SAEDNEWS: US President Donald Trump said Washington intends to establish a dominant position in the Western Hemisphere.
"We are also restoring American security and dominance in the Western Hemisphere—acting to secure our national interests and defend our country from violence, drugs, terrorism, and foreign interference," he said, TASS reported.
The US president was delivering his address to the House of Representatives and the Senate on Tuesday.
"For years, large swaths of territory in our region, including large parts of Mexico, have been controlled by murderous drug cartels," read excerpts from his annual State of the Union address shared by the White House press service.
