FBI Director Kash Patel made a surprise appearance in the White House Press Briefing Room on Wednesday alongside Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to make a big announcement on the Trump Administration’s efforts to end the flow of fentanyl into the United States.
Following President Trump’s trip to Asia last month, where he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Patel’s subsequent visit to China last week, Patel said China has agreed to halt the production of fentanyl precursors, which are used by the cartels to make illegal fentanyl.
“The Chinese government agreed on a plan to stop fentanyl precursors,” Patel said.
“The People’s Republic of China has fully designated and listed all 13 precursors utilized to make fentanyl. Furthermore, they have agreed to control seven chemical subsidiaries that are also utilized to produce this lethal drug.”
“Essentially, President Trump has shut off the pipeline that creates fentanyl that kills tens of thousands of Americans,” he added.
“These substances are now banned, and they will no longer be utilized by the Mexican drug trafficking organizations.”
Patel described the breakthrough as a “historic, first-in-its-kind, achievement by any president to stop the scourge of fentanyl,” which “should be championed by every single American.”
Don’t believe it, china can’t be trusted with any deal. They are like democrats, just from a different country.
Unlike his presidential predecessors, at least he’s trying.