Trump Dreams of a Swifter Death Penalty
In recent speeches, the former president has been praising China’s approach to criminal justice.
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During a recent campaign event in Phoenix, Arizona, Donald Trump . “We’ve never had [such] massive amounts of drugs pouring into our country,” he said. “And by the way, you’ll never solve the problem without the death penalty.” Trump also said he had made a deal with Xi Jinping prior to the end of his term that would have seen China executing anyone found to be manufacturing fentanyl for sale in America, though the only verifiable fact related to this claim is that China cracked down on fentanyl sales to America under pressure from the Trump
