Donald Trump has aggressively pursued lethal strikes against drug traffickers and expressed a willingness to use military action, including potential strikes on Mexican soil, though no troop deployment decision has been made. Mexican President
Claudia Sheinbaum has rejected US military strikes, but public support for US collaboration against organized crime is growing, with activists like
Fernando Ocegueda Flores advocating for cooperation and Trump using "
fentanyl tariffs" as leverage.