President Trump has ordered the Pentagon to prepare U.S. military operations against violent Latin American drug cartels—now officially designated as foreign terrorist organizations. In a dramatic departure from precedent, these cartels — responsible for flooding America with deadly fentanyl and other illegal drugs/activity — are now being treated like enemy combatants, not just criminals. . According to U.S. officials, the directive lays the groundwork for potential strikes both at sea and on foreign soil. Operational plans are already in development, marking a sharp change from past administrations that largely handled the cartel threat as a law enforcement issue. . Speaking aboard Air Force One, Trump confirmed the U.S. had offered to send U.S. troops into Mexico to help dismantle cartel operations, calling them “evil” and blaming them for hundreds of thousands of fentanyl-related deaths. In January, Trump signed an executive order to label these groups—including the Sinaloa Cartel,...