Exclusive: After Cabinet opposed Mexican cartel policy, Trump forged ahead

By Jonathan Landay, Ted Hesson and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the weeks before U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration last month that he would forge ahead with designating Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, Cabinet members and top aides from across the government recommended against it, five people knowledgeable about the matter told Reuters. The recommendations, which some of the sources described as unanimous, have not been reported previously.

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