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 the New 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, y

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