As attacks on Venezuelan narco-terrorists continue to escalate, President Trump is reportedly reading phase two of the operation to take down the drug trade. According to a report from NBC News, the Trump administration is planning a mission to send U.S. troops into Mexico — boots on the ground — to target drug cartels. Here are the details: BREAKING: President Trump is planning to send US troops into MEXICO to target drug cartels, per NBC This is EXACTLY how our military should be used. Defending our OWN homeland. pic.twitter.com/pJyUnrUkhJ — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) November 3, 2025   The potential deployment of troops in Mexico would include using drone strikes to take out drug labs and cartel leaders. NBC News has more details: The Trump administration has begun detailed planning for a new mission to send American troops and intelligence officers into Mexico to target drug cartels, according to two U.S. officials and two former senior U.S. officials familiar with the effort. The early stages of training for the potential mission, which would include ground operations inside Mexico, has already begun, the two current U.S. officials said. But a deployment to Mexico is not imminent, the two U.S. officials and one of the former U.S. officials said. Discussions about the scope of the mission are ongoing, and a final decision has not been made, the two current U.S. officials said. The U.S. troops, many of whom would be from Joint Special Operations Command, would operate under the authority of the U.S. intelligence community, known as Title 50 status, the two current officials said. They said officers from the CIA also would participate. A U.S. mission using American forces to hit drug cartel targets inside Mexico would open a new front in President Donald Trump’s military campaign against drug cartels in the Western Hemisphere. So far, the administration has focused on Venezuela and conducting strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats. The mission currently being planned for would be a break with past U.S. administrations, which have quietly deployed CIA, military and law enforcement teams to Mexico to support local police and army units fighting cartels but not to take direct action against them. If the mission is given the final green light, the administration plans to maintain secrecy around it and not publicize actions associated with it, as it has with recent bombings of suspected drug-smuggling boats, the two current and two former U.S. officials said. “The Trump administration is committed to utilizing an all-of-government approach to address the threats cartels pose to American citizens,” a senior administration official said in response to this story. The CIA declined to comment. The Pentagon referred questions to the White House. Under the new mission being planned, U.S. troops in Mexico would mainly use drone strikes to hit drug labs and cartel members and leaders, the two current U.S. officials and two former U.S. officials said. Some of the drones that special forces would use require operators to be on the ground to use them effectively and safely, the officials said. This type of direct action could be what is needed to finally put an end to the dangerous drug trade, which is to blame for countless Americans’ deaths. If your country won’t protect its people, it’s not a country, it’s a playground for criminals. Send the troops, finish the job — John (@johnEiid) November 3, 2025 However, the Trump administration may face some hurdles from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who appears to be against the idea. Newsweek noted: Reports have circulated for months floating the possibility of U.S. troops getting involved directly in the fight against Mexican drug cartels. Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has previously rejected the idea. “The United States is not going to come to Mexico with the military,” Sheinbaum said in August. “We cooperate, we collaborate, but there is not going to be an invasion. That is ruled out, absolutely ruled out.” The White House is reported to be trying to avoid a military invasion, instead opting to deploy troops as agents and carry out the mission largely in secret, using drone strikes to hit drug labs and cartel members. What do you think? Would you support sending U.S. military troops into Mexico to take out drug cartels?