‘Nothing’s Off The Table’: Pete Hegseth Delivers Warning to Cartels From GTMO

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth sent a direct message to drug cartels from Guantanamo Bay on Wednesday evening during an appearance on Fox News, stating that “nothing” is “off the table” when it comes to keeping Americans safe.

As part of President Donald Trump’s plan to fulfill his campaign promise of mass deportations, the president ordered his administration in January to use Guantanamo Bay Naval Base as a facility to hold illegal migrants. With the shutdown of the U.S. southern border and the arrests of “criminal aliens,” including rapists and murderers, Trump also designated major Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations in some of his first executive orders.

On “The Ingraham Angle” Fox host Laura Ingraham asked Hegseth if he had a message for the cartels, given reports that Trump’s border lockdown is disrupting their operations in the U.S.

“My message has been from the beginning. We’re taking nothing off the table. Nothing. We will do whatever it takes to secure the homeland, to maintain our sovereignty, and protect the American people,” Hegseth said.

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Before speaking with Hegseth, Ingraham was shown how illegal migrants are handled on the base as a flight of newcomers arrived. The migrants were seen being escorted off the plane by officials, shackled, and directed to a bus that would take them to their processing area.