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How much fentanyl is made right here in the states

Canada didn’t need to do all that stuff about Fentanyl. It’s a made up problem so Elon and Trump can destroy Americans and make us so poor that he can take over as dictator.

Trump acts like he's on fentanyl talks like he's on his dumb show the apprentice. Best for the whole world to cut America out and let the people vote him back out for starting the 3rd world War

Fentanyl is just a lame excuse. They can just work it out. I think Trump just want to get revenge because none of these world leaders sided with him when he claimed he won the 2020 election.\n\nAmericans, wake up! Trump is compromised. He is being hypnotized controlled by Putin.

This idiot is playing checkers and trump is playing go fish. 2 absolute morons. This clown still thinks this is over fentanyl……\n It comes from the USA. This is not over fentanyl Trump wants Canada. He wants its resources. He wants its control over the arctic shipping lanes. Just like he wants Greenland for that same reason. Just like he wants panama for that shipping lane. It’s a power grab.

Im from Vancouver. Our government has lots of work to do with fentanyl. Chinese gangs run our ports. Downtown Vancouver is a zombie land , getting larger everyday. Billions laundered through our backyard. It’s certainly a problem.

These tariffs are about the US consumer to pay more for everything in order for Dump to recover money from working people to give tax cuts to the rich, nothing else. His lame excuse/lie that it's about fentanyl on the Canadian border is well known by people with commonsense. Let's see how long Dumps supporters will keep believing him when they along with every other American are getting it up the ass in inflation, of which Dump lied he would take care of from day 1. Just today, 1st day of tariffs, gas went from $2.55 to $3.09 in NM Buckle up folks!!!

You needed to stop the fentanyl from coming over the Border that's all you had to do and in the process protect your own people from Fentanyl

Trump-GOP-Q's nonsense execuse is fentanyl. However, Trump-GOP-Q's reps do not do the best effort to help Americans who are addicted to fentanyl & other drugs. The reason why fentanyl and other drugs keep coming into the USA is because we in America have too many drug addicts, mostly in the red states that vote for Trump-GOP-Q's reps. Medicaid could be used to help our drug addicts to overcome their addiction, but Trump-GOP-Q's are trying to cut $800 million from medicaid & redirect it for tax cuts for the wealthy. Dumb Trump cannot see.

fentanyl crisis and tariffs just tools for a dictator to force canada to bow down and be 51st state.

You know what Donald would do if he were in Trudeau's shoes? Cancel all border programs and allow fentanyl into the US to pay for Tariffs. Stop looking for migrants and plant gardens along the border.

what trump fails to understand is that the united states has some of the biggest pharma companies in the world, who makes fentanyl, pharma, so its probably in his own back yard that this is coming from

Of course it's not about fentanyl. This is about isolating the US from its allies, destroying the North American dream, profiting off its people, and aiding Putin's global plans.

If you are dumb enough to take fentanyl or any drug that's on you. Why do the rest of us and other nations have to suffer for these individuals who are on a path to kill themselves

Fentanyl helped my mom with cancer pain. Then she got better and stopped taking it. Fentanyl sounds great to me. How many other issues does he Kev have need to be removed from the face of the earth that also help us. Not the speech of a thinker.

The FACTS is that there is a HUGE drug problem in Canada worst than the USA! So Canada should STOP fentanyl by all means with a lot of people suffering from addiction

It's not about fentanyl... It's about annexation. Canada needs to find allies real quick.

No it's not about fentanyl!!! He makes stuff up trying to make people believe it's true.

I'm sorry our Canadian's fellows, this is not personal, it's just business. All this year the USA economy has been decreased because we buy (importing) more goods than selling (exporting). We are no in good shape economically to support other countries' economies. We need companies to come back to produce in the USA and those extra charges are an incentive to start producing again in the USA. After our economy is better, we can make new deals. \nAbout Fentanyl, it is funny that he said that it was all good and after that, saying just in the last months implemented all kinds of security measures. LOL \nHe speaks nice, but he is not a smart guy. Putting tariffs back to the USA makes it worse with Donald Trump. Donald Trump is a businessman, he can keep increasing the taxes and in the end, Canada will be hurt more than the USA. I suggest to peacefully open a negotiation with Trump, not to fight back at the same level... don't take it personally, it is just business.

This is not about fentanyl. He lies

It isn`t about Fentanyl. Donald`s idol named Putin is fighting with his neighbor. Donald has to do the same. He copies Putin, he idolizes him.

Wait a sec, is Fentanyl made from Maple Syrup?? Demand trump stop the hand guns coming in.

First, the orange criminal is not a “very smart” man. At best he has, perhaps, average intelligence, but worst, he is dangerously ignorant of history and facts (how many other Americans over forty don’t know the significance of Pearl Harbor?). Sadly, for the U.S. and the entire world, Americans have seen fit to place a person with a severe case of Dunning-Kruger into the White House – again – they didn’t learn the first time.\n\nSecond, on this fentanyl thing. Are the vast majority of Americans children? The best way to keep them from becoming addicted or killing themselves with the stuff is to keep it from them? Where is the self-control…the ability of people to tell themselves no? The easiest way to kill any business is to starve it of customers.

Love it. Trudeau is clearly stating publicly that the tariffs are not legal, because the ‘fentanyl’ excuse by your oligarch is not valid and in fact illegal.

One percent of Americans join the service and military forces so what would that look like with fentanyl??

Big pharma likes to keep fentanyl rolling as well as the cartels and those big pharma companies are all in the United States

All this talk about fentanyl. Come on Justin, do the funniest thing ever. Send MAID care packages to every Trump donor. Why hurt your friends in Buffalo when your enemies are so incredibly self destructive?

