President Donald Trump has renewed accusations that Venezuela is targeting the United States by sending gang members and drugs to the country and announced Monday that the U.S. military conducted a second strike against a Venezuelan boat “transporting illegal narcotics.”

Trump said the strike was against “extraordinarily violent drug trafficking cartels and narcoterrorists.” He confirmed it occurred in international waters.

“These extremely violent drug trafficking cartels POSE A THREAT to U.S. National Security, Foreign Policy, and vital U.S. Interests,” he said in a post online.

Trump confirmed that three “terrorists” were killed in the strike and no U.S. forces were harmed.

The strike comes just a day after he raised the possibility that the U.S. could strike the country and more

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