Jesse to Gus: "Look, I get my phenylacetic acid from the barrel with the bee on it."
Cartel lab guy: "Any sophomore chemistry student can make it."
Posted on 11/12/2025 12:57:34 PM PST by DFG
FBI Director Kash Patel announced on Tuesday that China would cease manufacturing fentanyl precursors, which are the chemicals used to create the opioid that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans over the past decade.
During a press conference, Patel told reporters that the Trump administration has “been fighting hard to seize and stop drug traffickers,” which means it “must attack fentanyl precursors, the ingredients necessary to make this lethal drug.”
The director explained that addressing this issue was the impetus behind his visit to China. Eliminating these chemicals would “suffocate the drug trafficking organization’s ability to manufacture fentanyl in places like Mexico.”
Precursor chemicals are the basic elements used to create fentanyl, similar to how flour, sugar, and eggs are used to bake a cake.
“Thanks to President Trump’s direct engagement with Presdient Xi, the government of China committed fully to my engagement there on the ground in Beijing at a level never seen before,” Patel continued. “While at Ministry of Public Security headquarters, I met with my counterpart at MPS, where the Chinese government agreed on a plan to stop fentanyl precursors.”
This means the Chinese government agreed to halt the production and distribution of these chemicals. Mexican drug cartels will no longer be able to us them to manufacture the opioid before smuggling it into the United States where it can kill more unsuspecting Americans.
Patel’s trip to China followed Trump’s October 30 meeting with Xi in South Korea during the APEC summit. This was the first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders since Trump began his second term. The meeting also included discussions on trade and economic deals.
In exchange, the Trump administration agreed to reduce fentanyl-related tariffs on Chinese imports from 20 percent to 10 percent.
This is a positive sign that could result in fewer opioid-related overdose deaths in America. Over 107,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2023. About 70 percent of these were caused by opioids like fentanyl. The drug caused almost 200 deaths per day with over a quarter of a million dying from fentanyl overdoses since 2021. This is about four times more than those who died in the Vietnam War.
Chinese manufacturing plants have been the primary source of fentanyl precursor chemicals coming into the United States and Mexico. The companies sell the raw materials to Mexican drug cartels, which then complete the manufacturing process before trafficking it into the United States and elsewhere, according to the White House.
The opioid is then laced into common street drugs because it is more addictive. Yet, many of those taking these narcotics are unaware that they contain the drug, which has led to many overdose deaths.
If China actually follows through, it would go a long way toward reducing the number of Americans killed in this manner — which would be a huge victory for the Trump administration.
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When the time comes, the 200000 chinese agents who are here (and the SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE UNDER KING MIGA who are coming) can just drive to--or shoot their way into--any unsecured aquifer and municipal water supply and poison everybody.
This administration refuses to go after the chinese invader. I wonder why?
HUGE, possibly while we are allowing Chinese students to enter our country.
> China would cease manufacturing fentanyl precursors <
So they say.
I say never trust a commie.
Jesse to Gus: "Look, I get my phenylacetic acid from the barrel with the bee on it."
Cartel lab guy: "Any sophomore chemistry student can make it."
Given that fentanyl is also a perfectly legal prescription drug, and most of its precursors are also shared by other perfectly legal prescription opioids, this is hollow at best. It’s just too big a market, but legal and illegal, it will be fed.
Trust, but verify. There is a reason Kash flew to Beijing last week. As far as I know this is unprecedented, that an FBI director involved with foreign law enforcement. People’s Daily also published an article last week decrying the use of precursors to manufacture drugs. Seems like Trump is making sure the promises the CCP is making on this is being followed through.
Fentynal saves lives. It kept me from killing my surgeons.
“ China would cease manufacturing fentanyl precursors”
That obviously won’t happen.
“ HUGE, possibly while we are allowing Chinese students to enter our country.”
Yep, every one of these 600k Chinese students will be members of the CCP and they will have to provide useful intelligence with regular reporting thru a Chinese minder here in the USA or lose their party status and have family members back home disappeared. I love Trump but this is insane.
China lies.
Maybe, it is high level. The FBI isn't banned from foreign activity like the CIA domestically. In fact it routinely investigates violations of the law, violations of US law can occur outside our borders, but almost always(?) in cooperation with local authorities. FBI director, that is pretty high level, but I think it's a high level problem, and the director is by his position involved with any investigations.
I don’t think he was over there involved in investigations, I think he was there the verify that the the enforcement is actually happening.
As we all know, the CCP often does disingenuous law enforcement where they announce a law, but don’t actively enforce it (they do this with IP protections laws all the time). So he was there to get evidence that this fentanyl thing isn’t one of those situations, that it is not just lip service.
“This administration refuses to go after the chinese invader. I wonder why?”
And they’re inviting 600,000 more of them as students into the country. I wonder why.
I think we need to put some more sensors on the Canadian border.
My first knee surgery way back, woke up twice. Drilling through my legs etc. I was strapped down. Not brutal, just kept me down. (I’m not huge, but I can tear up some shit)
Fentynal changed things.
Maybe the 600,000 students is a trade for stopping the fentanyl?
It will still be available for surgery
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