Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart said the deployment of U.S. assets off the Venezuelan coast is "not for show" and that President Donald Trump has the "legal authority to protect the U.S.'s national security."
Speaking to Noticias Telemundo, the lawmaker said Trump "has a history of defeating terrorist groups" and has declared war on "narco cartels, which are responsible for thousands of American deaths throughout the decades."
