Trumps order designates illicit fentanyl as weapon of mass destruction
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Trump Designates Fentanyl as Weapon of Mass Destruction
Is this a scientifically baseless overreach that contradicts other policies, or bold leadership using new tools to save lives?
Above: Donald Trump during a ceremony presenting the Mexican Border Defense Medal in the Oval Office on Dec. 15. Image credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
The Spin
Democratic narrative
Designating fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction is based on wildly inflated death statistics. It lacks a scientific basis, as there are no documented cases of weaponized fentanyl in the U.S. Military strikes on Caribbean drug boats won't reduce overdose deaths since fentanyl isn't produced in Venezuela or smuggled via those routes. Pardoning convicted drug traffickers like Honduras's former president while claiming to fight cartels reveals a contradictory policy with no steady principled focus.
Republican narrative
After years of ignoring America's deadly drug crisis, bold leadership is finally confronting the fentanyl epidemic that's breaking hearts and destroying families nationwide. Designating fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction opens up aggressive new tools to stop deadly poison from pouring across borders. Using military force against cartels demonstrates genuine humanitarian courage that will save lives and give hope to suffering communities.