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

January 20, 2026 2:43 PM EST

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as he signs executive orders and proclamations in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 5, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

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)



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