Donald Trump turned more than a few heads over the weekend as he told reporters that 300 million people died from drugs last year. The comment came as the president was defending the fatal strike by the U.S. on a Venezuelan boat.
Earlier in the month, Trump ordered a U.S. military strike on a boat suspected of carrying drugs smuggled from Venezuela. The strike resulted in the deaths of 11 people which the Venezuelan government denies were gang members. When asked by reporters whether the strike was illegal the president can be heard saying, “what’s illegal are the drugs that are on the boat and the drugs being sent into our country, and the fact that 300 million people died last year from drugs.”
