Close Menu

Trump Just Put the Drug Cartels On Notice With Stunning New Executive Order

By NEWS COMMENTARY

President Donald Trump proved once again on Monday that his ‘war on drugs’ that are killing 100,000 Americans a year isn’t just for show and it’s not about destroying a couple of drug boats on the high seas.

Trump escalated the battle against drugs by officially classifying the dangerous substance fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD), providing the government with additional resources to combat the influx of this deadly drug that has claimed far too many American lives. On Monday in the Oval Office, Trump signed an executive order that identifies illegal fentanyl and its main precursor chemical as a WMD, according to a press release from the White House.

“Today I am taking one more step to protect Americans from the scourge of deadly fentanyl flooding into our country, “Trump said. “With this historic executive order…we are formally classifying fetanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction.”

“Which is what it is. No bomb does what this is doing,” he added. “Two hundred to three hundred thousand people die every year, that we know of.”

Per the White House release on the new EO:

  • The Order directs the Attorney General to immediately pursue criminal charges, sentencing enhancements, and sentencing variances in fentanyl trafficking cases.

  • The Order directs the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury to pursue appropriate actions against relevant assets and financial institutions for those involved in or supporting the manufacture, distribution, and sale of illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemicals.

  • The Order directs the Secretary of War and Attorney General to determine whether the Department of War should provide enhanced national security resources to the Department of Justice as necessary during an emergency situation involving a weapon of mass destruction.

  • The Order directs the Secretary of War, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, to update their chemical incident response-related directives to include the fentanyl threat.

  • The Order directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to identify fentanyl smuggling networks using WMD and nonproliferation related threat intelligence.

“This critical step unleashes every tool to combat the cartels & foreign networks responsible for flooding communities with this deadly substance—the leading cause of death among Americans aged 18-45,” said a White House post on X.

It also noted that by Trump designating fentanyl as a WMD, it ensures “the full weight of the Federal government is focused, coordinated, and mobilized to confront fentanyl as the deadly chemical weapon it is.”

Once again, President Trump is proving he’s willing to do whatever it takes – above and beyond what previous presidents have been willing to do – in order to protect Americans.

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
Should Illegal Immigrants be Deported?*
This poll subscribes you to our free newsletter. Unsubscribe any time.