Trump's Tariff Threats Can't Win Unwinnable War on Drugs

Trump's Tariff Threats Can't Win the Unwinnable War on Drugs
After promising to stop the flow of drugs during his first term, the president blames foreign officials for his failure.
Trump deals with Mexico and Canada put trade war on hold and notch win in ‘drug war’
President Donald Trump avoided a trade war, for now, with Canada and Mexico after the two U.S. allies offered plans Monday to reduce illegal immigration and drug trafficking into the United States. Mere hours before the president’s new 25% tariffs on all imports from Mexico and Canada were to go into effect both Mexican President
'This is about fentanyl': Tariffs are crucial to combating 'drug war,' Trump and Cabinet officials say
Trump administration says tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China critical to preventing fentanyl and other drugs from pouring across the U.S. border, and are not part of an international trade war.
Trump’s tariffs could strain medicine supply and drive drug costs
Trump initiated the sweeping tariffs to “hold Mexico, Canada, and China accountable to their promises of halting illegal immigration and stopping poisonous fentanyl and other dr
Here Is How Trump Can Falsely Claim His Tariff Threats Helped Win the Drug War
It seems President Donald Trump's plan to fight drugs with punitive tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada, which never made much sense, was little more than an attempt to look tough. Trump threw his weight around,
Trump’s new DEA chief vows in first interview to build multinational ‘army of good to fight evil’ to finish Mexican cartels
We can’t just continue to arrest them in America, create indictments, do extraditions, because that’s not good enough,” said ...
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Battle at the Border: Drug Cartels Use Kamikaze Drones to Target U.S. Border Patrol
Mexican drug cartels are ramping up their assault on U.S. Border Patrol agents by employing kamikaze drones and explosives.
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80,000 American lives a year: The case for a congressional war on cartels
The crises spread beyond Mexico. The fentanyl trafficked into our country by the Mexican drug cartels and their Chinese partners kills around 80,000 Americans per year. That’s the equivalent of ...
Trump's new DEA chief Derek Maltz a longtime proponent of declaring war on drug cartels
Derek Maltz, a veteran of the Drug Enforcement Administration, is expected to help lead Trump's effort to fight fentanyl ...
Mexico will send 10,000 troops to U.S. border to avoid trade war
Trump said that he spoke to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo on Monday morning and that the pair of them had reached ...
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Trump is labeling drug cartels as terrorist groups. That’s a terrible idea.
The executive order fuses the “war on drugs ... when he talks to Mexican presidents.” And ultimately the designation marks a public paradigm shift: framing foreign drug cartels as a ...
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Mexican Cartels Preparing for "War" with US Military
Cartels inside Mexico, which handle illicit drug smuggling and illicit human trafficking, are openly preparing for what they call "war" with the United States Military. In a video released by the ...
Gun battles disrupt flights in Mexican border city, trigger U.S. consulate warning
The violence in Nuevo Laredo, just south of Texas, followed the arrest of an alleged local cartel leader known as "El Ricky." ...