Cutting USAID was a weapon of mass destruction. Estimated 500.000 to 1.000.000 deaths. Source
I think people are missing something pretty important here: this creates justification to use the US military against its citizens. Sure, it may just be to justify an invasion of Venezuela, but I suspect it’s more substantial than that. Saying the cartels have WMDs within the United States manufactures a threat that the military needs to fight. These “WMDs” are in every state and every city. They have manufactured a credible reason to use the military anywhere in the US against any group of people because it’s so pervasive.
Well… That sucks. Makes a depressing amount of sense.
Sounds like you have a wmd that’s easy for police to plant on people.
Trump ain’t wrong here but those are just words. He’s already fueled a lot of drug deaths by his policies. You could say that eating too much processed food is a weapon of mass destruction as well, looking at the death stats ( at least the stats that are not hidden under the new régime ).
Imagine getting charged with a personal amount of WMDs
Some smoke detectors have some radioactive materials in them.
Temu Iraq War
Flip side, Venezuela probably does actually have fent
Fuckin LOL. That’s too on the nose man. It’s Iraq all over again
That’s exactly why he’s doing this.
False claim one; Fentanyl is a WMD
False claim two; Fentanyl is coming from Venezuela.
Enjoy twenty more years of quagmire America.
You’re missing the other countries he’s used fentanyl to harass: Mexico, Canada, and China.
Okay, but all of those are evil countries corrupted by the insidious hand of the Marxist Antifa
that damn antifa organisation. Why don’t they stop terrorising the USA!!
At least those countries are at least associated with fenntanyl and its supply chain. Venezuela is not as far as I’m aware. So it makes the whole thing much more preposterous.
And just to clarify, we should not be starting any wars over the drug trade since that is much more effectively combatted by dealing with the causes here at home. As long as there is demand there will always be supply.
You’re assuming he’s talking about using this as an excuse to invade Venezuela. I’m assuming he’ll use it as an excuse to invade Canada and Mexico. He’s already made up bullshit about how it’s pouring over our border, and he’s already threatened our country with annexation.
If they invade it, the US won’t attempt to annex Mexico because giving Mexicans US citizenship will piss off Trump’s racist supporters.
There’s no way that happens. The oligarchs would lose money in the conflict. They gain money in a Venezuela conflict presumably. They have a lot of oil, like almost Saudi levels of oil, and there isnt enough trade with Venezuela for a war to upset the pocket books of the wealthy.
I’m sure the US could feel entitled to Canadian oil too, and then make up a justification afterwards.
Yes, I agree in principle. However, the economics (well, monied interests) of it right now are not favorable. Too many people with money to make in US-Canadian trade would pull support for the politicians that push for it. That may change over time.
I think the idea was floated in the media by Mr Asshat because someone wanting the oil was interested in capturing it, but the push back from other donors was clear, and we dont hear them talking about it anymore other than to defend their “right” to float such ideas.
More fentanyl flows into Canada from the US than flows into the US from Canada.
Wasn’t that part of the Iraq justification? “We know they have WMDs because we gave them to them!”
At least those countries are at least associated with fenntanyl and its supply chain.
I’m not saying Canada has a significant role. Venezuela just isn’t involved at all.
“Based on seizure data and law enforcement investigation information, the consensus among U.S. authorities is that Mexico was the only significant source of illicit fentanyl and fentanyl analogues trafficked into the United States in 2024.”
Venezuela isn’t even mentioned. Neither is Canada I suppose. And that is U.S. gov data. So not like they can claim they didn’t know.
You’re forgetting a crucial thing: Trump doesn’t care about facts
That’s a pretty hard thing to forget. Still thinks its worth acknowledging the lies though.
We just need to send Pete Hegseth to the UN with a little vial of enough fentanyl to kill a handful of horses.
Bonus, make it real fentanyl and he probably won’t make it out of the bathroom alive.
He’s a professional he’d just go fent lean at the UN podium
Get bent, Hegseth
I mean, it worked last time, and the only consequence was making billions of dollars in the process.
That and further tarnishing the states’ image on the world stage. But that’s a moot point now. Everyone can see they (the gov) are the baddies.
You are kidding yourself if you think the rest of the world thinks this isn’t because Americans are fucking ignorant moron fascists.
You have a democratically elected government. This is what you chose.
I’m not American and I was being generous.
It’s literally all American foreign policy since the 1940s.
https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/901/The-School-of-the-AmericasMilitary-Training-and
This is a good summary of what we’ve done to South America. Ask Anna for a copy. There are various YT docos out too on the topic.
Yellow cake fentanyl is being produce in Africa and Iran.
If I’m ever in combat, I hope like hell the only things they drop on me is fentanyl.
drone strikes on Pfizer and Merck facilities are imminent! The Sackler family are being sent to Gauntanamo!
One can dream
I fly an EMS helicopter. We use fentanyl every day for pain management.
This world is a joke
So you transport and utilize WMDs on the daily?
That’s something really cool to brag about on a date lmao
Hey it’s me ur date
Sounds like a terrorist. Get em boys!
No the world isnt a joke. Your country is a joke.
If this is a preamble to justify a new decade of carpet-bombing a third world country again: I sort of really hope it the final straw that finally gets NATO to intervene; treating the USA as a global threat. I know it’s just a pipe dream, but I can dream nonetheless
The best NATO can do is to help the constitutionalist side in a US civil war while fighting russia at the same time (who will try to provide support to the monarchist side, but it will be hard without controlling both coasts and Canada). Hah, maybe russia/China would try to smuggle help in through Mexico.
Faithless
“Mass Destruction”
Whether long range weapon or suicide bomber
Wicked mind is a weapon of mass destruction
Whether you’re soar away sun or BBC 1
Misinformation is a weapon of mass destruction
You could a Caucasian or a poor Asian
Racism is a weapon of mass destruction
Whether inflation or globalization
Fear is a weapon of mass destruction
Whether Halliburton or Enron or anyone
Greed is a weapon of mass destruction
We need to find courage, overcome
Inaction is a weapon of mass destruction
That was 2004
Such a good album too, a real masterpiece
Why does everything have to be so extreme. I tired of this chaos.
Not everything! The Democrats are very moderate.
I think you just answered the question. Dems might be too moderate.
I think that was his point.
If it wasn’t, Trump couldn’t justify what he’s doing.
the cartels and foreign networks that have turned fentanyl into the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18-45
why even add this? the cdc’s data doesn’t even mention it in the top 10 causes.
Yesterday he said the US has earned $18 trillion from import tariffs when the entire US trade is around $7 trillion.
Truth means nothing. Reality means nothing.
Cool we made 18 trillion, prices should be going down any minute now
What do you mean “going down”?? They’re already lowest in history, the best prices under any president, anyone can tell you that, the prices are some of the most beautiful prices you’ve ever seen, people come and tell me they have never seen prices so low like this, they say how do you do it, how, because prices were high under crooked Joe Biden and would be even worse under crooked Kamary Harrton, but thanks to our beautiful tariffs we are now respected, the world respects us, and politicians from all over the world come to me for advice on running their countries because we have the most beautiful prices in history! Thank you for your attention to this matter.
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command
literally 1984
So America is harboring WMDs? Quick somebody assemble a coalition of the willing to liberate them.
It’s even being controlled by religious fundamentalists!
You mean terrorist organizations?
Yes
This may be the plan, internally. I believe there are certain provisions that allow the US military and intelligence groups broader rights if they can categorize the action as “against WMDs”.
That’s a really good point. They can say Venezuela has fentanyl and invade their country.
Canadian super labs.
