President Donald Trump’s own allies are among those alarmed over his lethal strikes on so-called drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean.
GOP lawmakers have reportedly left briefings fuming over the lack of basic information they’ve received from the Trump administration regarding the strikes, five congressional sources and an additional insider revealed to NBC News.
At a recent classified briefing, Republican lawmakers were reportedly visibly distressed over the attacks.
“The Republicans were mad that the briefers were unable to answer questions about the legal basis for the operations,” one source told NBC.
Last month, Trump began ordering lethal military strikes on boats he claims are smuggling drugs to the U.S. from Venezuela. A total of 27 men have been killed so far, yet U.S. offic