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Trump gave a few new details this week of the attack against a dock in Venezuela where drugs are allegedly being loaded on boats.

It's the first known operation inside Venezuela, an escalation of his campaign against the government of Nicolás Maduro.

Yeah, I mean, the president has been warning for weeks that he was prepared to launch land strikes, and he

first mentioned this port strike a week ago on a radio show.

While he hasn't been clear about how the strikes were conducted, a U.S.