WATCH: If Trump Bowed to Dems on Narco-Boats, Nearly 1 Million Americans Could Die, And 126 Narco-Terrorists Would Be Alive – That’s What Today’s Democrats Are Demanding

U.S. strikes on drug boats are saving American lives, and the only people they hurt are the narco-terrorists reckless enough to keep trying to traffic their product into this country.

During a news conference from the Oval Office Thursday, President Donald Trump took the opportunity to boast about the extent to which these drug boats’ operations have been impeded. Trump said there’s been a substantial drop in narcotics entering the country by that route.

“Drugs entering our country by sea are down 97 percent. So, when you see the boats being hit, those boats kill an average of 25,000 people a boat.

“So that’s 25,000 — I would assume, mostly American lives — but lives are being saved.”

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