lZ
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) December 2, 2025
The president has recently intensified pressure on Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, accusing him of involvement in the trafficking of illicit substances to the United States.
Maduro has denied the allegations.
The United States has also accused Maduro of involvement in the Cartel de los Soles.
As part of that pressure campaign, the administration has expanded U.S. military activity in the region.
Trump previously declared Venezuelan airspace “closed in its entirety.”
In addition to the maritime operations already underway, the United States has increased its military presence off Venezuela’s coast and throughout Latin America.
🚨 BREAKING: Trump is weighing LAND STRIKES on ANY COUNTRY funneling NARCOTICS into OUR COUNTRY 💣🚨
The President says “we’re taking these SON OF A B*TCHES OUT” 🔥 🔥
Democrats are ACCUSING Trump of “MURDER”… and calling NARCO TERRORISTS “Defenseless SHIPWRECKED SURVIVORS”…… pic.twitter.com/mapGMcKufk
— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) December 3, 2025
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