Trump Declares Fentanyl WMD, Forgets His Own Sanctions on Venezuela
When Trump now bellows about Venezuela driving fentanyl (a legitimate painkiller, let's not forget, per The Independent 's own words) into the US, one might wonder about historical context. His administration, remember, spent years weaponizing sanctions against Venezuela, crippling its economy. According to a 2019 report by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, these sanctions contributed
to tens of thousands of deaths by making it impossible to import food and medicine. So, while blaming Venezuela for a drug crisis now, the US government first paved the road for instability there—a scenario often exploited by illicit drug trade. It appears that for some politicians, economic warfare against sovereign nations is merely 'foreign policy,' but the resulting instability leading to drug
flows is suddenly a 'weapon of mass destruction.' The irony, one might observe, is thicker than a narco-sub targeting US shores, if such a thing actually existed. Perhaps the real WMD here is selective memory.