Trump administration weighs drone strikes on Mexican cartels

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : " Maltz said there has been "historic, unprecedented action" working with Mexico on drug enforcement in the first few months of the Trump administration.
48% : Administration officials and nominees have repeatedly refused to rule out drone strikes in public statements.
46% : He said he believes fear of Trump could push Mexico to accept U.S. military action.
30% : But Mexico remains sensitive to any perceived bullying or threat of domination by its larger neighbor, and Sheinbaum warned against any unilateral U.S. military action after Trump designated the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
29% : After Trump decided to declare six Mexican drug cartels foreign terrorist organizations, U.S. intelligence agencies and military units now have sweeping legal authorities to conduct espionage and covert operations targeting the criminal networks in Mexico and beyond.
27% : According to a memoir by Mike Esper, who was defense secretary during Trump's first term, Trump asked him in 2020 whether the military could fire missiles into Mexico to destroy drug labs and then deny the United States had conducted the strike.
17% : Trump and his aides have rejected Esper's account as false.
15% : "Politics aside, Trump is not f------ around with this stuff," he said, adding that Mexican officials may fear potential economic retaliation if they defy the Trump administration.

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