Anna Kelly to Newsmax: Trump Will Continue Military Action Against Drug Trafficking

President Donald Trump will continue military action aimed at stopping suspected drug trafficking by sea, as the matter poses a deadly threat to the United States, White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly told Newsmax on Thursday.

She added, in comments to Newsmax’s “Wake Up America,” that Trump does not consider Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro to be a legitimate ruler.

“The president’s been extremely clear with his position, which is Maduro is, number one, not the legitimate ruler of Venezuela. He is the leader of a narco-terrorist cartel,” Kelly said.

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