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In a powerful address at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Former President Donald Trump outlined his aggressive stance against criminal organizations, vowing to eliminate cartel and gang presence in the United States.
Trump specifically targeted notorious groups like MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, emphasizing his administration’s past success in removing thousands of gang members. “Their members and leaders in the United States will be hunted down – I’m talking about MS-13, they’re hunting them down,” Trump promised. “We removed tens of thousands MS-13, Tren de Aragua – rooted out, arrested, and expelled from our soil like the savage monsters that they are.”
President Trump ends his CPAC speech with this :
“We cannot stop now… we’re going to push forward every single day.
In the immortal words of that great American hero, Captain John Paul Jones…
I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT!”
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This declaration follows a significant move by the State Department, which recently classified eight foreign gangs as terrorist organizations. Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained, “The intent of designating these cartels and transnational organizations as terrorists is to protect our nation, the American people, and our hemisphere. That means stopping the campaigns of violence and terror by these vicious groups both in the United States and internationally. These designations provide law enforcement additional tools to stop these groups.”
The administration further emphasized their commitment, stating, “Terrorist designations play a critical role in our fight against terrorism and are an effective way to curtail support for terrorist activities. Today’s actions taken by the State Department demonstrate the Trump Administration’s commitment to protecting our national security interests and dismantling these dangerous organizations.”
President Trump's speech today at CPAC 2025.
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Upon returning to the White House, Trump immediately issued an executive order designating these groups as “Foreign Terrorist Organizations.” The order elaborates, “The Cartels have engaged in a campaign of violence and terror throughout the Western Hemisphere that has not only destabilized countries with significant importance for our national interests but also flooded the United States with deadly drugs, violent criminals, and vicious gangs.”
The order further states, “It is the policy of the United States to ensure the total elimination of these organizations’ presence in the United States and their ability to threaten the territory, safety, and security of the United States through their extraterritorial command-and-control structures, thereby protecting the American people and the territorial integrity of the United States.”
