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Donald Trump takes a break from crying about not getting a Nobel prize for a ceasefire that lasted less than three weeks and bombing Venezuelan fishing boats to plan a land war against Mexico.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-administration-planning-new-mission-mexico-cartels-current-forme-rcna241167

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has begun detailed planning for a new mission to send American troops and intelligence officers into Mexico to target drug cartels, according to two U.S. officials and two former senior U.S. officials familiar with the effort.

The early stages of training for the potential mission, which would include ground operations inside Mexico, has already begun, the two current U.S. officials said. But a deployment to Mexico is not imminent, the two U.S. officials and one of the former U.S. officials said. Discussions about the scope of the mission are ongoing, and a final decision has not been made, the two current U.S. officials said.

The U.S. troops, many of whom would be from Joint Special Operations Command, would operate under the authority of the U.S. intelligence community, known as Title 50 status, the two current officials said. They said officers from the CIA also would participate.

A U.S. mission using American forces to hit drug cartel targets inside Mexico would open a new front in President Donald Trump’s military campaign against drug cartels in the Western Hemisphere. So far, the administration has focused on Venezuela and conducting strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats.

The mission currently being planned for would be a break with past U.S. administrations, which have quietly deployed CIA, military and law enforcement teams to Mexico to support local police and army units fighting cartels but not to take direct action against them.
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If the mission is given the final green light, the administration plans to maintain secrecy around it and not publicize actions associated with it, as it has with recent bombings of suspected drug-smuggling boats, the two current and two former U.S. officials said.

“The Trump administration is committed to utilizing an all-of-government approach to address the threats cartels pose to American citizens,” a senior administration official said in response to this story.

The CIA declined to comment. The Pentagon referred questions to the White House.

Under the new mission being planned, U.S. troops in Mexico would mainly use drone strikes to hit drug labs and cartel members and leaders, the two current U.S. officials and two former U.S. officials said. Some of the drones that special forces would use require operators to be on the ground to use them effectively and safely, the officials said.

In February, the State Department designated six Mexican drug cartels, as well as MS-13 and the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, as foreign terrorist organizations, giving U.S. spy agencies and military units sweeping legal authorities to conduct espionage and covert operations targeting the criminal networks. Trump publicly acknowledged earlier this month that he authorized covert CIA action inside Venezuela and has said his administration could strike drug cartel targets on land there.

NBC News reported in April that the Trump administration was considering launching drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico. Trump administration officials are still debating precisely how aggressive to be in Mexico as part of its fight against drug cartels, according to the two former U.S. officials and another former administration official with knowledge of the effort.

Unlike in Venezuela, the mission being planned for Mexico is not designed to undermine the country’s government, the two current and two former U.S. officials said.
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>>1454442
I thought this was going to be about Nigeria.
Great. Oh baby, a triple.
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>Democrats are mad that Trump is cracking down on drug cartels
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>>1454458
>Geriatric, dementia addled celebrity president declares war on drugs
Didn't you right wing morons already do this 40 years ago?
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>>1454445
>Nigeria
>2024: 'No More Foreign Wars'
>Trump couldn't give a fuck about Christians in Nigeria way before then, or would have done so before now
So you like foreign wars, MAGAts? So you'll be enlisting now, with no draft required? Better say yes, or there's your opinions destroyed.
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>>1454472
First you were mad about no wars and now you're mad about new wars
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>>1454473
>First you were cheering about no new wars and now you're cheering about new wars
FTFY
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>>1454442
How pissed off are they that someone leaked the plan?
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>>1454473
So you like foreign wars before or since 2024?
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>>1454442
I don't care and this doesn't affect me, but I just wish everyone would stop editorializing in the OP post.
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I nominate my son for the Noballs PIECE of shit prize. Jeffrey agrees.



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