President Donald Trump looks on aboard Air Force One during travel to Palm Beach, Fla., from Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Nov. 25, 2025. Anna Rose Layden/Reuters
President Donald Trump said on Nov. 27 that U.S. forces may soon carry out ground operations targeting drug trafficking in Venezuela.
Trump announced this in a call to U.S. troops, in which he praised the U.S. Air Force’s 7th Bomb Wing for its role in deterring Venezuelan drug traffickers. He noted that they have intercepted about 85 percent of drug trafficking by sea.
