Trump Visits Southern Command for Briefing on Campaign Against Drugs
JULY 10, 2020
President Donald J. Trump traveled to Florida this morning for a briefing on what he said has been a successful operation to cut the flow of illegal drugs into the United States.
Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper accompanied the president to U.S. Southern Command headquarters where Trump was briefed on the campaign against drug traffickers. The whole-of-government and international operation against international drug cartels involves 16 federal agencies and 20 international partners.
"In just 12 weeks, Southcom's surge operation conducted with key regional partners has resulted in more than 1,000 arrests and the interdiction of 120 metric tons," the president said at the beginning of the briefing. "I can only tell you, that's a lot of narcotics worth billions and billions of dollars. We're determined to keep dangerous drugs out of the country and away from our children. We're securing our seas. We're securing our borders. This is a new operation [that has] not been done before. And this operation has been incredibly successful."
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