Trump indicates he won't seek congressional approval for targeting drug traffickers

President Donald Trump said that instead of asking for a "declaration of war" from Congress "we’re just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country."

President Donald Trump said Thursday that his administration will inform Congress about targeting drug runners on land, but stopped short of saying they would seek authorization for using military force.

After he touted recent military strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats as a massive success, Trump said, "The land is going to be next."

"We may go to the Senate and we may go to the Congress and tell them about it. But I can’t imagine they'd have any problem with it," he said at a White House roundtable on his homeland security task forces, which included Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Trump then directed Hegseth to go to Capitol Hill.

"Pete, you go to Congress, you tell them about it. What are they going to say, "Gee, we don't want to stop drugs pouring in?'" he said.