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TomCADem

(17,837 posts)
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 01:23 PM Saturday

Is Venezuela a primary drug trafficker to the United States?

I guess we will be attacking Mexico, Columbia, Peru, and Afghanistan next? Also, given that fentanyl smuggling is ultimately funded by U.S. consumers who pay for illicit opioids: nearly 99 percent of whom are U.S. citizens and U.S. citizens were 86.3 percent of convicted fentanyl drug traffickers, perhaps this could be used to justify Trump's domestic occupation of U.S. cities.

https://www.kcra.com/article/venezuela-drug-trafficking-cocaine-fentanyl/69676930

There is also no evidence that any significant level of illegal fentanyl — the primary killer in U.S. overdose deaths — is produced in South America, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

UNODC analyzes global drug trafficking based on reporting from its member states, open sources and drug seizure information.

Most illegal fentanyl enters the U.S. from Mexico, per UNODC and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Illicit fentanyl can also be diverted, or stolen, from legal sources as medical professionals use the drug.

Yet President Donald Trump has linked his administration’s attacks on drug vessels in Latin America to the fentanyl crisis, among other drugs.


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Is Venezuela a primary drug trafficker to the United States? (Original Post) TomCADem Saturday OP
It's funny... GiqueCee Saturday #1
Like the Iraq War, This Is Mainly an Oil Grab to Force Venezuela ... TomCADem Saturday #2
Ah, the celebrations... GiqueCee Saturday #3
Spain not USA duckworth969 Sunday #4

GiqueCee

(3,412 posts)
1. It's funny...
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 01:32 PM
Saturday

... that the Orange Anus bragged about ending 8 wars (Complete falsehood), then turns around and starts a war under false pretenses.
No human language possesses obscenities vile enough to describe what an utter piece of shit he is.

TomCADem

(17,837 posts)
2. Like the Iraq War, This Is Mainly an Oil Grab to Force Venezuela ...
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 02:42 PM
Saturday

... to sale oil at cheap oil prices to US companies. The only thing more rich than the lies offered by Trump for attacking Venezuela is to see Putin bitch about respecting the sovereignty of countries. In the end, there probably is some sort of sweet heart deal where the Trump turns a blind eye to Putin's efforts to annex Ukraine, China's plans to invade in Taiwan while Trump grabs resources for US oligarchs at home.

GiqueCee

(3,412 posts)
3. Ah, the celebrations...
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 04:36 PM
Saturday

... will go on for days, if not weeks, when Satan finally call him home.

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