Better than anyone · Between terms · № 44
'Perhaps nobody is more aware of the drug problem' than he is
“Perhaps nobody is more aware of the drug problem in our country than I am. I worked very hard on it for four years plus.”
- Said
- , America First Policy Institute event, Las Vegas
- Subject
- the drug problem
- Topic
- Health care
- Era
- Between terms
What the record showed
In the same speech Trump claimed 'We got drug use down 18% in the White House.' CDC provisional data show U.S. drug-overdose deaths peaked at roughly 111,000 in a 12-month period spanning 2022-2023, after rising through his first term; the CDC updates the provisional counts monthly. The speech offered no source for the 18 percent figure.