<p>CNN faced widespread mockery on social media over the weekend after interviewing a masked Sinaloa Cartel gangster who, rather than criticizing President Trump&#8217;s terrorist designation as seemingly expected, expressed “respect” for the commander-in-chief for &#8220;looking out for his people.&#8221;</p>
<p>The interview, aired Saturday, featured CNN correspondent Isobel Yeung questioning a heavily disguised cartel member in an undisclosed hideout in Mexico, according to the New York Post.</p>
<p>“According to the Trump administration, you are a terrorist. … What do you make of that?” Yeung asked.</p>
<p>Trump <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/designating-cartels-and-other-organizations-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations-and-specially-designated-global-terrorists/">designated</a> the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in a January 20 executive order, with the State Department <a href="https://www.state.gov/designation-of-international-cartels/">writing</a> that the cartel is “one of the largest producers and traffickers of fentanyl and other illicit drugs to the United States.”</p>
<p>The masked gangster, wearing sunglasses and latex gloves to conceal his identity, initially <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/05/05/us-news/cnn-roasted-for-interviewing-sinaloa-cartel-gangster-asking-how-he-felt-about-trump-labeling-him-a-terrorist/">responded</a>, &#8220;Well, the situation is ugly, but we have to eat.&#8221;</p>
<p>When asked what he would say directly to Trump, the cartel member didn’t take the bait.</p>
<p>&#8220;My respect. According to him, he&#8217;s looking out for his people,&#8221; the gangster stated, adding, &#8220;But the problem is the consumers are in the United States. If there weren&#8217;t any consumers, we would stop.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">CNN is now sitting down with foreign terrorist drug traffickers to ask how they feel about Trump’s policies and being labeled terrorists. UNREAL. <a href="https://t.co/xNlMTtPZg7">pic.twitter.com/xNlMTtPZg7</a></p>
<p>— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1919084379009163745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Social media erupted with mockery of CNN&#8217;s apparent attempt to elicit anti-Trump commentary from a member of a violent drug trafficking organization.</p>
<p>&#8220;CNN tried to create a scandal and accidentally gave Trump a campaign ad. You can’t script this kind of desperation,&#8221; one user <a href="https://x.com/wakeninq2/status/1918538833303408845">remarked</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;Unbelievably, CNN gives Sinaloa cartel member a chance to throw a pity party about being labeled a terrorist, but the cartel member tells them President Trump is just rightly &#8216;looking after his people,'&#8221; another social media user <a href="https://x.com/dotconnectinga/status/1919241365700931675">pointed out</a>.</p>
<p>Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) <a href="https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1919247712173670591">suggested</a>, &#8220;Let them [CNN] live under the rule of foreign terrorist drug traffickers for a few months. And then tell us how they feel.&#8221;</p>
<p>A February 20 State Department <a href="https://www.state.gov/designation-of-international-cartels/">fact sheet</a> on the terrorist designation for the cartel writes that it uses “violence to murder, kidnap, and intimidate civilians, government officials, and journalists.”</p>
<p>A Foreign Terrorist Organization classification expands federal authorities&#8217; ability to combat these criminal enterprises through financial sanctions, enhanced prosecutions, and immigration restrictions.</p>

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