Mexico doesn't seem too happy with Trump's plan to label cartels terrorists organizations

Recent comments from President Trump appear to have the Mexican government on edge.

Trump on Tuesday told former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly in an interview that he's ready to move ahead with plans to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations. He didn't give any precise information like a timetable for the designation or a plan of how the U.S. would alter its plan against the cartels, but he did sound adamant about the fact that it's going to happen.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.