President Trump on Thursday dismissed the need to ask Congress for a declaration of war as the U.S. military continuously launches strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.

“I don’t think we’re going to necessarily ask for a declaration of war,” Trump told reporters. “I think we're just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. Okay? We're going to kill them.”

Since September, the president has authorized multiple strikes on alleged drug boats off the coast of Venezuela, killing at least 32 people. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also said Wednesday that a total of five “narco-terrorists” were killed in

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