Fred Fleitz to Newsmax: Trump Will Bomb Venezuelan Targets

President Donald Trump is escalating efforts to disrupt Venezuelan drug trafficking operations but preparing for targeted military strikes, not a ground invasion, former CIA analyst Fred Fleitz told Newsmax on Sunday. 

“There likely will be airstrikes against drug labs and other facilities being used to send drugs to the United States,” Fleitz told Newsmax’s “Sunday Agenda.”

He added that it’s clear Trump has “doubled down on his efforts to stop illegal drugs from coming from Venezuela, the flow of illegal gangs, and the influence of Venezuela in the Southern Hemisphere.”

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