Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt told Newsmax on Wednesday that drug smugglers trying to make deliveries to the U.S. should expect only a “missile shot and goodbye.”

Holt told “American Agenda” that the U.S. military strike on a drug-smuggling boat in the southern Caribbean shows increased emphasis by the Trump administration on stopping the flow of drugs into the country.

“And so the president is right to get at this. And no, we’re not going to be apprehending terrorists,” he said. “If we find that they’re streaking by on a boat, you don’t get more of our time than a missile shot and goodbye.”

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