When asked about lawmakers concerns about the legality of the strikes, Donald Trump dismissed them and said that lawmakers were informed the vessels carried drugs, quote, but they are given information that they were loaded up with drugs. And that's the thing that matters. The president said when they're loaded up with drugs, they're fair game. And every one of those ships were. And they're not ships, they're boats that were loaded up with drugs. (15:17–15:22)
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Asserts that President Trump stated vessels loaded with drugs are fair targets.
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