The U.S. military conducts a deadly military strike against an alleged drug boat tied to the cartel Tren de Aragua, in a still from video of the strike shared by President Donald Trump on Truth Social on Sept. 2, 2025. @realDonaldTrump via Truth Social
President Donald Trump said Oct. 22 that his administration has the legal authority to target vessels suspected of transporting drugs from Venezuela by sea, but may return to Congress if he decides to target suspects on land.
“We’re allowed to do that, and if we do [it] by land, we may go back to Congress,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “We will hit them very hard if they come in by land. We‘ll probably go back to Congress and explain exactly what we’re doing when we come to the land. We don’t have to do that, but I think … I’d like to do that.”
