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Trump anti-terrorism chief accuses China of ‘targeted killing of Americans’ with fentanyl — as prez goes to Beijing
NY Post ^ | May 13, 2026

Posted on 05/13/2026 7:34:44 AM PDT by deplorableindc

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s White House counterterrorism director Sebastian Gorka told The Post that he believes China intentionally flooded the United States with fentanyl in a present-day “Opium War” designed to weaken America through the “targeted killing” of its citizens.

Gorka unloaded the blistering assessment Monday in a “Pod Force One” interview with The Post’s Miranda Devine — before Trump departed Tuesday afternoon for a state visit to Beijing that is expected to focus on trade relations.

“They see our city on a hill as the newest version of the British Empire, and it is now payback time for the Opium Wars. Many have said that, and I think there is something to that,” Gorka said.

“This is about how do you take down a Goliath? What is the slingshot? Some people say fentanyl is the slingshot.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: China; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: china; counterterrorism; crime; drugs; fentanyl; fentinall; gorka; miamitroll; opiumwars; sebastiangorka; smuggling; wod

1 posted on 05/13/2026 7:34:44 AM PDT by deplorableindc
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To: deplorableindc

Well ok then....
As DJT meets with that jackass in China, he can let him know we all know what he has done, is doing, without telling him we know.
Fentanyl, covid...
WE KNOW.


2 posted on 05/13/2026 7:48:32 AM PDT by 13Sisters76 ("It is amazing how many people mistake a certain hip snideness for sophistication. " Thos. Sowell)
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To: 13Sisters76

Fentanyl won’t come up.

Here’s who are accompanying the President:

The CEOs include Tesla’s (TSLA) Elon Musk, Apple’s (AAPL) Tim Cook, BlackRock’s (BLK) Larry Fink and Boeing’s (BA) Kelly Ortberg, according to multiple media reports.

Other invited executives are Meta (META) President Dina Powell McCormick, Micron Technology’s (MU) Sanjay Mehrotra, Qualcomm’s (QCOM) Cristiano Amon, GE Aerospace’s (GE) Larry Culp, Blackstone’s (BX) Stephen Schwarzman, Citigroup’s (C) Jane Fraser, Goldman Sachs’ (GS) David Solomon, Coherent’s (COHR) Jim Anderson, Illumina’s (ILMN) Jacob Thaysen, Mastercard’s (MA) Michael Miebach, Visa’s (V) Ryan McInerney and Cargill’s Brian Sikes.

Cisco (CSCO) CEO Chuck Robbins was invited, but won’t join the trip due to the company’s earnings schedule.


3 posted on 05/13/2026 7:59:22 AM PDT by Miami Rebel (RE)
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To: deplorableindc

It’s true, we have known this for a long time. 10 years at least. China exports we import. Clothes, electronics, medicine, fentanyl. They will sell us whatever we will buy. In true communist fashion they are selling us the rope that they will use to hang us.


4 posted on 05/13/2026 8:03:26 AM PDT by webheart (Notice how I said all of that without any hyphens, and only complete words?)
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To: Miami Rebel

WOW! I had no idea.


5 posted on 05/13/2026 8:08:04 AM PDT by xenia (In a Time of Universal Deceit — Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act - George Orwell)
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To: webheart

Plus, they have nuclear weapons...but that’s ok I guess.

They aren’t wasting billions and trillions on endless wars.


6 posted on 05/13/2026 8:09:33 AM PDT by xenia (In a Time of Universal Deceit — Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act - George Orwell)
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To: Miami Rebel

Can’t see this group of robber barons will do us any good.


7 posted on 05/13/2026 8:34:02 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: deplorableindc

I’m conflicted.

Part of me wants to rationalize [large amounts of] fentanyl added to heroin, cocaine & meth...


8 posted on 05/13/2026 8:38:38 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 "/!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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To: deplorableindc

Well, they sure can’t put anything over so obvious on Ol’ Gork, can they?
</sarcasm>


10 posted on 05/13/2026 9:32:35 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: deplorableindc

I have been enunciating the opium war theory for years. Glad to see it has traction in the administration. But will China force its factory owners stop selling chemicals to the Mexican cartels?


11 posted on 05/13/2026 10:54:52 AM PDT by KingofZion
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To: KingofZion

Not really a theory CCP hacks and military have said as much at party congresses for years.


12 posted on 05/13/2026 11:17:56 AM PDT by Reily
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To: SunkenCiv

I hope this announcement can give Trump some leverage


13 posted on 05/13/2026 1:47:03 PM PDT by Milagros
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To: logi_cal869

I’ve always felt that, going back for years,we should have never started trading with China. Just can’t trust them. The reason? You can’t do honest business with Communists.


14 posted on 05/13/2026 2:23:45 PM PDT by oldtech
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To: oldtech

Hard to resist the allure of a market with a billion people.


15 posted on 05/13/2026 2:24:27 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: dfwgator

It’s hard for a government that represents money only. Not hard for a government that is properly subordinate to its country, embraces protectionism, and holds stateless internationalists with souls of ice at arm’s length where they belong.


16 posted on 05/13/2026 10:45:00 PM PDT by Mmmike
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To: Miami Rebel

I know this and I am sorry I was not more clear. I was referring to Gorsuch and others talking about it on the news shows. Beijing watches them too. Like I said, “telling him without telling him”.


17 posted on 05/14/2026 8:00:41 AM PDT by 13Sisters76 ("It is amazing how many people mistake a certain hip snideness for sophistication. " Thos. Sowell)
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