President-elect Donald Trump announced plans to classify Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations upon taking office on January 20 as he anticipates his plans to address drug trafficking and opioid overdoses in the U.S.
Speaking at a Turning Point USA event in Phoenix, Arizona, in which he also suggested taking back the Panama Canal unless the Latin American country reduces tariffs, Trump stated his administration would utilize federal law enforcement agencies, including ICE, Border Patrol, the DEA, and the intelligence community, to dismantle cartel operations in the United States.
