Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutonic, said that the Senate Committee to impose 25 % of tariffs was to “respect” the United States in Canada and Mexico and stop the Fentanyl flow.
President Donald Trump nominated Latonic, which was rebuilt Canta Fitzgerald after a large -scale loss of a financial service company with a large -scale loss by attacking the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. I was the Secretary of Commerce. Michigan in the Senate Commercial Science Committee Hearing The intimidating tariff was intended to “take action” for the two major issues. (Related: “It will be wild.”: The former Green Beret tells you that the Johrogan Lamp can “loosen the Delta” in the cartel.)
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“The short -term problem is illegal migration, and worse, but still Fentanil will come to the country and kill more than 100,000 Americans,” Lutonic said. “There is no war that can kill 100,000 Americans. The President is focusing on Fentanil’s coming to the country. You know that Canadian labs are operated by Mexico cartels. Therefore, this tariff model is simply to close the border with respect, respecting the United States, and respects our border. Close and end Fentanil coming to this country. “
“So it’s not tariff,” Lutonic continued. “It’s a domestic policy action. Close your border, allow us Fentanyl to our country, kill our people, so we create actions from Mexico and Canada. It is an independent tariff, and if they do it quickly, there is no tariff.
The overdose of drugs killed 105,007 Americans in 2023. This is slightly less than the 107,941 killed in 2022. According to To the disease management center. The drug enforcement organization (DEA) seized more than 55 million fentanyl tablets in 2023, CBS News. It has been reported。
1 kilogram Fentanyl According to DEA, up to 500,000 people can kill up to 500,000. (Click here to watch the daily caller’s documentary “Cartelville USA”)
According to statistics, a further 4,537 pounds were seized in 2025 in FY2025, and about 22,000 pounds of Fentanil were seized in US borders in FY2024. release The US Customs Border Security Bureau. When he was appointed on January 20, Trump issued some administrative orders. designation Mexico’s drug quartel as a foreign terrorist organization, declare With the national emergency at the southern border Setting policy Secure a border.
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