Ron Johnson: “President Trump is trying to ramp up the pressure, obviously…”

“They're grave risks. Some pay the ultimate sacrifice, like these service members did as well. What about Venezuela? Are we handling Venezuela properly? Yeah, I mean, I think President Trump is trying to ramp up the pressure, obviously interdicting the drug trafficking. We just had a briefing. It's working in terms of dramatically decreasing the amount of Trafficking on those, Those water routes, just interdiction doesn't work. That's just cost of business.” (09:33–09:39)

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