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Trump Confirms He Authorized Covert CIA Actions In Venezuela
Anderson Cooper 360
Oct 16, 2025

After the U.S. conducted yet another strike on a boat alleged to be trafficking drugs off the coast of Venezuela, the President confirms he authorized a CIA action inside Venezuela, and now he says he'll stop drugs from there by sea and by the land. Plus, a new report on racist texts by members of Young Republican groups , and the Vice President's claim that it's just, "what kids do." Turns out they're not kids--and they are texting about loving Hitler and calling other Americans "the watermelon people."