President Donald Trump told a group of Latin American leaders that they need to work with the US to target drug trafficking cartels as he sought to bolster US leadership in the region. “Every leader here today is united in the conviction that we cannot and will not tolerate the lawlessness in our hemisphere any longer,” Trump said Saturday as he hosted the Shield of the Americas summit at his golf club near Miami. “The only way to defeat these enemies is by unleashing the power of our militaries.” He added, “We have to use our military, you have to use your militaries.” The gathering of Trump-friendly leaders from the Western Hemisphere is part of a broader effort to strengthen regional security cooperation ahead of his April meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Saturday’s summit was also aimed at shoring up support for the administration’s anti-drug trafficking operations following the US arrest of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and subsequent takeover of the country’s oil industry. Trump on Saturday laid into Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, saying she had rebuffed his suggestion to let the US eradicate the cartels operating there. -------- Watch Bloomberg Radio LIVE on YouTube Weekdays 7am-6pm ET WATCH HERE: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/BloombergRadio Subscribe to our Podcasts: Bloomberg Daybreak: http://bit.ly/3DWYoAN Bloomberg Surveillance: http://bit.ly/3OPtReI Bloomberg Intelligence: http://bit.ly/3YrBfOi Balance of Power: http://bit.ly/3OO8eLC Bloomberg Businessweek: http://bit.ly/3IPl60i Listen on Apple CarPlay and Android Auto with the Bloomberg Business app: Apple CarPlay: https://apple.co/486mghI Android Auto: https://bit.ly/49benZy Visit our YouTube channels: Bloomberg Podcasts: https://www.youtube.com/bloombergpodcasts Bloomberg Television: https://www.youtube.com/@markets Bloomberg Originals: https://www.youtube.com/bloomberg Quicktake: https://www.youtube.com/@BloombergQuicktake