India, Jan. 4 -- Following the "successful U.S. military operation" in Venezuela, President Donald Trump suggested American special forces could next target Mexican drug cartels, directly challenging Mexico's sovereignty. During a Fox & Friends Weekend phone-in, Trump criticized Mexico's leadership over the cartel crisis and revealed he had previously offered President Claudia Sheinbaum U.S. assistance to "take out the cartels," an offer she refused.

President Trump stated that "the cartels are running Mexico" and directly addressed President Claudia Sheinbaum. "I've asked her numerous times, would you like us to take out the cartels? 'No, no, no, Mr. President,'" he recounted. Trump linked the flow of drugs across the border to "300,000...