The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump’s Cartel Crackdown Offer, Possible Alcatraz Reopening, Antarctic Ice Increases: AM Update 5/6
Tue, 6 May 2025
President Trump confirms he offered U.S. military support to take on the cartels, but Mexico’s president rejected the help. The President shakes up the news cycle with surprise posts on potentially reopening Alcatraz prison and slapping tariffs on foreign-made films. At a lively press event, President Trump announces DC as the 2027 NFL Draft site, shrugs off the viral “Pope Trump” meme, and weighs in on a self-deportation program offering cash and flights to illegal immigrants. A new peer-reviewed study finds Antarctica’s ice sheet grew from 2020 to 2023, challenging long-held assumptions about climate change trends.Riverbend Ranch: Visit https://riverbendranch.com/ | Use promo code MEGYN for $20 off your first order. Tax Network USA: Call 1-800-958-1000 or visit https://TNUSA.com/MEGYN to speak with a strategist for FREE today
Chapter 1: What did President Trump offer Mexico in the fight against cartels?
Good morning, everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly. It's Tuesday, May 6th, 2025. And this is your AM Update. If Mexico wanted help with the cartels, we would be honored to go in and do it. President Trump confirms Mexico declined his offer of direct U.S. military support against the cartels. For now. But the offer, he says, still stands.
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Once you taste it, I think you're going to be coming back for more and more. Again, riverbendranch.com, code MEGAN. President Trump on Sunday confirming an offer to deploy U.S. troops to assist Mexico in fighting drug cartels on Mexican soil.
It's true. They are horrible people that have been killing people left and right. They've made a fortune on selling drugs and destroying our people. We lost 300,000 people last year, two-fifths of all in drugs. They're bad news. Yeah, that's true. If Mexico wanted help with the cartels, we would be honored to go in and do it. I told her that. I would be honored to go in and do it.
So if she said that I offered to do that, she's 100% right. Well, she's so afraid of the cartel, she can't walk. So, you know, that's the reason. And I think she's a lovely woman. But the president of Mexico is a lovely woman. But she is so afraid of the cartels that she can't even think straight.
According to the Wall Street Journal, President Trump made the offer on a phone call with Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum on April 16th. President Scheinbaum rejecting the offer as a matter of national sovereignty. On Saturday, the Mexican president responding to the report at a press conference.
In one of the calls, U.S. President Donald Trump said it was important for the U.S. Army to enter Mexico. to help us in the fight against drug trafficking. And you know what I told him? No, President Trump. The territory is sacrosanct. Sovereignty is sacrosanct. Sovereignty is not for sale. We can work together, but you can do it in your territory. We can do it in ours.
We can share information, but we will never accept the presence of the U.S. Army in our territory.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of President Trump's proposed reopening of Alcatraz?
It measured four by six feet across with a complete lighting and ventilation system. Also in February, the Mexican government handing over 29 imprisoned drug bosses. wanted in the U.S. on charges relating to racketeering, drug trafficking, murder, illegal use of firearms, money laundering, and more. Mexican officials also stepping up efforts within their own country to crack down on cartels.
The Associated Press reporting in April, Mexico's security chief quietly forming an elite force to take on the cartels. Quote, the unit began to form shortly after Scheinbaum took office and it hopes to have 800 members by the end of the year, according to one federal official. For now, Mexico drawing a firm line against US pressure, but the Trump administration is making one thing clear.
The US is ready to act. On Sunday, President Trump shaking up the news cycle with a pair of surprise announcements. The potential reopening of Alcatraz prison and a 100 percent tariff on foreign films. President Trump posting to Truth Social, quote, rebuild and open Alcatraz. Today, I am directing the Bureau of Prisons, together with the Department of Justice, FBI and Homeland Security.
to reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt Alcatraz to house America's most ruthless and violent offenders. We will no longer be held hostage to criminals, thugs, and judges that are afraid to do their job and allow us to remove criminals who came into our country illegally.
The Trump administration growing increasingly frustrated with legal roadblocks stalling its mass deportation agenda, moves President Trump argues illegally interfere with his authority to enforce immigration law. President Trump telling reporters on the White House lawn the idea to reopen Alcatraz was inspired by the many legal challenges.
Where did you get the idea for reopening Alcatraz? Just an idea I've had. And I guess because the judges, so many of these radicalized judges, they want to have trials for every single... Think of it. Every single person that's in our country illegally, they came in illegally. That would mean millions of trials. And it's just so ridiculous what's happening. It's long been a symbol, Alcatraz.
