Trump said that 300 million people died due to drugs last year

@NJChicaa (124731)
United States
September 15, 2025 4:39pm CST
Presumably he was referring to Americans as he was attempting to justify a military attack on a fishing boat from Venezuela which killed 11 people. Um the population of the US is 340 million. Have practically all of us died? Even if he was referring to a worldwide number--62 million people died last year and obviously not all from drugs. Of course the internet piled on and mocked his absurd made-up number. It is amazing to me that this lying liar was re-elected. He just makes up statistics about jobs, his approval ratings, the number of votes he received, crime, drugs, etc. What is incredible is that there was a decent percentage of his MAGA cult who heard him spout that number and who just accepted it because Trump said it. No critical thinking skills.
https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/09/trump-makes-a-completely-bonkers-claim-and-everyone-laughs.html
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@Fleura (32567)
• United Kingdom
2h
The even funnier thing is that he thought he could win over Putin, who's an even more brazen, but more accomplished, liar! If there's one thing we have learned recently it is that if you lie often enough, for long enough, you can get away with anything.
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@BarBaraPrz (50350)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
43m
No critical thinking skills needed when you live in an alternate universe...
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