Liberal news outlet The Washington Post is being mocked online and by the White House for "pathetic" reporting on what the outlet calls a "mysterious" decline in fentanyl flowing across the border. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Fox News)
The Washington Post reports on this decline, stating that U.S. seizures at the southern border are down by almost 30 percent compared with the same period in 2024. The outlet, however, states that the drop "represents something of a mystery."
"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," wrote the Post.
Among the possible reasons listed by the outlet are cartels finding other ways to smuggle the drug into the U.S., cartel internal strife, ingredient shortages and a possible decline in demand.
Though baffled by the reason for the decline, The Washington Post posited that "public health authorities are concerned that the Trump administration’s budget cuts could hurt programs that have promoted overdose antidotes and addiction treatment."
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, May 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Several top White House spokespersons also weighed in. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt simply called the Post "pathetic," and White House Communications Director Steven Cheung said: "They can’t stand that President Trump’s strong border policies have led to a DECREASE in fentanyl coming into the U.S."
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Abigail Jackson, another White House spokeswoman, told Fox News Digital that "the drop in fentanyl seizures at the border is only a mystery to Washington Post reporters suffering from Trump-Derangement Syndrome."
"As of March, fentanyl traffic at the Southern Border had fallen by more than half from the same time last year – while Joe Biden’s open border was still terrorizing America," said Jackson. "Everyone else knows the simple truth: President Trump closed our border to illegal drug traffickers and Americans are safer because of it."
The Washington Post did not immediately respond to a request by Fox News Digital for comment.
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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