March 5, 2026 · Counter-cartel policy / Military force / Western Hemisphere
Stephen Miller says Western Hemisphere cartels “can only be defeated with military power”
At the inaugural Americas Counter Cartel Conference at U.S. Southern Command, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller argued that criminal-justice tools are insufficient against designated cartel organizations and said they can only be defeated with military power. The statement is documented by SOUTHCOM and contemporaneous Reuters reporting; because “can only be defeated” is a strategic judgment/prediction rather than a presently verifiable factual proposition, TrumpsMouth records it as an unrated policy position.
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