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VIEWPOINT: Trump’s game of nerves with Mexico

Last week’s U.S. military strike on a drug boat allegedly tied to Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua cartel was no routine operation. It marked a sharp escalation by President Donald Trump in his war on the cartels — a fight he says is about protecting Americans from deadly drugs and chaos spilling over the border.

The strike rattled nerves in Mexico City.