JD Vance Flirts with Military Action Against Mexico Amid World Cup
JD Vance just dropped a potential military bombshell regarding Mexico, a nation the U.S. calls an ally, while the two countries co-host the World Cup.
In a fiery exchange with news anchor Ilia Calderón on N+ Univision, Vance stated that the U.S. reserves “the right” to take military action against drug cartels. When pressed on whether military action in Mexico was a yes or no, he declared, “We would take military action if we feel like we have to, to protect our people.”
Vance elaborated with a chilling scenario: “If you have a Mexican drug cartel that has a massive shipment of weapons and fentanyl that is about to come into the United States of America and the only way to stop it is to go after that cartel, of course we have to go after that cartel.”
He emphasized the need to defend American citizens, stating, “We’d love to work with the Mexican government, but we have to defend our own people.”
Social media erupted after clips of his comments circulated. One user blasted, “No more wars! What is wrong with these people? Haven’t they killed enough already?” Another user directly tagged Vance, asserting, “You reserve the right to war nowhere, but especially not with a valued neighbor.”
Vance’s remarks came after Calderón reminded him of his previous statements advocating for military action against Mexican drug cartels before he became Vice President. Calderón pointed out President Claudia Sheinbaum’s firm stance: “No [U.S.] military action on Mexican soil, that’s a red line.”
Vance responded, “What we want to do is work with the Mexican authorities to ensure they are able to take care of the cartels themselves. We, of course, are going to have to take defensive actions to protect the American people.”
He claimed that during Joe Biden's presidency, cartels had “free rein of Mexico” due to their financial gains from drug and sex trafficking into the U.S.
The Trump Administration has escalated its war on drugs since regaining power. Recently, U.S. military forces executed another strike against a boat suspected of drug smuggling in the Caribbean, resulting in two deaths and six survivors amid an ongoing campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America.
This latest attack adds to over 60 similar operations, bringing the death toll from U.S. military strikes against what they label “narcoterrorists” to more than 210 since early September.
It remains unclear if survivors from this latest strike were rescued. In previous incidents, such as the one on June 16 that left two survivors, U.S. Central Command notified the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard later suspended their search for survivors from that strike with “no signs of survivors or debris.”
