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BumRushDaShow

(165,755 posts)
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 04:28 PM Dec 15

Trump signs order classifying fentanyl as 'weapon of mass destruction'

Source: USA Today

Dec. 15, 2025, 4:14 pm. ET


WASHINGTON ‒ President Donald Trump has taken action classifying fentanyl as a "weapon of mass destruction" as his administration escalates efforts to combat the flow of illicit drugs into the United States. Trump signed an executive order on Monday, Dec. 15, to formalize the designation, which comes as the president has signed off on unprecedented airstrikes on alleged drug-carrying boats in the Caribbean from Venezuela.

"No bomb does what this is doing," Trump said in remarks from the Oval Office, pointing to overdose deaths caused by fentanyl in the United States. "So we're formally classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction."

Trump signed the order as he awarded service members medals for their work securing the U.S.-Mexico order. t was not immediately clear what the classification will mean for the Trump administration's efforts to curb the flow of fentanyl, which is estimated to have killed more than 80,000 Americans in 2024. Trump signed the order as he awarded service members medals for their work securing the U.S.-Mexico order.

It was not immediately clear what the classification will mean for the Trump administration's efforts to curb the flow of fentanyl, which is estimated to have killed more than 80,000 Americans in 2024. "Illicit fentanyl is closer to a chemical weapon than a narcotic," the order reads. "Two milligrams, an almost undetectable trace amount equivalent to 10 to 15 grains of table salt, constitutes a lethal dose. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses."

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/15/trump-executive-order-fentanyl-weapon-mass-destruction/87782076007/



This is like Shrub-style idiocy, like the yellow cake thing, and obviously justification for carrying out an incursion with bombing.
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Trump signs order classifying fentanyl as 'weapon of mass destruction' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Dec 15 OP
So anyone manufacturing or distributing it, presumably even for legitimate medial use, is a terrorist unblock Dec 15 #1
Yeah, they gave that to me once. LeftInTX Dec 15 #6
A prescription-only wmd. Torchlight Dec 15 #2
What else would you expect from these morons orangecrush Dec 15 #3
What's next? AfternoonJoe Dec 15 #4
So what the hell happens to medical fentanyl? Admittedly, even the emergency clinics/ERs I work try to avoid it hlthe2b Dec 15 #5
Way to reverse engineer a reason to attack another Country Buddyzbuddy Dec 15 #7
Someone like Miller put this in his pea brain Bayard Dec 15 #12
A country that doesn't even manufacture or send that drug popsdenver Dec 15 #22
I'm declaring cantaloupe a military rank BaronChocula Dec 15 #8
Thank you for that LOL...:) NotHardly Dec 15 #9
Gotta find little bits of humor through this hellscape BaronChocula Dec 15 #10
I forget. LudwigPastorius Dec 16 #33
Here BaronChocula Dec 16 #35
I declare the Epstein documents are a "weapon of mass destruction" FakeNoose Dec 15 #11
I'm glad I had my colon surgery before this craziness. Girard442 Dec 15 #13
Can't we declare the MTF's mouth a Weapon of Mass Destruction? Perhaps slip him a document for him to sign with that KewlKat Dec 15 #14
Sub-sandwiches are also very dangerous. IcyPeas Dec 15 #15
I had it twice for surgical procedures. Never again. Couldn't stop vomiting. Nasty stuff. Now on my chart as allergic. Evolve Dammit Dec 15 #16
Another weapon of mass distraction. nt Xipe Totec Dec 15 #17
Since most fentanyl comes from China are we going to war with them? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 15 #18
Nobody told him it's a legit prescription drug used in American health care? IronLionZion Dec 15 #19
All anesthesia containing Fentanyl, what? BidenRocks Dec 15 #20
No one knows more than him about this IronLionZion Dec 15 #27
more stupid from the repugs - Nigrum Cattus Dec 15 #21
A WMD does not have willing customers Aviation Pro Dec 15 #23
The cleverly cleverness of this is just so brilliantly clever... crud Dec 15 #24
Could Trump please do something meaningful such as extending the ACA subsidies. GEEEESH phxjurist Dec 15 #25
Stay well folks, don't let this crime administration kill you. Only 36 more months to go. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 15 #26
Trump's Depends are a 'weapon of mass destruction'. ToxMarz Dec 15 #28
Well, if we're going to classify things as WMD madamesilverspurs Dec 15 #29
Since when is a WMD something Aussie105 Dec 15 #30
Soooo since I'm a hospice nurse, I'm a terrorist. Sometimes we use fentanyl patches. mucifer Dec 15 #31
Apparently we are. HappyLarge Dec 16 #34
trump, his admin... sheshe2 Dec 16 #32
Well, that's going to help "affordability" isn't it? MissouriDem47 Dec 16 #36
Surely Trump must be running out of distractions? Aussie105 Dec 16 #37
As he and his criminal cabal ensure it's proliferation into this country, killing our children Clouds Passing Dec 16 #38
Notice how many DUers are more knowledgeable than the USA Today reporter muriel_volestrangler Dec 16 #39

unblock

(55,923 posts)
1. So anyone manufacturing or distributing it, presumably even for legitimate medial use, is a terrorist
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 04:33 PM
Dec 15

or terrorist organization, and military attacks are authorized by the AUMF in the never-ending war on terror?

