In March of 2019, Trump signed an Executive Order that ended reporting for the number of strikes and casualties, both civilian and military, by drones outside of the direct purview of the military. This includes all those conducted by non-military agencies like the CIA, effectively allowing the President to deploy drones against any target, civilian or military, in secret.

Since 2017, the Trump administration has given the CIA broader scope and less restrictions on drone strikes abroad. The move has actively counteracting former President Obama’s efforts to increase transparency and transition the authority for drone strikes to the military, where the National Defense Authorization Act still requires reporting. While Obama’s 2013 Presidential Policy Guidance sought to tighten restrictions on drone strikes in areas not designated as an active battlefield with American troop presence, the Trump administration expanded the definition of battlefields, rendering the distinction useless.

Trump has also advocated targeting the families of suspected terrorists and threatened to bomb cultural sites.

BBC News – Trump revokes Obama rule on reporting drone strike deaths
Time – President Trump Cancels Rule Requiring U.S. to Report Civilians Killed in Drone Strikes
Business Insider – Trump quietly rewrote the rules of drone warfare, which means the US can now kill civilians in secret
NBC News – Trump Administration Wants to Increase CIA Drone Strikes
Foreign Policy – Trump Inherited the Drone War but Ditched Accountability