
Trump’s Claim Of ‘Massive’ Amounts Of Fentanyl From Canada Is True Only In His Mind
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In the meantime, he blocked legislation that would have provided fentanyl-detecting machines at the border and pardoned a convicted drug trafficker.
WASHINGTON — In Donald Trump’s mind, there is a “massive” amount of deadly fentanyl pouring into the country across the U.S. northern border with Canada.
In the real world, exactly 43 pounds of the deadly synthetic drug were seized at the U.S.-Canada border last year — two one-thousandths of the 21,000 pounds seized at the U.S.-Mexico border.
That disconnect illustrates succinctly the president’s approach to both the very real fentanyl problem and the nation’s trade relationships with our North American neighbors — an approach apparently based on his whims and the political expediency of the moment rather than facts and a coherent plan.
White House communications director Steven Cheung would not say why Trump was equating the fentanyl problem from Canada with the one from Mexico. He instead suggested that any amount of the drug entering from a foreign country was too much and might warrant retaliation.
“So you are saying there is an acceptable level of fentanyl?” he said. “Are you saying 40 pounds of fentanyl is acceptable? Because according to the DEA, two milligrams, equivalent to a few grains of salt, can kill someone.”

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