The Trump administration’s seizure of an oil tanker off Venezuela reflects a more direct approach to confronting the Maduro regime and disrupting narcotics trafficking networks tied to the region, U.S. Army veteran and author Barry Todd said Sunday on Newsmax.
“I served many years down in Central America, and I’m so excited about what Trump’s doing here,” Todd told Newsmax’s “Wake Up America Weekend.” “He’s finally bringing out these conflicts that we’ve been having down there in Central America and South America into the forefront.”
Todd said U.S. forces have operated in the region for years, but with restrictions that limited actions to monitoring and reporting.
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