What President Trump Told Me At Mar-a-Lago

'He's gotta watch his ass.'

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Today, I had the opportunity to ask President Donald Trump two questions during a press event at the Winter White House. The event was to announce the new “Trump class” of battleships for the U.S. Navy, which will feature the latest technology and be the most armed in our fleet.

I first asked Trump about what he said during his opening remarks. Trump revealed there has been an over 90% drop of boats carrying illegal drugs through the Caribbean Sea after the U.S. military started striking the boats. At least 100 people have been killed since the operations started in September. Due to that success, Trump said the military will start that same program on land soon.

I asked Trump if he was referring to just Venezuela or other Latin American countries.

“No, anywhere. Anywhere drugs are pouring in... not just Venezuela,” Trump said.

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My second question was about Colombian President Gustavo Petro. The left-wing president recently said that it is unfair for the U.S. to seize sanctioned oil tankers because Texas, California, and the southwest are stolen lands through past invasions.

“A Latin American president cannot say, ‘Give it back, they stole it from us’” while Trump can say about Venezuelan oil, “‘Give it back,…Let’s make a pact and they return what they took from us,” Petro said.

I asked Trump for his response to Petro.

“He has to watch because he’s got drug factories…He’s no friend to the United States, he’s very bad, very bad guy, and he’s gotta watch his ass because he makes cocaine…We love the Colombian people…But their new leader is a troublemaker,” Trump said.

Trump further warned Petro better close down the cocaine factories because “we know where they are.”

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As for Trump’s endgame in Venezuela, he said it is going to be up to dictator Nicholas Maduro on what he does in response to the United States’ actions, which apparently will include land strikes soon.

“Venezuela did terrible things to the United States... they sent their criminals, they sent their prisoners, they sent their drug dealers... and we just let them come right in because we were run by a stupid president — but you don’t have a stupid president anymore,” he explained.