r/politics • u/tetaniclemur • 5d ago

No Paywall Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Declares a National Emergency to Secure America’s Bulk-Power System

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/08/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-declares-a-national-emergency-to-secure-americas-bulk-power-system/
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u/the_gaymer_girl Canada 5d ago

Wasn’t the total amount of illegally imported fentanyl over the border something like 40 pounds?

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u/oh5canada5eh 5d ago

I believe there was something like 15x more coming into Canada from the US than into the US from Canada.

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u/Biglyugebonespurs Missouri 5d ago

Yea probably. The cartel’s supply chain is gonna flow north.

Dumbest goddamn president in history.

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u/No_Tax_Timmy 5d ago

He's the dumbest for sure but let's not forget he's a rapist. That's why every tactic of his feels like some sort of rape.

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u/Mysterious_Floor_868 United Kingdom 5d ago

He knew that it wasn't true. It was just an excuse to get around the fact that otherwise he would have no power to unilaterally implement tariffs.

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u/MattinglyBaseball 5d ago

He might be dumb, but still smarter than the millions of voters that chose him that aren’t part of the 1%. Choosing to let the conman scam you is somewhere beyond dumb. He is certainly the most malicious though.

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u/dontgetitwisted_fr 5d ago

Dont forget all the guns crossing into Canada from  the State that we have been putting up with for decades

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u/MATlad Canada 5d ago

Second Amendment evangelism.

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u/Zombatico 5d ago

You should stop putting up with it.

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u/Dr_Adequate 5d ago

Excuse me, you don't love your Freedom Guns?

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u/milkandinnards 5d ago

And like 1500x times more coming from places like china to america. I’m not familiar with the Canadian stats on it, but I do remember hearing that per year the number of pounds coming from places like china, India, mexico being exponentially more. Which is logical. The whole year of Canadas contribution to fentanyl in America was nothing compared to the amounts coming from places that were not Canada.

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u/ilikepizza30 5d ago

It was enough to kill 200 million people. 200 million people (including probably you) would be dead now if not for the decisive action of DJT!

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u/Ill_Technician3936 5d ago

You may not know this but that's not even a drop in the bucket compared to the 881.84 pounds that was seized during a raid in the US last year.

I know you want to credit Donald opioid high Trump for it but he had NOTHING to do with it. DEA used their standard ways to take down the trap house and get as deep as they could into the trafficking operations before making a move.

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u/ilikepizza30 5d ago

So your saying the DEA run by DJT saved 4.4 billion people! Literally half the world would be dead!

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u/Ill_Technician3936 5d ago

Credit would actually go to Terry Cole.

You understand how investigations work, right? Well this one wasn't started by him. The DEA took out an entire route, very obviously a multi-year investigation that Terry Cole wanted to take the entire route out too. So probably the former president Barack Obama's or Joe Biden's DEA is the only reason it happened.

Typically MOST of the stuff that is allowed through the border goes to a trap house in the border state. They'll get in contact with the local police departments where they still need a warrant but are the ones to make the arrest. After they "clear" the trap house the DEA does a search and seizure.

All your beloved did was double tap fishing boats and watch from an area that wasn't exactly secure.

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u/Internal-Average-270 5d ago

The guy you are replying to is being sarcastic.

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u/Ill_Technician3936 5d ago

I hope so I was like "do they live in a different dimension?"

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u/Internal-Average-270 5d ago

There are definitely people out there who would say things like that completely seriously, so I get your concern! I checked his comment history to make sure he wasn’t a loon lol

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u/Ill_Technician3936 5d ago

I don't even try anymore people are all hiding their shit, unable to even stand by a reddit comment or post.

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u/ClaytonRumley Canada 5d ago

Those were probably the returns of faulty product. /s

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u/SensualBeefLoaf 5d ago

fwiw, 40lbs of fentanyl is enough kill hundreds of thousands of people.

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u/Ill_Technician3936 5d ago

881.84lbs is enough to take out a fuckload more.

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u/Chucklz 5d ago

I remember it being laughably small. Definitely less than 50 pounds. Something that could have been a single vehicle haul. I also remember whatever the quantity was, it was like a weekend's supply for my local area (NYC).