By Asaye Bankole

President Donald Trump said he might broaden his unprecedented attacks on Latin‑American drug cartels to include Mexico, according to reports from Foreign Media.

He told reporters in the Oval Office, “Would I launch strikes in Mexico to stop drugs? It’s OK with me. I’ve been speaking to Mexico.

They know how I stand.” He added, “We’re losing hundreds of thousands of people to drugs. So now we’ve stopped the waterways, but we know every route.” 

Trump didn’t specify how or when any strikes might occur. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has already expressed opposition to such attacks on Mexican territory.

Jeff Garmany, an associate professor of Latin American studies at the University of Melbourne, told Journalists that Mexico City’s objections might be ignored.

He noted “several legal hurdles—some domestic, some international and basic protocols of international diplomacy that, although not legally binding, are usually respected by UN members.”

He added, “But Trump’s second presidency gives no indication he’ll follow those laws or protocols, so it wouldn’t surprise me if he proceeded without Sheinbaum’s approval.”

Trump’s comments followed an NBC report, citing two government officials, that the White House was in the early stages of preparing for possible action, two weeks earlier. 

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