Donald Trump officially became the 47th President of the United States Monday, dedicating his first address to the nation to map out his plans for the country over the next four years. In his "America First" agenda, he vowed to crack down immigration and increase border security, including designating Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
This isn't the first time the Republican president has promised to enact this designation upon these organizations. In late, 2019, Trump appeared close to designating Mexican cartels as terror organizations but held off at the request of then-Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Since then, Republicans up and down the ballot have floated the idea, including introducing legislation that would make the designation official.
