President-elect Trump on Wednesday announced plans to launch a “massive” advertising campaign aimed at educating Americans about the effects of fentanyl.
“I will be working on a major advertising campaign in the US to explain how harmful fentanyl is to use on people and how millions of lives are needlessly destroyed. “By the end of the campaign, everyone will know how terrible this drug is,” Trump wrote. society of truth.
The drug is considered a synthetic opioid and is believed to have resulted in 74,000 deaths last year and 76,000 deaths in 2023. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Biden administration created Trilateral Fentanyl Commission Work with the United States, Mexico, and Canada to disrupt the shipment of illegal drugs to neighboring countries.
President Biden also met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2023, resulting in a resumption of counterdrug cooperation with the country, where the majority of fentanyl precursors are manufactured.
President Trump has not said much about how he plans to address the fentanyl crisis in his administration, but he has already warned foreign leaders that high tariffs will be imposed if drugs and illegal immigrants continue to flow into the United States. I am doing it.
On his first day in office, President Trump promised to impose a 25% tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico until “drugs, especially fentanyl, and all illegal aliens are stopped from entering our country.”
He also called on China to give the death penalty to “any drug dealer” caught transporting fentanyl into the United States. If not, the former president said he would add another 10% to other tariffs imposed on the country.
Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc responded to President Trump's comments, saying their country “makes border security our top priority.”
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reportedly said she would send a letter to Trump in hopes of sparking open communication.
Chinese Embassy Spokesperson Liu Pengyu acknowledged that “no one wins in trade and tariff wars.”
