Claim: Trump Secretly Wanted To Bomb Cartel Drug Labs In Mexico

Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper claims Donald Trump inquired on at least two occasions about secretly bombing illegal cartel drug labs in Mexico.

The accusation comes in an upcoming memoir of Esper’s, titled “A Sacred Oath,” and an excerpt reported by New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman.

Haberman reveals that the former President was keenly focused on the constant flow of drugs across the southern border from the drug cartels.

“They don’t have control of their own country,” Trump said according to Esper’s account.

The former Defense Secretary claims that Trump continued to explore the option over his objections.

“We could just shoot some Patriot missiles and take out the labs, quietly,” Esper claims Trump articulated. “No one would know it was us.”