Mexico president issues ferocious warning to Trump after US strikes threat
Donald Trump's threat of US military strikes against drug cartels inside Mexico is a non-starter, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday.
'It's not going to happen,' she said at a press conference, responding to Trump's warning that he would do 'whatever we have to do,' including strikes within the territory.
Trump on Monday told reporters in the Oval Office that he would be 'OK' with assaults on drug lords operating inside Mexico, arguing that it would be justified to stop the inflow of the deadly opioid fentanyl.
'Would I launch strikes in Mexico to stop drugs? It's OK with me. Whatever we have to do to stop drugs,' Trump said.
'I didn't say I'm doing it, but I'd be proud to do it. Because we're going to save millions of lives by doing it.'
The questions about Mexico come after Trump mobilized the largest US fighting force in the Caribbean since the Cold War to target gangsters coming from Venezuela.
Since September, US forces have killed at least 83 people via air strikes on boats accused of ferrying drugs in international waters...MORE...
Mexico president issues ferocious warning to Trump after US strikes threat | Daily Mail Online
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