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White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Sunday he was hopeful a dispute with Canada over accusations of the deadly fentanyl opioid entering the U.S. across its northern border could be resolved by the end of March.

His comments on ABC News's "This Week" raise the possibility that tariffs due to be reimposed by U.S. President Donald Trump at the end of the month could be stayed further.

In reality, Canada is responsible for a minuscule proportion of drug smuggling into the United States and it wasn't immediately clear what progress Hassett was referring to.

Democratic U.S. Senator Adam Schiff from California, who appeared after Hassett on ABC, called the adviser's comments "incomprehensible."

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[–] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 52 points 6 days ago (2 children)

While fentanyl is deadly serious, the “crisis” of it flowing over the US border is the made-up emergency on which Trump bases his legitimate authority to levy these tariffs. Without an emergency he would have no legal basis to fuck around like this without violating our trade agreements (which he signed last time around), so it’s part of the narrative, regardless of any amount of truth to it.

The “crisis” will end only when they determine it is no longer useful to pursue these tactics and switch to some other type of fuckery. It’s just as likely that he will declare them resolved as a face-saving measure so he can stop the bleeding at home. Art of the deal!

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

legitimate authority

Yeah, no.

[–] sloppychops@lemmy.ca 21 points 6 days ago

"Only an idiot could have agreed to these trade deals!"

It's rare, but occasionally he'll truth shart.

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 39 points 6 days ago

"It'll be gone by April!" - Trump on COVID

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 34 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The dispute isn't about fentanyl. It's obvious through basic scrutiny of the argument and by Trump's actions. Stop entertaining that blatant lie.

[–] docus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 6 days ago (2 children)

There is no fentanyl dispute. Just an unfounded accusation from one side. Just like there was no shouting match in the whitehouse, only one sided shouting. Sick of “journalism”

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I think these people stopped being journalists a while ago. I don't know what service they are performing now.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

I don’t know what service they are performing now.

They are servicing those in power.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 1 points 6 days ago

This is no way means that Trump-favoring media outlets won't simply paint this as an enormous win on both fentanyl and trade to domestic supporters.

[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 24 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They are missing the oblivious solution…if they stop testing for fentanyl, then there won’t be anymore fentanyl deaths. Simple as

[–] painfulasterisk1@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 days ago

... Or add Clorox.

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago

It’d be fucking grand if every trump supporter would OD by the end of March.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Little d talking about fentanyl was nothing but a bullshit excuse to do whatever the fuck he's doing with his market manipulation.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Too late, companies already layer off people and are already shifting to US manufacturers. And so in the coming months and years the price of things will just spiral up to the moon.

[–] CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Can we just lie to them and say we got none to spare. This, solving this "crisis."