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President Donald Trump said he's not ruling out sending U.S. ground troops into Venezuela amid his administration's crackdown on criminal networks tied to the country's top leadership and drugs that are exported from it.

"No, I don't rule out that, I don't rule out anything," Trump said Monday when asked if he has ruled out sending U.S. troops to Venezuela.

"We just have to take care of Venezuela. They dumped hundreds of thousands of people into our country from prisons. Nobody knows better than this young lady right here," Trump continued, referring to Department of Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem. "She's done an incredible job with Tom Homan and all of your people."

The U.S. has carried out a series of strikes on

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