Donald Trump's potential use of military force against Mexican drug cartels raises concerns about escalating tensions and the implications for US-Mexico relations.
Donald Trump may have set the stage for America's $850 billion military to launch a fierce crackdown on drug cartels with devastating airstrikes, according to an expert speaking to The Sun. Security expert Professor Anthony Glees told The Sun that Trump could initiate airstrikes in Mexico to engage in a full-blown 'war' against the lethal cartels that pose a significant threat to the United States.
Glees, characterizing Trump as 'the most powerful man in the world right now,' suggested that Trump could deploy airstrikes, US Marines, or Navy SEALs to decimate these dangerous criminal organizations. Glees believes the US Army, allocated a massive $849 billion budget through the Department of Defense in 2025, could be authorized to eliminate cartel members operating within the United States 'on sight.' This new executive order is likely to target notorious criminal gangs like the El Salvadorian Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13). The largest cartels are based in Mexico and Colombia, and according to a US Congress report, they represent the 'greatest organized crime threat' to America. With thousands of gang members operating on the streets and in overcrowded prisons, these cartels organize and run extortion rackets, traffic drugs, and engage in kidnapping for ransom. However, any attack by the US military on these groups in foreign countries would necessitate the cooperation of Trump's administration and government with relevant South American authorities. Glees argued that Trump's 'very hard line' on treating cartels as terrorists holds 'merit' and is 'justified' in safeguarding America. 'What is saying to these people is that you can be shot on sight. If we see you and decide to kill you, we will kill you. And I think that is justified,' Glees explained. 'We've all seen Breaking Bad. We've all seen how these people work, and many of us know there are very sophisticated pathways and routes that the drug dealers take to get across the length and breadth of the United States of America. These people are killers. They're slow killers when it comes to drugs and they're quick killers when it comes to people who try to stop them selling their drugs or grass on them. But there's not the wherewithal to stop them. So using fighters, using shooters, to stomp them out could work. 'It could be anywhere in America because the drugs go all over the United States. These sort of semi-secret routes... There could be shooting all over the place.' Speaking about the deadly cartel networks, Glees warned, 'We should be under no illusions whatsoever, these people are killers. 'They're slow killers when it comes to drugs and they're quick killers when it comes to people who try to stop them selling their drugs or grass on them.' He suggested that Americans would be 'sympathetic' to Trump's tough stance, extending this to Trump's position on immigration, where he has already pledged mass deportations. 'For those people who are unlawfully in the United States of America, they must expect to be sent back to where they came from, because the rule of law must be upheld, and the rule of law also applies to Mexican drug cartels,' Glees added. 'Trump wants to establish a Fortress America... and has said it will consist of a powerful military, with orders to kill America's enemies, whilst at the same time erecting an Iron Dome around the United States to prevent it from missile attacks. 'Fortress America is to be a place where American power is used to keep America safe from outside, and these drug cartels are seen as coming from outside and predominantly from Mexico.' The security expert even warned that Trump could launch a full-scale war within Mexico to eradicate the cartel threat. 'There's no doubt in my mind if Trump were to feel the only way that the drug cartels could be taken out of American lands would be to attack Mexico and attack them in Mexico, then I think he would do that, and in effect he would be waging a war in Mexico. 'Now it wouldn't be against the Mexican Government. But it would be an American attack on Mexican territory to destroy the highly dangerous people. 'Using the military could mean an attack on Mexico, and in theory it could mean attacks on sources of drugs coming from other places that you know, like El Salvador or Venezuela.' Trump's move pushes forward his agenda for a militarized approach along the Mexico-US border
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