President Donald Trump has justified targeting an alleged Venezuelan drug boat by wildly claiming that nearly the entire U.S. population died from overdoses last year. Reporters asked the 79-year-old Trump to respond to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s claim that the U.S. killing of 11 suspected drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea was “illegal,” and whether he was concerned Venezuela would retaliate. “What’s illegal are the drugs that were on the boat, and the drugs that are being sent into our country, and the fact that 300 million people died last year from drugs, that’s what’s illegal,” Trump said.