President Donald Trump is planning on unleashing "holy hell" on Mexican drug cartels following the decision to label the cartels as "foreign terrorist organizations."
Trump has long promised to drop the hammer on the cartels in Mexico that have been responsible for smuggling in deadly drugs, engaging in human trafficking, and committing acts of violence on the southern border.
Trump's plans to go to war with the cartels are an extension of Trump's effort to secure the southern border which has become lawless thanks to cartels which were emboldened by the previous administration.
The White House's statements on the cartel paired with the terrorist organization designation have raised speculation that the Trump administration is going to use military force in northern Mexico.
National security adviser Mike Waltz spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference saying, "We are going to unleash Holy hell on the cartels. Enough is enough. We are securing our border, and the cartels are on notice."
The Trump administration is poised to flex America's military might in crushing the cartels, and to a lesser extent, Mexico.
Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum has been resisting Trump's calls for a crackdown leading some to suspect that Sheinbaum is a cartel asset considering the political violence and assassinations of her political opponents.
Considering the cartels run large portions of Mexico and utilize extreme violence, many suspect that Sheinbaum only rules in exchange for favors to Mexico's many brutal drug cartels.
These suspicions have only grown stronger since Sheinbaum loudly condemned the labeling of cartels as terrorist organizations and began to loudly chirp about Mexico's sovereignty.
The Trump administration appears to not care about Sheinbaum's bleating as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been clear that use of military force, even in Mexican territory is on the table.
Sheinbaum doesn't want Mexico's sovereignty violated but is harboring and aiding terrorist organizations that commit violence against Americans and traffic deadly substances into the United States.
Trump's executive order designating the cartels as terrorist organizations explicitly states that these criminal organizations are a threat to U.S. national security, foreign policy and economic interests.
The Pentagon has already begun to conduct intelligence operations against the cartels as U.S. drones were seen flying over northwestern Mexico.
It remains to be seen how Trump will handle President Sheinbaum and the Mexican government but ultimately Mexico has no recourse against the United States either militarily or economically.
Sheinbaum will verbally protest Trump's military intervention but ultimately has no power to stop the United States from coming in and stomping the cartels into oblivion.
