President Donald Trump declared Mexican drug cartels foreign terrorist organizations on his first day in office, and now border czar Tom Homan says there are active discussions about U.S. military strikes on terrorist targets in Mexico.

“That’s something we’re working on now,” Homan told Monday night’s “Finnerty” on Newsmax, suggesting it is talk on the table and not actively a military strike plan in the works.

While striking a target in Mexico will also require work with the Mexican government and its military, Homan suggested there might be an override over fair warning if American border patrol agents are under an active threat.

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