US designated more terrorists in 2025 than in 10 years combined in the War on Drugs

President Trump is on the warpath with the Department of War (formerly known as Defense)? Just kidding!

"... This year alone, the U.S. government designated 19 groups as terrorists, a massive spike compared to the last decade. Several are criminal organizations allegedly involved in trafficking drugs.

Of those designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations by the State Department this year, eight are drug cartels, such as Cártel de Sinaloa, Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, Cártel del Noreste, La Nueva Familia Michoacana, Cartel del Golfo, Carteles Unidos, Tren de Aragua, and Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13). ..."

US designated more terrorists in 2025 than in 10 years combined "The U.S. government is now leaning on the military to employ tactics and techniques it honed during the Global War on Terror to combat drug cartels."