""We could be politically correct and be nice and say, 'Oh yeah she is.' She is very frightened of the cartels," Trump said. "They're running Mexico. I've asked her numerous times would you like us to take out the cartels. 'No, no, no, Mr. President, no, no, no, please.' So we have to do something.""
""Latin America and the Caribbean is a zone of peace, built on the basis of mutual respect, the peaceful settlement of disputes and the prohibition of the use and threat of force, so any military action seriously jeopardizes regional stability," Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, according to a translation of its statement."
""Fentanyl is responsible for over 70% of U.S. drug overdose deaths and fentanyl comes from Mexican cartels made with chemical precursors from China and trafficked across the U.S. Mexico border," she posted on X. "Mexican cartels are primarily and overwhelmingly responsible for killing Americans with deadly drugs.""
President Trump said "Something's going to have to be done with Mexico" and alleged that drug cartels run Mexico and control its government. He claimed President Claudia Sheinbaum is frightened of the cartels and refused U.S. offers to take them out, saying that "we have to do something." Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the U.S. military action in Venezuela, called the region a zone of peace, and warned military action jeopardizes regional stability. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized the Venezuela strike as a distraction from Mexican cartels and stated that fentanyl from Mexican cartels causes over 70% of U.S. drug overdose deaths, pointing to chemical precursors from China and trafficking across the U.S.-Mexico border.
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