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Posted on 07/16/2025 11:04:25 AM PDT by Red Badger
The U.S. Coast Guard has seized more than 240,000 pounds of cocaine since the start of the Trump administration on Jan. 20, enough to kill the combined population of California, Texas, and New York, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
President Donald Trump “is keeping his promise to Make America Safe Again. The Coast Guard’s tremendous work has guaranteed that these illicit drugs will never infiltrate America’s communities and take innocent lives,” Abigail Jackson, White House spokeswoman, told The Daily Signal.
“The Trump administration will never stop fighting to protect Americans from the scourge of dangerous drugs,” Jackson said.
The 240,000 pounds of cocaine seized in less than six months is equivalent to about the weight of 48 Ford F-150 trucks, or three fully loaded 16-wheelers. Just 1.2 grams of cocaine can be deadly, according to DHS, meaning the amount recently seized could kill over 91 million people.
The latest seizures represent a 100% increase in cocaine seizures over the same period last year, DHS reports. The increase maritime drug smuggling efforts may be linked to the increased security at the U.S. land borders under Trump, according to the Coast Guard.
“The U.S. southern border is an interconnected system, and as illegal migration and smuggling become harder across the southwest land border, cartels may try different routes,” Coast Guard acting Commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday explained.
“Our message to the cartels is this: We own the sea, not you,” Lunday said. “Using every capability at our disposal, the Coast Guard will prevent threats from reaching our borders.”
Law enforcement saw an increase in human smuggling under the Biden administration as border encounters reached record highs.
During a ride along in the Tucson Sector of Arizona in 2023, Detective Shawn Wilson told The Daily Signal the cartels were opting to smuggle people into the U.S. over drugs because there are less severe legal penalties for human smuggling, and there is “a lot more money” to be made.
In March, James Frietze, who spent 25 years serving in the New Mexico State Police, told The Daily Signal some law enforcement in New Mexico were anticipating a rise in drug smuggling due to Trump’s actions to secure the border.
DHS announced the increase in cocaine seizures the same day Customs and Border Protection announced record low encounters with illegal aliens at U.S. borders.
In June, CBP encountered 25,228 illegal aliens across U.S. borders, down from 204,932 in June 2024.
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I choose California, New York, And Massachusetts. Oh Wait
Poison california.
Let’s start saving our people. Firing squads needed! ....imho
That’s a LOT of blow.
MSNBC: By seizing shipments of cocaine the Trump admin has increased its cost and therefore increasing inflation.
Not for Hunter.......................
When I used to do coke, this would be the typical 24-hour period.
I'd skip school because I fired a gun on live TV from a limo, then get arrested for singing karaoke while on drugs and cigarettes during my ziplining, then have a one-night-stand with a celebrity while skydiving from a cruise ship, then get a ticket for skinny-dipping on a horse with a broken leg.
And the entire time, I'd be drunk.
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT'S TRUE
We should have it smuggled to China and sell it there to compensate for all the damage fetinal has done to us.
I had one night stand. That was one sweet night stand.
Then I saved up enough money for a second night stand. Then I got drunk.
My score: 8..................
Oh goodie. My 80’s to re-live. I could run out though.
I’m a 4.....
Bruh, you don't snort it all at once. We got all weekend!
Should change his name to “Hoover”… as in Deluxe Vacuum Cleaner…
Obama and Biden years I don't remember 1 big drug bust .
Trump pink slipped a bunch , from the Commandant to base commanders, probably promoted by those 2 druggies in the white powder house, and low and behold the USCG is back to their historic high performance of large drug bust form .
Kudos to the USCG,
Semper Paratus !
Hunter though must have the sads along with the sanctioned cartel under the coke heads Barry and Biden days.
Just think.
First the crime syndicate that is the Democrat party lost their slave trade cash, then their USAID cash, and now their drug running cash. They must be having serious withdrawal shakes by now.
Good.
15 for me
NO tats, piercing, skydiving, zip lining(never had opportunity), never been on TV(I think).
4
What do you have against Oklahoma?
I know very few folks who do cocaine
Maybe 3-4 of them 250 or so folks I know in passing
I never could afford it...................
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