‘Clear and Present Danger’: Trump directs military use against drug cartels
MSNBC·2025-08-09 01:36
News has confirmed a report in the New York Times today that Donald Trump quote secretly secretly signed a directive to the Pentagon to begin using military force against certain Latin American drug cartels that his administration has deemed terrorist organizations. End quote. This predictably led to an outcry from the Mexican president Claudia Shinbomb who said, "The United States is not going to come to Mexico with the military. We cooperate. We collaborate but there is not going to be an invasion.That is ...