Why has Trump authorised CIA action in Venezuela?

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  We did something that no one else had ever done.

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  There was such a excitement and energy about this moment.

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  It opened the door for everything that rapidly followed.

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  Witness history.

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  History as told by the people who were there.

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  I was walking in space.

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  The first man ever to do so.

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  I felt almost insignificant, like a tiny ant compared to the immensity of the universe.

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  On Wednesday,

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  the New York Times published this exclusive story saying that the Trump administration has authorized the CIA to conduct covert lethal actions in Venezuela.

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  To put that in normal speak, covert lethal action means killing people on Venezuelan soil.

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  A couple of hours later, a reporter at the White House asked President Trump about this all.

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  And the president did not deny it.

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  Number one, they have emptied their prisons into the United States of America.

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  And he made his case for why.

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  The other thing are drugs.

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  We have a lot of drugs coming in from Venezuela.

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  And a lot of the Venezuelan drugs come in through the sea, so you get to see that.

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  And then on Thursday evening,

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