President Trump isn’t letting the outrage from critics stop him.

The US military is about to unleash firepower against land-based Cartel targets ‘equivalent’ to what we’ve been seeing on the water.

The US military is about to start targeting ground-based Cartel operations, according to revelations made by President Trump during an Oval Office briefing with WH press yesterday.

When asked whether he even had the authority to hit the drug boats heading to the US out over the open water, he doubled-down.

Not only does he — but he announced that he fully intends to start hitting ground targets; which may include hitting the Cartels on their home turf.

According to the President, that authority comes under the auspices of it being a national security issue.

Here’s a clip shared by Fox News of his comments which include his overall rationale for the campaign we’ve seen ratcheting up against the smuggling operations:

President Trump’s warning to drug cartels: “We will hit them very hard when they come in by land. And they haven’t experienced that yet. But now we’re totally prepared to do that.” pic.twitter.com/yltJoqkpdr

— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 22, 2025

That comes on the heels of the second strike that targeted a narco-smuggling boat in the Pacific.

Up until a day ago, all previous boats targeted by the US military in this campaign against drug smugglers occurred in the Caribbean.

Secretary of War Hegseth announced that strike not long before the President opened up about hitting land based targets.

Here’s the unclassified video Hegseth shared of that most recent strike, which he reported took out two narco-terrorists:

NEW: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the U.S. military carried out another lethal strike on a drug boat being operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narco-trafficking in the Eastern Pacific Tuesday.

Hegseth: “There were two narco-terrorists aboard… pic.twitter.com/vzc0CHEb5W

— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) October 22, 2025

President Trump also hinted that his next moves against the Cartels on land will be eye-catching.

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