WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said on Nov. 17 that he is willing to conduct lethal strikes in Mexico to stop drug trafficking.
“Would I launch strikes into Mexico to stop drugs? OK with me. Whatever we have to do to stop drugs,” he said in the Oval Office.
“I looked at Mexico City over the weekend. There’s some big problems over there,” he continued.
Trump said he is unafraid to take kinetic action similar to those being taken in the Caribbean against alleged drug boats.
“We have almost no drugs coming into our country by the sea, by the waterways, and you know why?” he said. “It’s pretty obvious. Would I do that on the land cars? I would, absolutely.”…