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US will soon target drugs coming in by land, Trump says

By Thomson Reuters Jan 20, 2026 | 1:43 PM

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on ‍Tuesday said his administration would “very shortly” start targeting drugs coming into ‌the United States ‌by land, after he claimed strikes by U.S. forces on suspected ​drug boats in the Caribbean ‍Sea ​and Pacific Ocean ​have reduced the ‍amount of drugs coming into the U.S. by water.

Speaking to reporters ‍at the White House, Trump did not specify ‍from ‍which country ​drugs were ​being ⁠transported by land.

(Reporting ‌by Trevor Hunnicutt; Writing by Ryan Patrick Jones in Toronto; Editing by Chris ⁠Reese)