US President Trump Says Would Be “OK” with Airstriking Mexico

ByMexico Solidarity

This article originally appeared in the November 17, 2025 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.

Washington. Donald Trump stated yesterday that he could launch attacks against Mexico to prevent drugs from entering the United States. “Would I launch attacks on Mexico to stop drug trafficking? I have no problem with that! We will do whatever is necessary to stop it.”

During an event at the White House about FIFA, the President also addressed the unrest during Saturday’s march in Mexico City. “I’ve been watching what was happening in Mexico City this weekend. There are serious problems there; I’m not happy with Mexico.”

When asked by the press whether a military intervention would only occur with Mexico’s permission, he stated: “I wouldn’t answer that question. I’ve been talking with Mexico; they know what I mean.”

“We are losing hundreds of thousands of people to drugs. So now we have closed the maritime routes, but we know every single one of them; we know the addresses of all the drug traffickers, where their front door is. We know everything about each of them. They are killing our people. This is like a war. Would I launch attacks? With great pride. Would I do it on the land routes? Absolutely. For every ship, we save 25,000 lives.” He asserted that “virtually no drugs enter our country by sea.”

In conclusion, the tycoon asserted that if he were to go to Congress to present these attacks, both Republicans and Democrats would agree. “I would probably go to Congress and say: Unless you’re all crazy. We’ve lost hundreds of thousands of people… A large portion of these losses are from Mexico, so, just to be clear, I’m not happy with Mexico.”

Trump bases his conclusion that drug trafficking enters the United States via Mexico on the claim that recent military attacks have reduced maritime trafficking by 85 percent, according to his administration. He provided no evidence to support these claims.

“I don’t know who that 15 percent would be. That’s an important sign,” he emphasized.

The United States has deployed a significant military contingent to the Caribbean, ostensibly to combat drug trafficking. In recent weeks, it has carried out 21 attacks against boats that it alleges, without evidence, were transporting drugs, in the Caribbean and the Pacific, resulting in the deaths of 83 people, according to a tally based on official statements.