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As President Donald Trump promises U.S. military action targeting cartel operations within Venezuela’s borders, a national security expert warned there could “absolutely” be reprisals against U.S. citizens on the home front.

The Trump administration has been unleashing deadly strikes on the cartel’s drug boats from Venezuela in the Caribbean for months. Now, the president is saying he will take the fight to Venezuela proper.

In an interview with Fox News Digital, former senior Trump national security advisor Victoria Coates said that though she believes the president has sweeping authority to carry out these operations, there is a possibility that the cartels will attempt to retaliate by targeting U.S. citizens for terror activities.

Coates,

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