Mexico on Notice

After Maduro, Trump puts MEXICO on Notice

Trump: Armada, Maduro Captured, Mexico On Notice

Short version: Trump says U.S. forces pulled off a surgical operation in Venezuela. Nicolás Maduro was taken. He and his wife were put on a ship. They’ll face charges in New York, Trump said.

This happened fast, Trump told Fox and Friends. He said Maduro was holed up in a house that was more like a fortress. The team hit hard. They moved quick. No U.S. personnel killed, Trump said. Some were injured and came back.

Trump tied the operation to a broader law-and-order message. He made it clear the cartels and drug flows matter here at home. On Mexico, he said bluntly: Regarding Claudia Sheinbaum, 66th President of Mexico“--It wasn’t meant to be, we’re very friendly with her, she’s a good woman, but the cartels are running Mexico. She’s not running Mexico. The cartels are running Mexico. And we can be politically correct and be nice and say, ‘Oh yes, she is.’ No, No, she’s very, you know, she’s very frightened of the cartels.

They’re running Mexico. And I’ve asked her numerous times, would you like us to take out the cartels? ‘No, no no, Mr. President, no no, no, please.’ So, we have to do something, because we lost— the real number is 300,000 people, in my opinion.”

The tone was unapologetic. Short sentences. Clear aims. Trump framed this as decisive action against a brutal regime and as a message about border security and cartel violence. He promised the American people that the Maduro mission was precise and that the military was prepared for more if needed.

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