"The president's overall perspective is that, if there is a terrorist threat to the homeland of the United States, he trusts the military to take that threat out - whether it's a drug boat off the coast of Venezuela or an al-Qaeda terrorist in the Middle East," a senior Trump administration official told Axios. Driving the news: On Tuesday, the U.S. Navy blew up a suspected drug-running boat off Venezuela, killing its crew of 11, according to Trump and Pentagon officials.