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President Trump has done what too many in Washington only talk about — he put American lives first and hit the drug pipelines that have been poisoning our neighborhoods. Former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson told Jon Glasgow on Newsmax that the president’s strikes make clear the federal government finally sees these cartels as the existential threat they are.
This administration has authorized targeted maritime strikes against vessels alleged to be shipping fentanyl and other deadly narcotics toward our shores, and those actions mark a dramatic shift away from timidity toward decisive enforcement. The president and his team have made it plain that when cartels act like transnational terror networks, we will respond with the force necessary to protect Americans.
Critics in the political class scream about legality while offering no realistic plan to stop the poison pouring across our borders, even after the White House notified Congress that it views the situation as a form of armed conflict with designated narco‑terror organizations. If these criminal enterprises are effectively terrorists who murder Americans by the thousands, then treating them like law‑abiding smugglers was the real dereliction of duty.
Yes, facts matter — and the administration has publicly disclosed multiple strikes in recent weeks that it says have disrupted trafficking routes and eliminated operatives tied to lethal shipments. Lawmakers on both sides have pressed for more transparency about the intel behind the strikes, but Washington’s handwringing is no substitute for action when American children are dying from fentanyl.
Let’s be clear: the real obstructionists aren’t the commanders who protect our citizens, they are the politicians and pundits who excuse cartels because they want open borders and soft enforcement. Every American who values safety and sovereignty should demand that Congress stop grandstanding and instead provide clear authority and resources to finish the mission.
Asa Hutchinson’s sober warning about needing a defined endgame is a fair point, but it doesn’t change the moral calculus — you don’t debate while fentanyl kills. Conservatives should rally behind a strategy that backs our military and law enforcement, secures the border, and dismantles the narco‑networks that fuel violent crime and addiction across this country.
The left and the media can posture and litigate all they want, but hardworking Americans see what’s at stake: their kids, their streets, and their future. Stand with leadership that acts, not with elites who prefer press conferences to protection; the safety of our communities and the rule of law depend on it.
