President Donald Trump this week took additional action to end the nation’s drug crisis.
During a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation on Monday, Trump announced that he was issuing an executive order designating fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction.
'No bomb does what this is doing.'
“We took the worst border in the history of our country, and in a period of two months, we turned it into the strongest border in the history of our country,” Trump stated. “During this time, we’ve also achieved a 50% drop in the amount of fentanyl coming across the border, and China’s working with us very closely in bringing down the number and the amount of fentanyl that’s being shipped.”
The administration previously announced that it reached a deal with China to stop the pipeline of fentanyl precursors.
The president noted that in May, the administration executed the nation’s largest fentanyl bust, seizing 3 million pills. Authorities seized another 1.7 million fentanyl pills in November.
“There’s no doubt that America’s adversaries are trafficking fentanyl into the United States, in part because they want to kill Americans. If this were a war, it would be one of the worst wars,” Trump said.
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Fentanyl overdose is the leading cause of death in Americans 18 to 45 years old, according to a DEA resource. In 2024, synthetic opioids accounted for 60% of overdose deaths — approximately 48,000 people.
“Today, I’m taking one more step to protect Americans from the scourge of deadly fentanyl flooding into our country,” Trump continued. “With this historic executive order I will sign today, [I] will formally classify fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, which is what it is. No bomb does what this is doing.”
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The executive order argued that the synthetic drug is “closer to a chemical weapon than a narcotic,” noting that just two milligrams can be a lethal dose.
It also noted that two cartels are predominantly responsible for the trafficking of fentanyl, adding that they have engaged “in armed conflict over territory and to protect their operations, resulting in large-scale violence and death that go beyond the immediate threat of fentanyl itself.”
“Further, the potential for fentanyl to be weaponized for concentrated, large-scale terror attacks by organized adversaries is a serious threat to the United States,” the order read.
The order instructs the attorney general to promptly initiate investigations and prosecutions related to fentanyl trafficking. The secretary of state and secretary of the treasury are directed to take appropriate actions against relevant assets and financial institutions involved in trafficking activities. The homeland security secretary is tasked with identifying any threat networks associated with these activities. The order also instructs the secretary of war and the attorney general to assess whether the threat of fentanyl justifies allocating resources from the Department of War to the Department of Justice.
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Border czar Tom Homan fired back at a heckler during a Turning Point USA conference at the University of Texas at El Paso on Thursday.
During the event, Homan spoke and answered questions from the audience, which numbered roughly 500.
'I don't want anybody hurt. I don't want anybody to die — that includes officers and that includes aliens.'
He compared the border security under the Trump administration to that of the previous White House, describing the difference between them as "night and day."
"There was 12,000 a day sometimes crossing the border illegally," Homan said, referring to illegal crossings under the Biden administration. "You know what it was yesterday — 106 across 2,000 miles of border. And those 106, not a single one of those were released into the United States."
The audience erupted in applause.
Homan debunked the legacy media's narrative claiming that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is disproportionately arresting non-criminals. He stated that the most recent stats indicated that 64% of immigration arrests were of criminals.
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He slammed the media and immigration enforcement critics for labeling him the architect of "family separations."
"It wasn't done to punish. It was done in an attempt to save lives and stop sexual assaults, and maybe control the border," Homan said.
"You are a racist!" a heckler shouted. "You are destroying the Constitution!"
The audience responded with boos and drowned out the heckler's rant by chanting, "USA!"
Homan continued his speech unfazed by the disturbance, explaining that the Biden administration lost track of over 300,000 unaccompanied alien children and had not attempted to locate them. He reported that the Trump administration had already located 40,000 of those children.
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"Every night [when] I go to bed, I pray for the safety and security of every Border Patrol agent, ICE agent, and I pray for everybody that we're looking for," Homan said. "I don't want anybody hurt. I don't want anybody to die — that includes officers and that includes aliens. ... Call me what you want."
"Traitor!" a heckler shouted back.
Homan replied by telling the heckler to "grow a backbone, put a Kevlar vest and a gun on your hip, and go secure this border!"
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