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Trump Continues To Distance Himself From Venezuelan Drug Boat Strike: ‘I Don’t Get Involved’

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President Donald Trump said it appeared the alleged Venezuelan drug cartels attacked by U.S. military in the Caribbean in September were trying to salvage the wreckage, he told Politico in a new interview published Monday—distancing himself from making decisions on how to handle the fallout from the controversial strikes.

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