Tom Homan Asked How ‘Serious’ Trump Is About Deploying U.S. Troops Against Mexican Drug Cartels

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During Monday’s press gaggle outside the White House, Border Czar Tom Homan was asked about the possibility of having U.S. troops combat Mexican drug cartels.

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00:00President Trump was talking about U.S. troops potentially needing to fight back against drug cartels in Mexico.

00:05How serious of an idea is that?

00:09Well, there's a reason President designated them terrorist organizations, right?

00:13Drug cartels have killed more Americans than recognized terrorist organizations before then, right?

00:19I mean, they killed more Americans than ISIS or any other terrorist groups.

00:24I mean, they've killed hundreds of thousands of people, Americans.

00:26And so they're a terrorist organization, we need to treat them like terrorist organizations.

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