WSJ: Mexico Worries That Trump May Launch Invasion

The Wall Street Journal reports:

With Trump and his allies this year floating the use of American military force against Mexico’s drug cartels, Mexican officials have tried to learn whether he is serious or merely blustering to gain leverage in talks about shutting down the pipeline of migrants and drugs heading into the U.S.

Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has rushed to blunt criticism from Trump’s orbit and put to rest worries at home that there is any danger from the country’s neighbor to the north. “There won’t be an invasion,” Sheinbaum said at a recent news conference. “It’s not going to happen.”

Despite her assurances, some Trump allies have made military action against the cartels a common refrain, including his choices for national security adviser and defense secretary: Rep. Mike Waltz (R., Fla.) and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth.

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