President Donald Trump suggested in a new interview that aired Thursday that the U.S. military could begin 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.
“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 immediately respond to a request for comment from CNBC on the president’s remarks.
Trump’s suggestion comes less than a week after U.S. forces struck Venezuela and captured its authoritarian leader, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife, Celia Flores.
