United States President Donald Trump has appeared to confirm a New York Times report that his administration authorised the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to carry out covert operations in Venezuela .

On Wednesday, Trump held a news conference with some of his top law enforcement officials, where he faced questions about the report. One reporter asked directly, “Why did you authorise the CIA to go into Venezuela?”

“I authorised for two reasons, really,” Trump replied. “Number one, they have emptied their prisons into the United States of America.”

“The other thing,” he continued, was Venezuela’s role in drug-trafficking. He then appeared to imply that the US would take actions on foreign soil to prevent the flow of narcotics and other drugs.

“We have a lot of drugs coming in from

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