Peter Navarro, a senior trade adviser to President Trump, said Wednesday that Canada has been “taken over” by Mexican cartels as tensions between the countries are on the rise over Trump-imposed tariffs seeking to crack down on fentanyl entering the U.

Senior White House trade adviser Peter Navarro has claimed that Canada has been “taken over by Mexican cartels.” Navarro, who serves as President Donald Trump’s senior counselor for trade and manufacturing,

Trump and his aides have reportedly threatened to redraw the northern border, go after Canada’s minerals and water, and cancel NORAD.