Trump’s drug war isn’t adding up

by Andrew Law, editor and founder.

I want to pause this week to point out an incongruity in the Trump administration’s supposed war on drug trafficking that is posing challenges around how we best cover this key topic. This isn’t my usual kind of column, but I hope you’ll bear with me.

The press — and I think most people generally on both sides of the border — see Trump as having gone hard on traffickers. The militarized southern border, the arm-twisting of Sheinbaum and her MORENA allies, downgrading Colombia, and of course, the bombing of passenger boats in the Caribbean. Last week, I highlighted rumors that the fuel theft scandal engulfing Mexico’s Navy (and discussed in more detail this week by Luis Rubio) is being propelled by leaks out of Washington. It all gives the impression of a major realignment of US security posture. But when you zoom in, it just doesn’t hang together…