US will soon target drugs coming in by land, Trump says


FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as he signs executive orders and proclamations in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 5, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

WASHINGTON, Jan ‌20 (Reuters) - U.S. President ‌Donald Trump on ‌Tuesday said his administration would "very shortly" start targeting drugs ‍coming into the ‍United States ‌by land, after he claimed ‍strikes ​by U.S. forces on ⁠suspected drug boats in the ‌Caribbean Sea and Pacific ⁠Ocean ‍have reduced the amount of drugs coming ‍into the U.S. ‌by water.

Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump did not specify from which country drugs were being ‌transported by land.

(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt; Writing by ​Ryan Patrick Jones in Toronto; Editing by Chris Reese)

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