President Donald Trump has made it VERY clear that he will not allow the Mexican cartels to continue to destroy America, and drastic action could be on the way.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that after Trump officially labeled the drug cartels as terrorist organizations, “all options” are now on the table for the Pentagon.
Hegseth appeared on Fox and Friends where he was asked about just how far the U.S. military would be willing to go in this war against the cartels.
“As a Secretary of Defense, are you permitted now to go after them in Mexico or wherever they are?” Fox News host Brian Kilmeade asked.
“I don’t want to get ahead of the President, and I won’t that’s ultimately going to be his decision, but let me be clear, all options will be on the table,” Hegseth said.
“We’re dealing with what are designated to be foreign terrorist organizations who are specifically targeting Americans on our border, and we’re finally securing our border,” He added.
He went on to say that while our military has spent so much time securing other nations’ borders, it’s now time for them to focus on securing the AMERICAN border.
We’ve already seen the Trump administration adopt this mentality of using the military to secure the border, sending soldiers to aid border patrol down at the border.
“The military is orienting shifting toward an understanding of homeland defense on our sovereign territorial border. That is something we will do and do robustly,” he added.
This is EXACTLY what our nation needs
Watch the video here to see how the Trump admin could ACTUALLY defeat the cartels.
?BREAKING: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announces that the U.S. Military can now perform special ops against Mexican cartels, following President Trump's designation of them as terrorist organizations.
“All options are on the table.”
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 31, 2025