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Donald Trump: “Drugs coming through water, the sea, ocean, sea, Gulf down…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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President Trump Holds a Press Conference, Jun. 17, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 36:07

They have it in the structures of cars. Most incredible thing. But we've done a great job on it. We have. Drugs coming through the border are down 61%. Drugs coming through water, the sea, ocean, sea, Gulf down 97.2%. That's the ones that get hit. Just like we hit the Iranian minesweepers and mine droppers, they call them. They dropped. Who would have 28 mine droppers? Who has 28 mine droppers? (36:07–36:17)

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