Trump Says “We’re Cleaning Up Our Backyard As He Warns Cuba And Columbia To Crush The Drug Caliphate

President Donald Trump issued a stark warning about instability in Venezuela, Colombia, and Cuba, saying the United States is “cleaning up our backyard” to stop drug trafficking and regional violence. Trump accused Colombia’s leadership of allowing cocaine production that fuels crime in the U.S. and said Cuba has long survived on Venezuelan support - a flow of money he claimed is now coming to an end. Pressed on whether U.S. action would follow, Trump responded that it “sounds good” given the toll drugs take on American lives.