{"id":2531787,"date":"2026-01-09T06:04:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-us-will-start-hitting-land-in-pursuit-of-drug-cartels\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T06:07:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:07:46","slug":"trump-says-us-will-start-hitting-land-in-pursuit-of-drug-cartels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-us-will-start-hitting-land-in-pursuit-of-drug-cartels\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says US will start &#8216;hitting land&#8217; in pursuit of drug cartels"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-us-will-start-hitting-land-in-pursuit-of-drug-cartels%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2531787&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>president Donald Trump told Fox News&#8217; Sean Hannity the United States will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-to-increase-number-of-felons-voting-in-u-s-elections\/\" title=\"Biden admin. to increase number of felons voting in U.S. elections\">expand efforts<\/a> to pursue drug cartels by conducting operations &#8220;on land,&#8221; saying the campaign builds on prior actions like Operation Southern Spear, which <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >targeted suspected narco\u2011terrorist vessels<\/a>, and a claimed Operation Absolute Resolve involving Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. He asserted the U.S. has disrupted about 97% of drugs coming by sea and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-abbott-shows-how-brownsville-border-wired-shut-to-repel-thousands-of-migrants\/\" title=\"Gov Abbott Shows How Brownsville Border \u201cWired Shut\u201d to Repel Thousands of Migrants\">accused cartels<\/a> of effectively running Mexico and devastating American families,even saying they kill &#8220;250,000-300,000&#8221; people in the U.S. each year. Trump offered few specifics about how or when land operations woudl be carried out, so it remains unclear what legal or military steps would follow.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump says US will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-need-to-start-paying-attention-to-trump-supporters-kaylee-mcghee-white-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Democrats need to ... \u2018paying attention\u2019 to ... supporters: Kaylee McGhee White - Washington Examiner\">start &#038;lsquo<\/a>;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inflation-hitting-landscaping-services-hard-across-the-country\/\" title=\"Inflation Hitting ...scaping Services Hard Across The Country\">hitting land<\/a>&rsquo; in pursuit of drug cartels<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2467220\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> announced the United States will soon engage in military operations on land to hold <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/drug-cartels\/\">drug cartels<\/a> accountable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump spoke of plans to expand operations on land to implement a crackdown on cartels and the damage they cause in the U.S. during an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/trump-announces-expansion-drug-cartel-crackdown-issues-grim-warning-iran\">interview<\/a> with Fox News&rsquo;s Sean Hannity on Thursday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4410819\/french-actress-brigitte-bardot-death\/\">Brigitte Bardot, 1934&ndash;2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4407726\/america-europe-crossroads-echo-george-washington\/\">Washington&#8217;s echo: America and Europe at a crossroads once more&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4407794\/decade-without-david-bowie\/\">A decade without David Bowie<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>He first spoke about Operation Absolute Resolve, in which former Venezuelan dictator <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nicolas-maduro\/\">Nicolas Maduro<\/a> was captured by U.S. Delta Forces and extracted from Venezuela to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t a hard decision,&rdquo; Trump said about the Maduro operation. &ldquo;Democrats wanted him, and Republicans wanted him, and nobody had what it takes to get him, or didn&rsquo;t want to get him. He killed a lot of people. He sent a lot of bad people into our country. He emptied his prisons into the United States. He emptied his mental institutions and insane asylums into the United States.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump continued to talk about the ways Maduro and his regime in Venezuela endangered the U.S. before touting the success of Operation Southern Spear, in which the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\">Trump administration<\/a> targeted suspected narco-terrorist vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Oceans.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He did a lot of very bad things, but he was a big drug pusher,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;You see that because all the boats that we shot down, they came out of Venezuela. Lot of drugs. It was a lot of boats and a lot of drugs. There are very few boats operating right now.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4412388\/trump-meeting-iran-crown-prince-protests-not-appropriate\/\">TRUMP SAYS MEETING WITH IRANIAN CROWN PRINCE CALLING FOR PROTESTS WOULD NOT BE &lsquo;APPROPRIATE&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve knocked out 97% of the drugs coming in by water, and we are going to start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;The cartels are running Mexico. It&rsquo;s very sad to watch and see what&rsquo;s happened to that country, but the cartels are running it. They&rsquo;re killing 250,000 [to] 300,000 in our country every single year. The drugs, it&rsquo;s horrible. It&rsquo;s devastated families.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While mentioning the U.S. would start pursuing cartels &ldquo;on land,&rdquo; Trump did not expand on how and when such operations would occur. It remains to be seen how and when such operations would commence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump: US will begin land strikes against cartels<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2531788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26006557000906.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33709,39360,3634,33489,50119],"class_list":["post-2531787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-border-security","tag-drug-cartels","tag-trump","tag-us-military","tag-war-on-drugs"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26006557000906.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2531787"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2531791,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531787\/revisions\/2531791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2531788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2531787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2531787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2531787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}