Trump is willing to do whatever is necessary to keep drugs from flowing into the US.
Mexico and Colombia have been added to Trump’s naughty list.
US President Donald J. Trump made statements yesterday (17) to the effect that he supports military strikes on cartels in Mexico and Colombia, setting the tone for an anti-drug operation in Latin America that would be much larger than expected.
By supporting kinetic action against narcotics production in Mexico and Colombia, Trump made it clear that the series of strikes on drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific is just the start.
Reuters reported:
“Trump has intensified his campaign against maritime drug trafficking, authorizing more forceful interdiction operations and giving U.S. forces expanded authority to disable or sink vessels suspected of carrying narcotics.
Asked at an event in the Oval Office whether he backed similar ground strikes in Mexico to stem drug trafficking, Trump said: ‘OK with me, whatever we have to do to stop drugs’.”
Reporter: “Would you launch strikes on the cartels in Mexico to stop drugs?”
Trump: “It’s ok with me!” pic.twitter.com/hoNs3FgIO9
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 17, 2025
Embattled Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who had a major protest with militants trying to invade her Presidential Palace, reacted to Trump’s statements.
JUST IN: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum FIRES BACK at President Trump saying he’d be willing to strike narco-terrorists who kill Americans inside Mexico
“It’s NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!”
Sheinbaum is owned by the cartels.
Pathetic. pic.twitter.com/WEesnsf9w6
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 18, 2025
Later in the press conference, the US President also raised the prospect of ‘targeting cocaine laboratories in Colombia’.
“’Would I knock out those factories? I would be proud to do it personally’, Trump said. ‘I didn’t say I’m doing it, but I would be proud to do it because we’re going to save millions of lives’.”
President Trump says that he’s now open to strikes in Columbia if that stops drugs from getting to the US.pic.twitter.com/AT38vwfvgN
— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) November 17, 2025
Last week, Petro ordered Colombian security forces to stop sharing intelligence with U.S. intelligence agencies.
This is to take place until the US ‘stops attacking boats in the Caribbean’.
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