Trump and the fentanyl crisis: Will his plan work? - USA TODAY
Jan 13, 2025 · Immigration, border control and the opioid crisis get intermingled Despite Trump's focus on securing the border, studies show that 86.4% of people convicted of fentanyl smuggling are U.S. citizens ...
U.S. fentanyl deaths are down. But not on this New Mexico …
2 days ago · President Donald Trump’s pre-election promises to stop fentanyl at the nearby Mexican-American border and lower grocery prices resonated with tribal members, many of whom complained of a lack of ...
Trump falsely triples number of reported overdose deaths as he …
4 days ago · President Donald Trump signs executive orders at the White House on Monday. ... Just 43 pounds of fentanyl were confiscated at the northern border in the 2024 fiscal year — 0.2 percent of the ...
Trump Says He Intends to Impose 10% Tariffs on Chinese Imports …
5 days ago · The tariff threat comes after Mr. Trump said on Monday that he planned to impose a 25 percent duty on imports from Canada and Mexico as punishment for allowing fentanyl and illegal immigrants to ...
Trump and Chinese leader Xi talk about trade, fentanyl and TikTok
Jan 17, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping discussed trade, fentanyl and TikTok in a phone call Friday, just days before Trump heads back to the White House with vows to impose tariffs and other measures on America’s biggest rival.. Despite that, Xi congratulated Trump on his second term and pushed for improved ties, the Chinese foreign ministry said.
Trump's fentanyl plans draw criticism from addiction experts - NPR
Nov 18, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump has promised a crackdown on fentanyl dealers that could include military strikes against cartels in Mexico. Many experts worry his plan will do harm than good.
Trump drastically inflates annual fentanyl death numbers
Aug 16, 2024 · Former President Donald Trump claimed at a recent campaign rally that more than 300,000 Americans are dying each year from the synthetic opioid drug fentanyl, and that the number of fentanyl...
Trump camp says China is ‘attacking’ U.S. with fentanyl. A fight …
Nov 26, 2024 · Donald Trump’s return to power portends a shakeup in the U.S. approach to addressing America’s fentanyl crisis and what counternarcotics officials say is the biggest obstacle to solving it: China.
Did the Opioid Epidemic Fuel Donald Trump’s Return to the …
Nov 26, 2024 · Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes about the roles of the drug trade, particularly fentanyl, and immigration from Mexico in Donald Trump’s 2024 Presidential-election win.
What Trump’s drug policies have meant for America’s opioid …
Feb 2, 2020 · Under Trump, China, a major exporter of fentanyl to the US, agreed to classify fentanyl as a controlled substance. The Justice Department has increased the number of prosecutions it has brought...