Republican senator calls Trump’s military airstrikes ‘extrajudicial killings’

Rand Paul's comments come days after president claimed US lawmakers wouldn't take issue with Venezuelan strikes

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The Trump administration's military airtrikes against boats off Venezuela's coast that the White House claims were being used for drug trafficking are extrajudicial killings", said Rand Paul, the president's fellow Republican and US senator from Kentucky.

Paul's strong comments on the topic came on Sunday during an interview on Republican-friendly Fox News, three days after Donald Trump publicly claimed he can't imagine" federal lawmakers would have any problem" with the strikes when asked about seeking congressional approval for them.