For years, large swaths of territory in our region, including large parts of Mexico, really large parts of Mexico. Mexico have been controlled by murderous drug cartels. That's why I designated these [drug] cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. And I declared illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. And with our new military campaign, we have stopped record amounts of drugs coming into our country and virtually stopped it completely coming in by water or sea. (1:29:50–1:29:55)
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Asserts that Donald Trump designated drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
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