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The United States has launched its first ground attack against Venezuela since the administration

began its campaign to combat drug trafficking and pressure President Nicolas Maduro.

We don't have many details, but President Trump confirmed the explosion today and said the

target was along Venezuela's shore.

There was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs.

So we hit all the boats and now we hit the area.

It's the implementation area.

That's where they implement.

And that is no longer around.

This week, the U.S. deployed even more military assets to the Caribbean, adding to what is already

the largest deployment of the U.S. Navy to that region in half a century.

It's allowed the U.S. to strike at least 29 alleged drug boats and seize two sanctioned

Venezuelan oil tankers and pursue a third.

But the president wasn't focused only on Venezuela.

Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Trump that Ukraine had tried to attack one of his

residences.

That's a claim that Trump accepted.

It's a delicate period of time.

This is not the right time.

It's one thing to be offensive because they're offensive.

It's another thing to attack his house. It's not

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