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Trump declares fentanyl is an WMD (www.reuters.com)

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White House press brief: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/designating-fentanyl-as-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction/

I hereby designate illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemicals as Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD).

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[–] lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Gotta grease the gears for that war on Venezuela which has nothing to do with oil.

[–] TechnoMaoist@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 week ago

I think it's also meant to pressure China with the mention of precursor chemicals. If/when relations sour further, Trump can claim that China is tied to the proliferation of "WMD's".