Wow! Trudue did nothing to prevent the tarrifs but instead he just talk about it use it to his advantage for his political career that was very bad few days ago. Do your work instead of just talking. Criminals , fentanyl and open boarder is still open. Still so many illegal immigrants are still here. How many have you send home already? No news about illegal immigrants that they send home. Too\n Much barking no bite! Show us how many illegal immigrants have you send home? How many drug lords have you put in jail? No statistics. No proof . Who would believe in you? Show us the proof!!!

Wow! Trudue did nothing to prevent the tarrifs but instead he just talk about it use it to his advantage for his political career that was very bad few days ago. Do your work instead of just talking. Criminals , fentanyl and open boarder is still open. Still so many illegal immigrants are still here. How many have you send home already? No news about illegal immigrants that they send home. Too\n Much barking no bite! Show us how many illegal immigrants have you send home? How many drug lords have you put in jail? No statistics. No proof . Who would believe in you? Show us the proof!!!

Every country should be responsible for their own goods. The day we start relying on other countries for what we need we're in a heck of a mess. Because China couldn't get our merchandise to our plant we had to shut down for almost a month. We messed up sending some of our work to China. After this we got everything in the US. Cheaper prices are not the solution. Cheaper labor is not the answer. Trump is concerned about the drugs coming into our country and since the borders are affected these drugs will be coming into our country many other ways. You know where criminals go to get out of the US. Canada. Trump is doing this for our country and you can bet on this. I'm sick of drugs in our country killing people everyday. I'm sick of guns but just about every household owns guns. Children are killed in their own homes with guns. Who cares about alcohol being sold in their state. Honestly. People are homeless because of addiction to alcohol. Yeah saying president Trump using fentanyl for this for this trade war was a bad move. President Trump is doing this for the drugs taking over this country.

There's a 97% reduction in the fentanyl trade compared to December ?. The U.S. should then ask why these measures weren't implemented earlier

I wish to heck American journalists would figure out how to pronounce Fentanyl. It is NOT fen-ta-nol. It's fen-te-nyl. Get it straight. You are professionals.?

There has been a war on drugs for decades! As long as there is a demand and money flows, so will the drugs. This is not about fentanyl or immigration. Those are two talking points to keep his base foaming at the mouth.This is about flexing on our trade partner and ally , so that our ally bows down to him. I hope no one does! Call his bluff and push back. He wants to be like putin and will do anything including kissing up to putin to get there!

I can’t stand Trudeau, but I’m glad he’s standing up. They should have done more to fund the police and stop fentanyl earlier.

It’s not about fentanyl.

I am Canadian and I am glad Trudeau is actually hard on fentanyl. Surprise. If so, I would like to know if Trudeau, and his successor whoever that may be, and the Liberals of course, will be just as hard if not harder on fentanyl dealers, users, and criminals. Start by talking to British Columbia, currently ruled by the New Democratic Party (NDP), and getting them to change their soft on drugs and crimes approaches. I await to be impressed by Trudeau, his successor, and the Liberals.

I'm no American neither Canadian but if you want to fix the rift go meet trump and tell him you assigned part of your defence budget in manning the border to counter this fentanyl issue.\nThen again the fentanyl might be an excuse but I would do it still had I been Canadian leader

How many Americans have been unalived from diabetes because of Canadian maple syrup? Fentanyl is nothing compared to that sugar syrup.

China is the one changing Port tags to get the fentanyl in the USA

its not fentanyl trump is concerned about.... It's the cheap medicare that's undercutting Trumps fogeys in big pharma across the border that he fears.

Fentanyl has to get into Canada before it can cross our border. Which border is he talking about, entry or exit?

Leave fentanyl alone. If anything stop consuming it so it doesn't bother you

In 2022, the CDC reported over 90,000 drug overdose deaths, with a large portion linked to prescription medications—mainly opioids.\n\nIn 2022, there were about 73,000 fentanyl-related overdose deaths in the U.S., according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse \n\nTobacco kills approximately 480,000 people per year in the U.S.\n\nThis includes 41,000 deaths from secondhand smoke exposure.\n\nWith these numbers you’re think we’d be going after big pharmaceutical companies and tobacco companies if Trump is so concerned with the health of Americans! ??‍♂️ \n\nThere’s no way these tariffs are about fetanyl ! He’s INTENTIONALLY crashing the market so he can buy low

Why don't people just stop using fentanyl

I’m suspiciously wondering why he cares so much about America he should be up there speaking about his country. I think the gaslighting us. And they lying to us about the fentanyl because why we have so much in America it’s crazy. Where is it coming from? We don’t make it here.

The orange man is pulling a “there’s nazis in Ukraine” type of stunt to justify what he actually wants to do. Like Ukrainian nazis had nothing to do w/ Putin invading Ukraine, this isn’t about fentanyl or border protection

I am never a fan of our Prime Minister but today, he got my full respect and admiration. We all know it is not about Fentanyl or illegal immigrants crossing from Canada as little as they were. Donald Trump is just using these as excuse. He is cozying up with US' one of two prime adversaries - Russia and China - and whacking friends and allies, alienating the United States. Donald Trump probably is considering authoritarian rule over democracy. I can't wait for the day that his dumb action will whack him back. Sorry Americans, you are still our friends, but not your government.

Got to stop that .00001 % of fentanyl crossing the border by destroying the economy of multiple nations.

Doesn’t matter where fentanyl come from, if there is no buyer then no seller. Is that simple

look fidel castros son is speaking!! \n\nhe needs all that fentanyl money he smuggles from china thru the canadian rockies into american soil.