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So Venezuela, Nigeria, and now Mexico… If this isn’t the textbook definition of overextension, I don’t know what is.

The Trump administration has started planning for on-the-ground military and intelligence operations on Mexican soil to pursue drug cartels as part of what President Donald Trump has described as an “armed conflict” with narcotics trafficking organizations.

“I don’t think we’re going to necessarily ask for a declaration of war. I think we’re just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country, OK? We’re going to kill them,” Trump said during a White House roundtable with administration officials.

In August, Sheinbaum told reporters at a press conference that her government would not permit American military personnel to unilaterally take action on Mexican soil.

“The United States is not going to come to Mexico with their military — we cooperate, we collaborate, but there will be no invasion. It’s off the table, absolutely off the table,” she said.