President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is open to bombing drug cartels in Mexico.
The Trump administration has pressured Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum for months to do more to target drug lords funneling narcotics such as fentanyl into the United States, even enacting 25% “emergency” tariffs against the country over the issue in February.
This week, Trump said, “I didn’t say I’m doing it, but I would be proud to” carry out military strikes targeting cartel members in Mexico, similar to the controversial and deadly strikes Washington has authorized on dozens of suspected drug boats coming from Venezuela in the Caribbean and Pacific waters.
“Would I launch strikes in Mexico to stop drugs? It’s OK with me, whatever we have to do to
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