Defense Secretary Hegseth Says 'All Options Will Be on the Table' When Asked About Military Strikes in Mexico

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : When asked whether the 82nd Airborne Division or 10th Mountain Division -- two units that were reported as preparing to deploy shortly after Trump issued the order -- had received orders to deploy to the border, Capt. May Morales, a spokesperson for the command, said that "a public announcement will be made as units are activated.
50% : "If we could solve the problem of fentanyl with one splendidly [surgical] Israeli-style 1967 surprise attack on 20 drug labs in Mexico and elsewhere, with or without the permission of those governments, that would be an interesting idea," Michael O'Hanlon, the director of research in the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, said when asked about potential military operations in Mexico during an episode of Military.com's Fire Watch podcast earlier this month.
41% : After Trump signed the executive order designating cartels as terrorist groups, Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said that there needed to be close coordination between the country's two governments.
34% : Last week, 1,600 active-duty troops were deployed to the border after Trump declared a national emergency.
25% : " When asked whether he would send special operations forces into Mexico against the cartels last week, Trump said it "could happen, stranger things have happened.

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