President Trump told reporters on Monday that he would be “proud to” launch strikes into Mexico and Colombia to stop the drug cartels as the Department of War ramps up its offensive against Venezuelan drug boats in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean Sea.
US forces had launched at least 21 strikes on drug trafficking vessels in the Western Hemisphere as of Saturday, killing over 80 designated foreign terrorists who were attempting to smuggle illicit narcotics into the United States.
This comes as the US military conducts drills with Trinidad and Tobago’s military, and Trump reportedly weighs strikes inside Venezuela.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the Operation Southern Spear program, a mission that “defends our Homeland, removes narco-terrorists from our Hemisphere, and secures our Homeland from the drugs that are killing our people,” Hegseth said.
WATCH: US Takes Out Drug Boat in Caribbean Sea Under Newly Unveiled “Operation Southern Spear” as White House Plans to Continue Strikes
Now, President Trump appears to suggest that he may go to Congress and request a declaration of war or notify them of his plans to strike South American countries to destroy drug factories and kill the drug lords. “We know every route, we know the addresses of every drug lord, we know their address, we know their front door, we know everything about every one of them. They’re killing our people. That’s like a war,” the President said, adding that he would be “proud.”
“I’ve been speaking to Mexico. They know how I stand. We’re losing hundreds of thousands of people to drugs,” Trump continued. “much of it comes through Mexico. So, let me just put it this way: I am not happy with Mexico.”
The remarks came during a meeting with the White House Task Force on the 2026 FIFA World Cup, where they discussed planning and logistics for the US to host the 104 game tournament in cities across the country.
WATCH:
Reporter: Are you also potentially launching strikes in Mexico, or putting American troops or American personnel into Mexico to deal with the cartels?
Trump: Would I launch strikes into Mexico to stop drugs? Okay with me. Whatever we have to do to stop drugs. Mexico is, look, I looked at Mexico City over the weekend. There’s some big problems over there. If we had to, would we do there, what we have done to the waterways? You know, there’s almost no drugs coming into our waterways anymore. Isn’t it down like 85%? I don’t know who the 15% would be. You would say that’s a big signal. We have almost no drugs coming into our country, by the sea, by, you know the waterways, and you know why, okay. I mean, it’s pretty obvious.
Would I do that on the land corridors? I would— look every boat we knock out, we save 25,000 American lives, not to mention the destruction of families. These families are decimated forever. The Mother, the Father, the children, they never recover, really, from it. You know, when you lose somebody like the way they live— you lose them! But the way they die is horrible. So, when we knock out a boat and we save 25,000 lives, that’s great. Now, do I feel the same way about the corridors that they use? We know every one of them. We have every one of those corridors under Major surveillance.
We have nobody coming in through our southern border, but we know exactly how they get their things here, how they get the drugs here, fentanyl, cocaine. Colombia has cocaine factories where they make cocaine. Would I knock out those factories? I would be proud to do it, personally. 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 by doing it.
Reporter: Would you seek Mexico’s permission?
Trump: I wouldn’t answer that question. I’ve been speaking to Mexico. They know how I stand. We’re losing hundreds of thousands of people to drugs. So, now we’ve stopped the waterways, but we know every route. We know every route, we know the addresses of every drug lord, we know their address, we know their front door, we know everything about every one of them. They’re killing our people. That’s like a war. Would I do it? I’d be proud to. I’d probably go into Congress and say, Hey, and you know what? The Democrats and the Republicans would both agree, unless they’re crazy, and they are a little crazy on the Democrat side.
But we have, we have lost hundreds of thousands of people a year. Death. And that’s not talking about family destruction. That’s talking about death. And much of it comes through Mexico. So, let me just put it this way: I am not happy with Mexico.
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