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Fri Jan 9, 2026, 11:54 AM Friday

Trump suggests U.S. military will hit cartels on 'land' in Mexico [View all]

Trump suggests U.S. military will hit cartels on ‘land’ in Mexico (CNBC)

President Donald Trump suggested in a new interview that the U.S. military could launch land strikes on drug cartels in Mexico.

“We’ve knocked out 97% of the drugs coming in by water. And we are going to start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels,” Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity in an interview aired Thursday night.

“The cartels are running Mexico, it’s very sad to watch and see what’s happened to that country,” Trump said.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment from CNBC on the president’s remarks.

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