Fighting Mexico’s Cartels & Hollywood Dreaming | 5.6.25
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Mexico refuses President Trump's offer to send in the troops to clean up drug cartels.
The president of Mexico is a lovely woman, but she is so afraid of the cartels that she can't even think straight.
Are Trump's efforts to crack down on the cartels working on this side of the border?
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President Trump confirmed reports that he offered to send the US military into Mexico to help fight the drug cartels.
Here with the story is Daily Wire investigative reporter Spencer Lindquist. So Trump's actions on the cartels back in the headlines this week. What exactly did he offer here? Good morning, John. So Trump confirmed to journalists this week that he asked Mexico's President Claudia Scheinbaum if the U.S. military could be sent in to fight the cartels during a phone call with her on April 16th. Here's Trump speaking to reporters on Air Force One and confirming that report.
If Mexico wanted help with the cartels, we would be honored to go in and do it. I told her that I would be honored to go in and do it. The cartels are trying to destroy our country. They're evil.
Trump added that the cartels are, quote, horrible people who've been killing people left and right and addressed their role in both the fentanyl crisis and in illegal immigration into the United States.
So Trump offered to send in the U.S. military, obviously a very bold move, but Mexico has turned that offer down, correct?
Yeah, that's exactly right. She said that the two countries can collaborate, but, and this is a quote, with you in your territory and us in ours. Trump said that she denied the offer out of fear of the cartels. And this all comes as Mexico has struggled with ongoing turf wars between the cartels. One gunfight between cartel members earlier this year resulted in three police officers being injured and the death of 10 cartel gunmen.
There's really been a sense of escalation with these cartels in recent years. What actions is the Trump administration taking now to combat these cartels?
So there have been reports that the administration was considering military action for months now. In the first few weeks of his presidency, Trump's State Department designated eight different cartels and gangs, including the Sinaloa and New Generation cartels, as foreign terror organizations. That's significant because it opens up more avenues for using force against them. So this long predates this call with Scheinbaum. And NBC reported last month that administration officials were exploring the possibility of using drone strikes against the cartels with the intention of taking out their leadership or knocking out their logistics sites. That report said that the administration had not ruled out taking unilateral action against the cartels without the support of the Mexican government. But that, of course, hasn't happened yet. The Trump administration has actually begun flying surveillance drones over the country at the request of Scheinbaum.
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