Fox News Senior White House Correspondent Peter Doocy asked President Donald Trump if U.S. actions against Venezuela are more than just about drugs.
Trump has ordered the military to conduct legally suspect bombings on Venezuelan boats in the Caribbean and Pacific that he claims were carrying drugs. More than 80 people have been killed in the attacks. The Trump administration maintains that Venezuelan drugs “are killing our people,” as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth put it last month. But Venezuela does not produce fentanyl, which is by far the leading cause of death among Americans who overdose on illicit substances. Venezuela, however, does have vast reserves of oil, some of which the U.S. seized on Wednesday when the military interdicted an oil tanker.
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