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Ben Ferguson: “The Trump administration has adopted a hard line approach to…”

Featuring: Ben Ferguson, Conservative | Talk Show Host | National

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That's a ridiculous question for me to be given. Not really a ridiculous question, but wouldn't it be a ridiculous question for me to answer? But I think Venezuela is feeling heat now. The Trump administration has adopted a hard line approach to address the flow of drugs into the US and designated drug cartel groups like the Trend, Aragua, Sinaloa and other cartels as foreign terrorist organizations doing this back in February. Additionally, the White House sent lawmakers a Memo as well September 30th dated informing them that the US is now participating in a non international armed conflict with drug smugglers. (13:44–14:01)

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Asserts that the Trump administration designated certain drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations in February.

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