# Trump: US remains ready to use military force to protect key national interests

https://mins.news/en/item/69107

- TASS, 2026-09-22 14:50 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2191213

> President Donald Trump said the United States would continue to use military force to safeguard its key national interests. He said Washington would no longer allow threats to America to gain a foothold anywhere in the Western Hemisphere and compared Latin American drug cartels with ISIS, calling them enemies at war with civilization.

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