Image Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images 
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday designating the narcotic fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, the administration’s latest effort to combat transnational cartel drug trafficking.
“That’s why today I’m taking one more step to protect Americans from the scourge of deadly fentanyl flooding into our country,” Trump stated in the Oval Office. “With this historic executive order I will sign today, we’re formally classifying fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction, which is what it is. No bomb does what this is doing. 200-300,000 people die every year, that we know of.”
🚨 President Trump announces a groundbreaking Executive Order classifying fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction:
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) December 15, 2025
"No bomb does what this is doing. 200 to 300 THOUSAND people die every year — that we know of." pic.twitter.com/OwuA2KQXfX
“Illicit fentanyl is closer to a chemical weapon than a narcotic,” the order, posted to the White House website, states. “Two milligrams, an almost undetectable trace amount equivalent to 10 to 15 grains of table salt, constitutes a lethal dose. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses.”
The EO acknowledged how organized criminal networks and Foreign Terrorist Organizations use profits from illicit fentanyl trafficking to fund assassinations, terror acts and insurgencies, and noted the administration’s concern for fentanyl “to be weaponized for concentrated, large-scale terror attacks.”
Trump revealed the EO during an Oval Office meeting surrounded by Cabinet officials, where he honored military servicemen with medals for defending America’s borders.
.@POTUS: "On day one of my administration, I signed an Executive Order making it the core mission of the United States military to protect and defend the homeland, and today we’re here to honor our military men and women for their central role in the protection of our border." pic.twitter.com/K6VvZL02DZ
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) December 15, 2025
Border Czar Tom Homan also spoke, noting the administration’s effectiveness in combatting sex trafficking.
🚨Tom Homan DESTROYS people who say Trump's immigration policies are inhumane:
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) December 15, 2025
"Sex trafficking was at historic highs with the open border…Now that…96% less people are coming, how many women aren't being raped? How many women and children aren't being sex trafficked?…This… pic.twitter.com/hw8l20KuHA
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth bestowed servicemembers with the “Mexican National Defense Border Medal,” a distinguished honor revived from 1918.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announces the revival of the historic Mexican National Defense Border Medal, honoring thousands of service members who have defended the southern border, using the original 1918 design and imagery.
— One America News (@OANN) December 15, 2025
Subscribe to OAN Live Here: https://t.co/Ci8c34ZJOt pic.twitter.com/Tp6ucW92Og
“Our men and women will be wearing that very same medal as Americans 100 years before who were asked to defend the sovereignty of our country,” Hegseth stated.
WATCH: @POTUS and @SecWar present the Mexican Border Defense Medal to service members in the Oval Office for their service in defending the United States at our southern border 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/cdn2qqxDcI
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 15, 2025
Donate to Alex Jones’ legal defense fund at DefendAlexJones.com!
Support Alex Jones – do your Christmas shopping at TheAlexJonesStore.com! Gift the all-new Ultra DNA Revival, the popular Ultra Methylene Blue TINCTURE or CAPSULES, a monthly membership to The Alex Jones Hat Club or an Alex Jones KNIFE!
