Trump says he’d be ‘proud’ to target drug traffickers in Mexico

Published November 17, 2025 7:56pm ET



President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is open to bombing drug cartels in Mexico.

The Trump administration has pressured Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum for months to do more to target drug lords funneling narcotics such as fentanyl into the United States, even enacting 25% “emergency” tariffs against the country over the issue in February.   

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