Trump declares fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction

[Dulcinea]

(Politico) President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, giving the U.S. government additional legal firepower in its efforts to combat illegal trafficking of the synthetic drug.

The executive order cites the lethality of the drug, which kills tens of thousands of Americans every year, and the fact that transnational criminal groups the Trump administration has designated as foreign terrorist organizations use the sale of fentanyl to fund activities that undermine U.S. national security.

Speaking in the Oval Office as he signed the order, the president said the amount of drugs coming into the U.S. by sea has decreased by 94 percent (most drugs, including fentanyl, enter the U.S. via land ports of entry). Trump added that drug flows are “a direct military threat to the United States of America."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-declares-fentanyl-weapon-mass-223257461.html

[no_hypocrisy]

1. As the term, "Mass Destruction" hasn't been defined by legislation or

by adjudication in the courts, Trump can apply it any way he wants.

But in terms of logic, as Shrub and Powell have used the term in the past, it would suggest that weapons of mass destruction would be within the sole realm of nuclear weapons and chemical weapons. Meaning that these devices would be indiscriminate against countries and their civilians.

Fentanyl affects the users, not necessarily those in the vicinity (with the exception of a nursery school last year where toddlers died due to the fumes of hidden Fentanyl).

I would expect this new directive to end up in court.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Doing this gives Trump permission to be the real weapon of mass destruction.

[rampartd]

4. maybe the real wmd is oil

[Irish_Dem]

5. Trump wants cover to destroy Venezuela to steal their oil.

[rampartd]

3. a weapon that victims willingly ingest? i could easily declare petroleum to be a wmd.

trump has killed more americans with his twitter finger than maduro has killed with drugs.

the threat of drugs in general, and fentanyl; in particular, are greatly exaggerated.

(if there is a dose of fentanyl on any of the sunken boats i would be surprised.)



i could easily declare ;petroleum to be a wmd.

[odins folly]

6. I think fentanyl is

Still used in medical practice during general Anesthesia, so……. How’s that gonna work…

[Easterncedar]

11. My question too

[sop]

7. What does this declaration have to say about legal opioids?

[we can do it]

8. Who cares

[FalloutShelter]

9. They're most certainly hidden

North, South, East, and West in Venezuela.
Iraq 2.0

[Wonder Why]

10. The Ugly Pig is a weapon of mass destruction. Economy, Country, Constitution...

[SamKnause]

12. I declare Trump as a weapon of mass destruction.

I declare the Trump administration weapons of mass destruction.

I declare all MAGA's weapons of mass destruction.

I declare the spineless left overs of the republican party weapons of mass destruction.

I declare Christian nationalists weapons of mass destruction.

I declare fascists weapons of mass destruction.

I declare white supremacists weapons of mass destruction.

I declare the Supreme Court as weapons of mass destruction.

I declare any media outlet that bent the knee to Trump as weapons of mass destruction.

I declare anyone trying to dissolve the 'Separation of Church and State' as weapons of mass destruction.