Trump signs an executive order to declare fentanyl a "weapon of mass destruction"

Washington.- U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to declare fentanyl, a drug that has wreaked havoc on the U.S. population in recent years, "as a weapon of mass destruction." “Today I am taking another step to protect Americans from the scourge of deadly fentanyl that is flooding our country. With this historic executive order that I will sign today, we will formally classify fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, which is what it really is,” Trump declared at an event held at the White House. «If this were a war, it would be one of the worst wars; I believe that in the last five or six years, between 200,000 and 300,000 people have died per year (due to fentanyl). There is talk of 100,000, which is a lot of people, but the figure is much higher,» explained the US president. You can also read:https://deultimominuto.net/internacionales/trump-dice-que-desea-felicitar-a-kast-por-su-triunfo-en-chile-he-oido-que-es-una-persona-excelente/

Alarming Figures of Opioid Deaths

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 250,000 people died between 2021 and 2023 from overdoses related to synthetic opioids, mainly fentanyl. Trump announced the signing of the order at an event held to decorate military personnel for their work defending the border with Mexico. The president declared that "there is no doubt that the adversaries of the United States are trafficking fentanyl into the United States, in part because they want to kill Americans." The Republican highlighted that during his term, according to him, "a 50% reduction in the amount of fentanyl crossing the border" has been achieved, and he assured that China is "working closely" with the U.S. "to reduce the number and amount of fentanyl being sent." "We have managed to reduce the figure to a much smaller number. It is not satisfactory, but it will be soon," he added.