In an interview this week, former President Donald Trump stated that airstrikes against Mexican drug traffickers are “absolutely” a viable option if Mexico fails to promptly address the fentanyl influx into the United States.
Trump made the comments during an interview with Fox News presenter Jesse Watters on Tuesday, in response to a question regarding whether he would continue to pursue the idea that Republicans had proposed during the presidential primaries.
“Absolutely. Mexico is going to have to straighten it out really fast or the answer is, absolutely. They’re killing 300,000 people a year with fentanyl coming in.” Trump said.
“And China, by the way, will do what they have to do. They’re gonna do it just like I had to deal with President Xi. But then Biden never took it over, that we’re gonna give the death penalty to anybody sending fentanyl our way. And that was part of my negotiation. They never did it because nobody forced it on our side.” he continued.
“Death penalty for drug dealers, death penalty for people that send fentanyl into our country. And that would have made a big difference. But you know what happened? Nothing because when Biden came in, nothing happened. And I don’t know why he’s so soft on China, but boy is soft on China.” he added.
He further stated that Mexico will be granted only a very brief period of time to address the situation, failing which the United States will enact serious consequences.
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