President Donald Trump is pressuring Mexico to allow the United States military to get further involved in the fight against drug cartels, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
The Journal, citing “people familiar with the discussions,” reported that a 45-minute phone call between Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on April 16 got heated after Trump pushed for the U.S. military to lead in the fight against cartels. Sheinbaum reportedly was not willing to allow the United States to take direct military action against the cartels inside Mexico.
Trump has made fighting the cartels a top priority of his goal to secure the southern border and stop the flow of fentanyl into the United States, vowing to “wage war on the cartels” and designating them as foreign terrorist organizations. Shortly after his April 16 phone call with Sheinbaum, Trump told Fox News’…
