Some outlets reported that his mention of "drug factories" appeared to be a first, signifying that Trump was giving another reason for his prolonged war against Iran. The conflict has raised prices and jeopardized Republicans in the midterms.
Somehow the detail about the US bombing Iranian "drug factories" was omitted from the Trump administration's legal justifications for Operation Midnight Hammer.
(When performative airstrikes on alleged narcos runs together with performative airstrikes on Iran. All one big military spectacle.)