President Donald Trump declared cartels as unlawful combatants and said the U.S. is now in a "non-international armed conflict" with them, according to a new report. President Donald Trump hinted at potential strikes on "land" against Venezuelan cartels on Tuesday, telling press "we'll see what happens with Venezuela." "We had a lot of drugs coming by water. We hit a number of boats, Since we did that, we've had absolutely no drugs coming into the country via water because it was lethal. Now we're going to look very seriously at cartels coming by land," he said.