You Don't Hate the Media Enough: WaPo Can't Figure Out 'Mysterious Drop' in Fentanyl Seizures

Arguably the greatest success of Donald Trump's second term as president thus far is how he has made the U.S.'s southern border far more secure, with massive 80 to 90 percent drops in border encounters and apprehensions of illegal aliens.

This president's border security record stands out as a stark improvement over that of his predecessor, President Joe Biden.

Along with this stronger border security, one would expect illegal activity like drug smuggling, particularly fentanyl trafficking, to go down.

And it has. Drastically.

Which is something the Washington Post just can't figure out.

This is a real first paragraph from The Washington Post, "After years of confiscating rising amounts of fentanyl, the opioid that has fueled the most lethal drug epidemic in American history, U.S. officials are confronting a new and puzzling reality at the Mexican border."

"Fentanyl seizures are plummeting," a confused WaPo noted.

MAYBE it's because we finally have a president who believes in not having a broken border?

More from the Post, "The phenomenon has received little notice in Washington, where the Trump administration has made fentanyl-trafficking cartels a national-security priority. 'Narcotics of all kinds are pouring across our borders,' said a White House statement in March, announcing stiff tariffs on Mexico and Canada."

The story continued (emphasis added), "New data suggest a more complex story. The U.S. government’s average monthly seizures of fentanyl at the Mexican border have dropped by more than half — from 1,700 pounds in 2024, to 746 pounds this year, according to Customs and Border Protection data."

How MYSTERIOUS!

The story would add, "The decline is occurring even as the Trump administration has deployed thousands of troops to the border and expanded drone flights. With more boots on the ground, you’d think seizures would go up — not down."

Maybe people are trying to smuggle less because they are now more afraid of getting caught?

Due to Trump's policies?

Not that The Washington Post could ever bring themselves to say this.

This is not a serious newspaper.

None of this is hard to understand. President Donald Trump is doing his job on national security, something President Joe Biden refused to do.

It is not a mystery. Remotely.

Unless you're The Washington Post.