Trump heads to U.S. military's Southern Command in Florida
President Donald Trump will meet Friday with leaders of the U.S. military’s Southern Command, the combatant command on the front lines of America’s effort to curb drug trafficking, the White House confirmed Tuesday.
In April, the Trump administration announced expanded counternarcotics operations near Central America in order to disrupt the flow of drugs into the United States. “In cooperation with the 22 partner nations, U.S. Southern Command will increase surveillance, disruption and seizures of drug shipments and provide additional support for eradication efforts which are going on right now at a record pace,” Trump said. “We’re deploying additional Navy destroyers, combat ships, aircraft, and helicopters; Coast Guard cutters and Air Force surveillance aircraft, doubling our capabilities in the region,” he added, flanked by national security officials.
The trip to Doral, Florida, comes as the Sunshine State reports a steady surge of coronavirus cases, a trend that challenges the Trump administration’s push to reopen the U.S. economy. On Saturday, Florida reported 11,445 coronavirus cases, the highest single-day total since the pandemic began in December, according to the state health department.
The president’s trip comes a week after Vice President Mike Pence met with and praised DeSantis for reopening the state ... “I want to thank you for your efforts to open up Florida again ... Florida being an economic engine for the United States, played a key role,” Pence said during an event at the University of South Florida Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation in Tampa, Florida.
(I’m thinking Trump’s got some golfing scheduled into this trip)
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