Torchlight

(6,315 posts)
2. A prescription-only wmd.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 04:35 PM
Dec 15

I imagine Mr. trump will turn a blind eye to Teva and other pharmaceutical companies when the leech-in-chief asks them for another million dollar campaign handout.

hlthe2b

(112,812 posts)
5. So what the hell happens to medical fentanyl? Admittedly, even the emergency clinics/ERs I work try to avoid it
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 04:53 PM
Dec 15

but there are uses that mandate it--intractable pain. Sometimes Morphine, Dilaudid (hydromorphone), Demerol, etc just don't cut it--the horrific pain of the most severe Sickle Cell crisis for one example.

And in answer to my subject line, I don't think this can impact medical use: The prior HALT act reclassified it, but it is certainly still in use and I don't know how this moron can unilaterally block all medical use. But, we shall see.

Buddyzbuddy

(2,129 posts)
7. Way to reverse engineer a reason to attack another Country
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 05:11 PM
Dec 15

a*shole and to justify the murder of innocent until proven guilty victims on the high sea's. I guess you'll attempt to use this "justification" against Mexico and other Countries.

Bayard

(28,577 posts)
12. Someone like Miller put this in his pea brain
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 05:51 PM
Dec 15

"Bush got away with it." Yeah, that's the ticket.

I cringe when I imagine what the sane world says about us these days.

popsdenver

(1,558 posts)
22. A country that doesn't even manufacture or send that drug
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 08:45 PM
Dec 15

Venezuela sends a relative small amount of cocaine......CHINA and MEXICO are sending in the dangerous Phentanyl thru our ports...............

But VENEZUELA has the world's largest reserves of oil........yet another DickCheney/Rumsfeld.......all over again.......

BaronChocula

(4,030 posts)
35. Here
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 01:44 AM
Dec 16

Second Shoehorn
Shoehorn First Class
Exfoliating Cream
Master Exfoliating Cream
Cantaloupe
Lieutenant Cantaloupe
Camera Brigadier Camera
Honeydew


Girard442

(6,821 posts)
13. I'm glad I had my colon surgery before this craziness.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 06:01 PM
Dec 15

I think that fentanyl was part of pain management in the early hours after surgery.

KewlKat

(5,788 posts)
14. Can't we declare the MTF's mouth a Weapon of Mass Destruction? Perhaps slip him a document for him to sign with that
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 06:35 PM
Dec 15

sharpie..........?

Evolve Dammit

(21,499 posts)
16. I had it twice for surgical procedures. Never again. Couldn't stop vomiting. Nasty stuff. Now on my chart as allergic.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 07:06 PM
Dec 15

IronLionZion

(50,819 posts)
19. Nobody told him it's a legit prescription drug used in American health care?
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 07:42 PM
Dec 15

or that it's made in America?

BidenRocks

(2,773 posts)
20. All anesthesia containing Fentanyl, what?
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 07:55 PM
Dec 15

No more medical procedures?
I had a mix for my Endoscopy. No problems.
He is involved in everything and knows nothing!

Please Die!

Aviation Pro

(15,247 posts)
23. A WMD does not have willing customers
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 08:48 PM
Dec 15

What a fucking lunatic that motherfucking, c-sucking pedophile.

crud

(1,198 posts)
24. The cleverly cleverness of this is just so brilliantly clever...
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 09:43 PM
Dec 15

it has nothing to do with fentanyl...

ToxMarz

(2,757 posts)
28. Trump's Depends are a 'weapon of mass destruction'.
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:35 PM
Dec 15

Where are those damn drones when you need them.

madamesilverspurs

(16,464 posts)
29. Well, if we're going to classify things as WMD
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 10:48 PM
Dec 15

let's start with the GOP. They've made it damned clear that you and I mean nothing, the only thing that matters is their hold on power. Trump is their problem child, and they continue to prop him up, to hell with the population. The destruction of our institutions, our reputation, our future -- it's all on the bloodied hands of republicans. As long as they remain in unfettered power, they are in fact a proven weapon of mass destruction.


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HappyLarge

(82 posts)
34. Apparently we are.
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 12:27 AM
Dec 16

Of course, not being MAGA makes us terrorists already. I guess being medical professionals, who order, dispense and administer fentanyl makes us double plus good terrorists. These absolute fuckers…..

Aussie105

(7,646 posts)
37. Surely Trump must be running out of distractions?
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 02:21 AM
Dec 16

He has about a hundred of them stacked up on top of each other!

I'd like to join his distraction generating think tank, because I have some good ones in mind.

My best so far:

Trump is declared dead, funeral is held, casket is loaded with 200 Kg of rocks so no one can tell the difference, while Trump leaves in an unmarked car at 3 am one night and flies to a country without an extradition deal with the US.

Trump lives the rest of his life living off the suitcase of American dollars he took with him and mysterious US donors.

To work in his new overseas residence you must be female, 16 or under, and not mind wearing skimpy clothes and the odd grope from the resident lunatic.

(Basic theme is not mine. Google Christopher Skase.)

Clouds Passing

(6,997 posts)
38. As he and his criminal cabal ensure it's proliferation into this country, killing our children
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 09:54 AM
Dec 16


To hell with them all now

muriel_volestrangler

(105,562 posts)
39. Notice how many DUers are more knowledgeable than the USA Today reporter
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 10:34 AM
Dec 16

Many have pointed out the legitimate medical use of fentanyl; but USA Today gets through a reasonably long article without once mentioning that, or querying what this "classification by presidential order" might do to this medical use.

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