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Home / Military analysis / Trump’s economic and political threat to Mexico
Military analysis, Counterterrorism, Mexico, Western Hemisphere

March 24, 2025

Trump’s economic and political threat to Mexico

There is a serious debate in Republican circles about whether the US should use military force to strike the drugs cartels inside Mexico. This month, Defense Priorities, another think-tank that is influential in Trump world, warned: “‘Bomb Mexico’ is increasingly mainstream as a policy option for border security. It would be a grave mistake.”

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