Washington Examiner Senior Columnist Salena Zito predicted that Americans approve of President Donald Trump’s most recent action in the war on drugs.
Zito appeared on The Hugh Hewitt Show on Wednesday, hours after Trump announced that the U.S. conducted a “kinetic strike” against a Venezuelan vessel that killed 11 Tren de Aragua gang members while they were allegedly transporting drugs.
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“Salena, today the president was in the Oval talking about blowing up the drug boat from Venezuela,” Hewitt said. “What did you think about that action?
“Based on talking to voters, what I heard was: ‘This is what we voted for,’” Zito said.
“These drugs are a weapon of mass destruction. They wipe out families. They wipe out communities. They wipe out towns,” Zito said. “This fentanyl and illegal drug trade has been a hallmark of what President Trump wanted to accomplish.”
Since the strike, Mexico announced that it will cooperate with the State Department to combat drug cartels.
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“The aim is to work together to dismantle transnational organized crime through enhanced cooperation between our respective national security and law enforcement institutions, and judicial authorities,” a State Department release said.
Trump has long campaigned on taking strict action against illicit drugs. Earlier this summer, Trump signed the HALT Fentanyl Act, which permanently scheduled fentanyl-related substances, known as fentanyl analogs, as Schedule I drugs under the Controlled Substances Act.