美国总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)周三证实，他已授权美国中央情报局(CIA)在委内瑞拉采取行动，并表示他的政府正在探索在这个南美国家进行地面打击。
特朗普表示，他不能提供更多关于中情局秘密行动的信息，这些行动是由美国国防部首次报道的纽约时报但他说，他授权他们是因为来自该国的移民和毒品的流动。
“我授权有两个原因，真的。第一，他们已经把他们的监狱清空到了美利坚合众国。他们是通过，嗯，他们是通过边境进来的，”特朗普在椭圆形办公室回答记者提问时说。
“另一件事是毒品，我们有很多来自委内瑞拉的毒品，很多委内瑞拉的毒品都是通过海路运进来的。所以，你可以看到这一点，但我们也将从陆地上阻止他们，”特朗普补充道。
当被问及中情局是否有权“干掉”委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗时，特朗普称这是一个让他回答的“荒谬”问题。
“但我认为委内瑞拉正感受到压力。但我认为许多其他国家也感受到了压力。特朗普说:“我们不会让这个国家，我们的国家，因为其他人想要放弃，正如你所说的，他们最糟糕的情况而被毁掉。”
当被问及他的政府对毒品卡特尔的“战争”的下一步是什么，以及他们是否考虑在陆地上进行打击时，特朗普表示，他们正在研究此事。
“嗯，我不想确切地告诉你，但我们现在肯定在关注陆地，因为我们已经很好地控制了海洋，”总统说。
周二，特朗普和国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯(Pete Hegseth)发布了一段视频，对来自委内瑞拉的涉嫌贩毒船只进行了另一次致命打击。
自9月2日以来，特朗普已下令对至少五美国政府坚称，加勒比海上的船只在没有提供证据的情况下向美国运送毒品，美国动用了致命的军事力量打击毒品船是前所未有的引发法律问题。过去的政府依靠执法来阻止毒品运输。
在椭圆形办公室举行的活动中，特朗普被问及政府是如何知道船上有毒品和毒贩的，特朗普坚称政府是肯定的，尽管他没有提供任何证据。
当被问及政府为什么不让海岸警卫队拦截船只时，特朗普回答说，“因为我们已经这样做了30年，完全无效。”
“他们有更快的船。特朗普说:“这些船中的一些真的是——我的意思是，它们是世界级的快艇——但它们没有导弹快。”
Trump confirms he's authorized CIA operations in Venezuela, looking into land strikes
President Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed he had authorized CIA action in Venezuela, and indicated his administration is exploring land strikes inside the South American country.
Trump said he could not give more information on the covert CIA operations, which were first reported by theNew York Times, but said he authorized them because of the flow of migrants and drugs from the country.
"I authorized for two reasons, really. Number one, they have emptied their prisons into the United States of America. They came in through the, well, they came in through the border," Trump said as he took reporter questions in the Oval Office.
"And the other thing are drugs, we have a lot of drugs coming in from Venezuela,and a lot of the Venezuelan drugs come in through the sea.So, you get to see that, but we're going to stop them by land also," Trump added.
When asked whether the CIA was given the authority to "take out" Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro, Trump called it a "ridiculous" question for him to respond to.
"But I think Venezuela is feeling heat.But I think a lot of other countries are feeling heat too.We're not going to let this country, our country, be ruined because other people want to drop, as you say, their worst," Trump said.
Asked what's next for his administration's "war" on drug cartels and whether they were considering strikes on land, Trump said they were looking into it.
"Well, I don't want to tell you exactly, but we are certainly looking at land now because we've got the sea very well under control," the president said.
On Tuesday, Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted a video of another lethal strike on alleged drug boat from Venezuela.
Since Sept. 2, Trump has ordered military strikes on at leastfiveboats in the Caribbean Sea that the administration insists, without providing evidence, were carrying drugs to the U.S. The use of lethal of military force against drugboats is unprecedented andraises legal questions. Past administrations have relied on law enforcement to interdict drug shipments.
During the event in the Oval Office, Trump was pressed about how the administration knows that the boats have drugs and drug traffickers on them, and Trump insisted that the administration was sure though he didn't provide any evidence.
When asked why the administration isn't having the Coast Guard stop the boats, Trump replied, "Because we've been doing that for 30 years and it has been totally ineffective."
"They have faster boats. Some of these boats are seriously -- I mean, they're world class speedboats -- but they're not faster than missiles," Trump said.
