Trump’s Drug “War”
In the words of Abraham Lincoln, America is committing synergistic and exponentially increasing suicide.
Despite the grandstanding for public consumption, Donald Trumph is assisting in that self-destruction.
While killing low-level, fast boat drug smugglers, Trump is pardoning convicted drug cartel leaders in the United States – among other convicted criminals who have ripped off the American taxpayer.
Just one month after taking office, Trump appointed Alice Marie Johnson, convicted in 1996 for her leading role in running a cocaine trafficking organization. She was sentenced to life in prison by a Republican appointed judge and unanimously convicted by the jury. In June 2018, Trump commuted her sentence after serving 21 years. On February 20 2025, Trump named her to the role of “Pardon Czar“ in his administration – depriving victimized American citizens of justice duly administered.
She wasn’t the only one – look up Trump’s pardons during his first administration on Wikipedia. You’ll find there’s not much difference between Biden and Trump when it comes to pardons – or presiding over the nation for personal profit.
Trumph is fighting the Drug War like LBJ fought Vietnam. Like LBJ, Trumph believes escalation and body counts are winning strategies. Neither approach won the war. Vietnam was lost to the communist North because the U.S. lost the political battle against communism – abroad and at home.
The same reason every US administration has lost the “Drug War” – losing the political battle against domestic drug use.
The Controlled Substance Act (CSA) was enacted by the 91st Congress and signed into law by President Nixon. This statute was an effort to combine all previous federal laws and allow for federal law enforcement of controlled substances.
The Nixon administration formerly declared a “War on Drugs,” in 1971 increasing federal funding for drug control and creating the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). While earlier presidents had implemented drug control policies, Nixon is credited with escalating the federal effort and coining the phrase.
Drug policies significantly increased under President Reagan who launched campaigns like “Just Say No” and signed the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986.
After the kidnapping of DEA agent “Kiki” Camarena in 1985, Reagan shut down the entire southern land border until the government of Mexico found Camarena and returned him. The “culprits” were surrendered to U.S. authorities two days later. Camarena’s tortured corpse was returned two weeks later.
Reporter Bill Conroy pointed out on X that Hector Berrellez, the lead agent on the case told him “We got tapes of Kiki’s torture and murder from the CIA. They have five tapes but they only gave the court three.” Further investigation found evidence a CIA officer had been involved in the interrogation, torture and murder of Camarena.” (see: “DOJ to give up audio tapes of torture and killing of DEA agent Kiki Camarena; by Jose’ Olivares, The Guardian, July 6, 2025)
Vice President Vance’s and Secretary of “War” Hegseth’s vapid boast “Killings will continue until threat to America ceases” makes for a great soundbite but contributes nothing to the massive – but ineffectual – efforts to “win” the Drug War.
Vance, like every politician gaslighting the American public, is avoiding pointing out that Americans are by far the largest consumers of illegal drugs in the world.
“More than half of all people involved in serious or fatal traffic accidents tested positive for drugs or alcohol.” – National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, December 2022, report no. DOT HS 813-399.
Thank you IHeart Media Inc. and all the other politicians and proponents of legalizing marijuana!
And the trend of illegal drug abuse is only going up. The kind of drug varies but the numbers show Americans’ illegal drug use is insatiable.
Just about every politician has protested the Fentanyl “Epidemic” blaming China for making and exporting precursor chemicals to the cartels in South America. The “elephant in the living room” is the fact there wouldn’t BE an “epidemic” if Americans wouldn’t engage in high risk behavior in the first place. For example, if parents warned their kids if there was drug use at a party to leave immediately. If parents didn’t let their kids have computers and TVs in their bedrooms behind locked doors for hours – even days at a time under the pretext of “respecting their privacy.”
Or if parents themselves set the example by abstinence from alcohol and drug use – imagine!
Basically, if parents actually parented rather than tried to be their childrens’ “friend” for fear of losing their love it would drastically reduce the purported number of drug overdoses.
Many social studies have shown that stricter (but loving) parents have better socially adapted and successful children. (see: The Battle Hymn of a Tiger Mother by Amy Chua, 2011)
And I don’t know of any overdose occurring from any drug dealer physically forcing someone’s mouth open and pouring the drugs down the users’ throats.
That is what George Jones called “Livin’ and Dyin’ by the Choices [They’ve] Made.”
This self-delusion is perfectly portrayed by a TV commercial in which a black female [typical media type casting] tearfully complains her “kid” brother died of an overdose of fentanyl. He was 32 and didn’t deserve to die like that! If he had [one of the fentanyl reagent devices] he wouldn’t have died!”
Wow! I wonder who forced open her adult male 32-year old “kid” brother mouth and shoved the pills down his throat? That person should have been arrested! Oh! He put the drugs in his own mouth and swallowed them! That takes “deserve” out of the equation and makes it a matter of suffering the logical consequences of one’s own behavior – as out of style as that may be.
The Truth is her “kid” brother would probably have died eventually regardless of the presence of a drug reagent device because her 32-year old “kid” brother was engaging in high risk behavior with a high probability of a drug overdose.
Just as the concomitant criminal behavior associated with drug use results in prison or death.
Generally speaking, the politically exaggerated statistics creating the fentanyl “epidemic” is simply a case of Social Darwinism.
Obviously not in every case – as when men spike women’s drinks or the drug is camouflaged to look like candy. Those incidents are crimes and the perpetrators should be imprisoned in the 9th Circle of Hell.
And why do politicians and the Uni-Media feel the necessity to justify closing the border to illegal aliens in order to stop the Fentanyl “Epidemic” in the same sentence? Isn’t closing the border to prevent illegal aliens from invading the United States sufficient reason on its own merit? Apparently not.
In response, politicians and prosecutors are moving in the opposite direction – increasing the threshold for prosecution while legalizing drugs nationwide.
As an immigration inspector at the Douglas, AZ Port of Entry, I made many drug busts. The common joke among most of the federal law enforcement agencies was: “What is the amount now required by the Assistant U.S. Attorney in Tucson before she will prosecute the drug smuggler?” The answer: “Whatever you seized – plus 50lbs.”
It’s a case of “We have met the enemy – and he is us.”
Another egregious example of Trumph’s prosecutorial hypocrisy: demanding his DOJ prosecute New York District Attorney Leticia James for bank and wire fraud.
Is she guilty? Probably.
But Trump has pardoned dozens of convicted criminals for doing the exact same thing – to include “right out of central casting” Todd and Julie Chrisley.
They were convicted in June 2022 on charges of bank fraud and tax evasion. The jury found they had submitted false financial documents to get personal loans and hid income from their show.
Trump pardoned the couple on May 27, 2025. Trumph’s reasoning: “The conviction was a deep injustice” and they were unfairly targeted by an unjust justice system.”
Trump’s Leftist Democrat “social justice” roots show clearly in the multitude of pardons during his first administration – as well as his disrespect for the law and justice for the American citizen. (see: Trump’s Pardons During his first term of office – Google)
Those are the two faces of Trump – the conservative poser and the moral relativist; the “Make America Great Again” poster boy and the New York Democrat “social justice” insurgent.
“Character is Fate” – Heraclitus, 500 B.C.
