Vice President J.D. Vance seemed to shock reporters by hinting that the U.S. could conduct "invasions of Mexico."
At a border press conference Wednesday, NewsNation correspondent Ali Bradley asked the vice president if U.S. forces had the "green light" to strike inside Mexico since some cartels had recently been designated foreign terrorist organizations.
"I mean, right now, obviously, they've struck in the Houthis in Yemen," the reporter noted. "So why not, when we've seen cross-border violence, go after them in Mexico?"
"So, look, I'm not going to make any announcements about any invasions of Mexico here today," Vance replied. "The president has a megaphone, and, of course, he'll speak to these issues as he feels necessary."
"Of course, the president is going to make the determination about how we deploy those forces," he added. "But our hope here, our hope is that Mexico takes this job seriously. We don't want to have negative relationships with the Mexican government."
A Univision correspondent seemed taken aback by Vance's remarks.
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"So, you just mentioned something about 'invasion' of Mexico," the reporter observed. "Is there any talk or any thoughts about actually U.S. military forces going into Mexico?"
"No," Vance quickly insisted. "Next question."
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