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?

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Trump Designates Fentanyl as Weapon of Mass Destruction

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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.

NPR

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.

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