(DCNF)—Former U.S. Army Special Forces and WorldStrat President Jim Hanson warned drug cartels Tuesday on Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime” that a “holy hell” would be “unleashed” if they tried to retaliate against America for cracking down on their activities.
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the American military sank a vessel belonging to Venezuelan drug cartel Tren de Aragua, killing 11 cartel members on board. Discussing the strike against the vessel, Fox’s Jesse Watters asked Hanson if he believes there’s a risk of “counterstrikes inside the U.S.” from cartel members.
“There is. Asymmetric warfare is the Achilles heel of the United States. We are one giant soft target here inside the United States. However, payback can be a medevac if they try something like that,” Hanson said. “You know, you go ahead and hit us here, and you want to see some holy hell unleashed wherever you’re operating. I don’t think they’d do it more than once.”
The strike, conducted by the U.S. Southern Command in international waters, took place near three Aegis-class missile boats stationed alongside other assets to disrupt the Latin American cartel’s drug trade routes.
In a post about the hit against the organization, Trump wrote that the drug cartel has been “operating under the control of [Venezuela President] Nicolas Maduro,” who is “responsible for mass murder, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and acts of violence and terror across the United States and Western Hemisphere.”
Watters asked Hanson if he believes Americans will be willing to support Trump for pushing back against the cartels, to which Hanson replied, “100%.”
“The American people are sick of seeing these drug traffickers and these cartels destroying our country with no consequences,” Hanson said. “And if any of these people down in South America think they’re going to make friends in our hemisphere with the Russians and the Chinese or anybody else, they’re going to find out that President Trump is back in charge. America’s on top. That’s not going to play.”
Since returning to office, Trump has vowed to fulfill his promise to crack down against cartels and illegal immigrants who came into the country under the Biden administration.
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On Trump’s first day back in office in January, the president signed a slew of executive orders, including designating certain international cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. With the president aiming to crack down on cartels and their crimes in the United States, Trump reportedly began ordering U.S. troops to use military force against drug cartels in early August.
The reports of allowing military forces against cartels came a day after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the Department of Justice and State Department are offering a $50 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro. Tensions between Maduro and Trump have steadily increased, as the Venezuelan dictator made a series of cryptic statements after the U.S. moved naval vessels toward the coast of Venezuela, with Maduro saying Aug. 21 that they will “defend our seas, our skies and our lands,” according to Reuters.
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