A sad symbol. But it's a symbol of law and order. You know, it's got quite a history, frankly. So I think we're going to do that, and we're looking at it right now.
Alcatraz Island was converted from a military facility to a federal prison back in 1934. In that time, it housed some of America's most notorious criminals, including Al Capone and James Whitey Bulger. The rocky island, located just over a mile from the San Francisco shore, considered inescapable due to the freezing water and deadly currents.
Dozens attempted escape, though only three men evaded recapture. They were never found, and it's unknown if they survived the swim from the infamous island or drowned. Ultimately, the prison was shut down in 1963 due to increasing operating costs and the need for repairs. Even some non-Trump-hating legal experts had questions about the practicality of Alcatraz. Here's Greg Jarrett on Fox.
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Chapter 4: What is President Trump's stance on foreign movies and tariffs?
Chapter 5: How has fentanyl production in Mexico changed recently?
Even though I was really skeptical, I wanted to go back into a lab to see whether all of these threats had led to real changes.
What did you find?
It was really remarkable. The dynamics, it seemed, had completely changed from the last time we were there. But when we started talking to our cartel contacts, they told us there was basically no production of fentanyl happening in the city. It had totally plummeted.
In the months since, the Mexican government increasing cooperation with the Trump administration. President Scheinbaum deploying 10,000 Mexican National Guard troops to the nearly 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border. Troops patrolling the area for signs of traffickers and smugglers. In February, NBC reporting one patrol discovering, quote, a large, sophisticated tunnel just feet from El Paso, Texas.
It measured four by six feet across with a complete lighting and ventilation system. Also in February, the Mexican government handing over 29 imprisoned drug bosses. wanted in the U.S. on charges relating to racketeering, drug trafficking, murder, illegal use of firearms, money laundering, and more. Mexican officials also stepping up efforts within their own country to crack down on cartels.
The Associated Press reporting in April, Mexico's security chief quietly forming an elite force to take on the cartels. Quote, the unit began to form shortly after Scheinbaum took office and it hopes to have 800 members by the end of the year, according to one federal official. For now, Mexico drawing a firm line against US pressure, but the Trump administration is making one thing clear.
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Chapter 6: What is the background behind the US-Mexico collaboration on border security?
The US is ready to act. On Sunday, President Trump shaking up the news cycle with a pair of surprise announcements. The potential reopening of Alcatraz prison and a 100 percent tariff on foreign films. President Trump posting to Truth Social, quote, rebuild and open Alcatraz. Today, I am directing the Bureau of Prisons, together with the Department of Justice, FBI and Homeland Security.
to reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt Alcatraz to house America's most ruthless and violent offenders. We will no longer be held hostage to criminals, thugs, and judges that are afraid to do their job and allow us to remove criminals who came into our country illegally.
The Trump administration growing increasingly frustrated with legal roadblocks stalling its mass deportation agenda, moves President Trump argues illegally interfere with his authority to enforce immigration law. President Trump telling reporters on the White House lawn the idea to reopen Alcatraz was inspired by the many legal challenges.
Where did you get the idea for reopening Alcatraz? Just an idea I've had. And I guess because the judges, so many of these radicalized judges, they want to have trials for every single... Think of it. Every single person that's in our country illegally, they came in illegally. That would mean millions of trials. And it's just so ridiculous what's happening. It's long been a symbol, Alcatraz.
A sad symbol. But it's a symbol of law and order. You know, it's got quite a history, frankly. So I think we're going to do that, and we're looking at it right now.
Alcatraz Island was converted from a military facility to a federal prison back in 1934. In that time, it housed some of America's most notorious criminals, including Al Capone and James Whitey Bulger. The rocky island, located just over a mile from the San Francisco shore, considered inescapable due to the freezing water and deadly currents.
Dozens attempted escape, though only three men evaded recapture. They were never found, and it's unknown if they survived the swim from the infamous island or drowned. Ultimately, the prison was shut down in 1963 due to increasing operating costs and the need for repairs. Even some non-Trump-hating legal experts had questions about the practicality of Alcatraz. Here's Greg Jarrett on Fox.
It's a provocative idea, Brian, which may be why Trump is proposing it. So the sound you hear are all the liberal heads exploding at the same time. It is, however, federal property. So this can be done, but it'd have to be rebuilt almost entirely. It's so outdated and crumbling. And here's the important part. It has landmark status.
So there would be an avalanche of lawsuits that would probably tie it up for years.
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