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Donald Trump: “We lose 300,000 people a year to fentanyl.”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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President Trump Hosts First Cabinet Meeting, Feb. 26, 2025.

Published | Video Starts at 46:27

At the end of that 30 days, they have to prove to the president that they've satisfied him to that regard. If they have, it's going to be hard to give them a pause or he won't. If that's satisfied. We lose 300,000 people a year to fentanyl. Not 100, not 95, not 60 like you read. You know, you've been reading it for years. We lost, in my opinion, over the last couple of years, on average maybe close to 300,000 people dead. (46:27–46:32)

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Asserts that 300,000 people in the U.S. die annually from fentanyl-related causes.

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