President Donald Trump expanded his administration’s fight against international drug cartels on Oct. 23, saying he would notify Congress about intensifying efforts that could soon include land-based operations.
“Well, I don’t think we’re going to necessarily ask for a declaration of war,” Trump said to a pool of reporters at the White House. “I think we’re just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. OK? We’re going to kill them.”
“Now [drugs] are coming in by land … you know, the land is going to be next,” the president said, in comments similar to those he has made in recent weeks….