Trump believes China will impose death sentences for fentanyl trafficking

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday local time said that the US will work out a deal with China where the latter would give the death penalty to those who transport fentanyl drug into the US Trump said that the tariffs imposed on China are a penalty to make up for the losses incurred by the US due to the alleged trafficking of the drugI have a very good relationship with President Xi of China but I imposed a 2037 tariff on China because of the fentanyl And I call it a penalty Its a penalty because China delivers much of the fentanyl Some people would say all of it They deliver it into Mexico and even into our own country he said Trump signed the legislation to amend the Controlled Substances Act regarding the scheduling of fentanylrelated substancesPresident Trump Participates in a Bill Signing Ceremony July 16 2025 httpstcoodxwtGTGjdmdash The White House WhiteHouse July 16 2025We have a 20 per cent tariff so they pay billions of dollars and billions of dollars in damages for what theyve done And I think were going to work it out so that China is going to end up going from that to giving the death penalty to the people that create this fentanyl and send it into our country whether its through other countries or directly he addedToday President Trump signed legislation to amend the Controlled Substances Act regarding the scheduling of fentanylrelated substances This legislation cannot bring back our loved ones lost to fentanyl but it will prevent countless deaths pictwittercomD3RIuVGKzOmdash The White House WhiteHouse July 16 2025Trump further said that such a deal with China should have been signed a long time ago I believe that we would have had that deal a long time ago I shook hands with them and then we had a rigged election and we had somebody else come in and they didnt know anything about a deal for the death penalty The death penalty is going to be imposed on people from China who make fentanyl and send it into our country I believe thats going to happen soon But as of today all fentanyl related substances will be banned forever and those who traffic in these deadly poisons will be put behind bars for a very long period of time he said Trump further blamed his predecessor Joe Biden for the drug crisis that he inherited as the former took officePresident Trump just signed a bipartisan bill cracking down on fentanyl alongside Americans who shared heartbreaking stories about losing their children and FoxNews CNN MSNBC did not air the eventWhat could be more important than this pictwittercom6w1IVkVelDmdash Karoline Leavitt PressSec July 16 2025Today we strike a righteous blow to the drug dealers narcotic traffickers and criminal cartels and we take a historic step toward justice for every family touched by the fentanyl scourge So six months ago we came into office and inherited the worst drug crisis in American history by far They did nothing For four long years Joe Biden surrendered our borders to the most evil and vicious traffickers networks and everything else on the planet Earth allowing foreign drug cartels to carve out a massive footprint On American soil we were doing nothing he saidTrump further alleged that the open border policy allowed the fentanyl flood that allegedly posed a mammoth challenge for law enforcement officers This open borders nightmare flooded our country with fentanyl and with people that shouldnt be here some of the worst people on Earth And illicit drugs decimated American communities and left us with the largest law enforcement challenge in our countrys history and hopefully will always be the largest I cant imagine anything being worse he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever