White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller on Friday dodged a question from reporters about the potential for ground troops on Venezuelan soil, as tensions escalate amid the Trump administration's war on drugs in the Caribbean.

While he said he "would not now or ever get into any detailed discussion" about potential military options, Miller called Venezuela a "central hub" for the trafficking of narcotics, weapons and humans.

The White House aide called the drug cartels linked to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's regime, which are designated terrorist organizations, the "ISIS of the Western Hemisphere."

When asked directly about the potential for U.S. troops being placed on the ground, he referred to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's comments Thursday about the strategies used

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