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Posted on 05/12/2026 4:57:00 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Fentanyl — along with trade and the Iran war — is one of the key items on Trump’s agenda during his long-anticipated two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping...
Since his first term, Trump has prioritized pushing China to take serious action to curb the flow of precursor chemicals from China to Mexican cartels that process them into fentanyl...
U.S. drug overdose deaths have declined sharply since their peak three years ago. Still, nearly 40,000 people died from synthetic opioids, which include fentanyl, in 2025, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
“President Trump has made it clear he holds Xi Jinping and China responsible for fueling the fentanyl crisis and he’s made accountability a top priority,” said Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chair of the House Select Committee on China...
China, meanwhile, wants to come off of the State Department’s annual list of “major drug transit or illicit drug producing countries,” which is due to be updated in September. The listing subjects Beijing to greater law enforcement scrutiny and groups China with countries including Afghanistan, Burma and Venezuela...
Fighting fentanyl has been a potent part of Trump’s political brand since he ran for president in 2016 and used campaign stops in New Hampshire and other battlegrounds to promise an end to the opioid epidemic. He declared overdose deaths from the drug a public health emergency in 2017 and made China synonymous with the plague of fentanyl by blaming Beijing for what he called its “outrageous” role as a supplier...
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Since President Trump took office, opioid-related overdose deaths have gone down nationwide.
Iran blockade gave Trump leverage with China
Trump’s going to broker huge financial deals between US businesses and China. It will be huuuuge. China no longer asshoe. World Peace ✌🏻
What is with the headline? Fighting this insidious problem should be a priority for all Americans, not just MAGA
It’s Politico. I liked the content enough to post it.
What is with the headline? Fighting this insidious problem should be a priority for all Americans, not just MAGA
Not really. China has a SPR of about 1.4 Billion barrels of oil.
Fentanyl killed a business associate the night we signed a huge business venture deal. The idiot flew to Vegas and got some “cocaine” that was laced with fentanyl and died that night.
If you can’t trust a Vegas drug dealer who can you trust.
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