President Donald Trump’s aggressive campaign against drug trafficking marks a dramatic shift in U.S. policy that may be effective in the short term but requires clearer legal authority and a defined endgame, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson told Newsmax on Sunday.
Trump’s use of military force against drug boats and traffickers in the Caribbean and South American waters also goes far beyond traditional law enforcement methods, Hutchinson, who served as head of the Drug Enforcement Administration under President George W. Bush, said on Newsmax’s “Sunday Report.”
“When I was head of the DEA, we had fast boats,” he said. “We worked with the military, but it was always a law enforcement response and a criminal prosecution that would result.
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