I wonder myself if the leftist media ginned up the opioid “crisis” as a way to “thin the herd.” The great majority of older Americans are Christian, Republican, and white. Banning or restricting effective pain relievers might make such “reactionary bourgeoise” forego life extending surgery. Or even choose “assisted suicide” rather than endure terrible pain.
[flame suit on] President Trump should have known better than to jump on the “progressive” media opioid “crisis” bandwagon. Trump trusted the “scientific community,” the talking heads, and elements of the deep state (including the Pentagon) a little too much. Not as much as the Bushes, McCain, Romney, and so on, mind you. But still, too much.
Trump was not perfect.
There is no one politician with whom I agree with on every position they take.
But he was the best we had for a long time and he really did have or seem to have, the interests of the common man at heart.