President Donald Trump's attorney general, Pam Bondi, made an astonishing claim about the administration's anti-drug trafficking efforts on Tuesday afternoon.
"Today is Fentanyl Awareness day," Bondi posted to X. "In President Trump’s first 100 days we’ve seized over 22 million fentanyl laced pills, saving over 119 Million lives. We are fighting relentlessly for the families of loved ones lost, for those whose lives are at risk, and for the soul of our nation. We will not rest until this poison is off our streets and those peddling it are behind bars. Today I visited a @DEAHQ forensic lab to learn more about how the cartels are quickly making this poison that kills Americans."
Many commenters, however, called out the absurd figure that 119 million American lives — about a third of the entire population — were saved from fentanyl overdoses in 100 days.
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"RIP math" wrote David Burge of @iowahawkblog.
"Over one-third of the population would have died!" wrote blogger Bob Seawright.
"Wow, they prevented 1/3 of the country from OD’ing," wrote Robert Hirschfield, director of water policy for the Illinois-based Prairie Rivers Network.
"Wow. If it were not for President Trump, 1/3 of the US population would have died in the last 100 days," wrote George Mason University economics professor Alex Tabarrok.
"Apparently 1-in-3 Americans would have suffered fentanyl-related deaths in the last 100 days (from each taking one fifth of a pill) if not for the Attorney General's innumeracy," wrote University of Michigan economics professor Justin Wolfers.
"By the end of 2025, Donald Trump will have saved every American. Thank you, Mr. President!" wrote University of Toronto assistant political science professor Connor Ewing.
"Let me get this straight: You think 1/3 of the American public would have died as a result of one pile of drugs?" wrote Words & Numbers co-host James Harrigan. "Would the capture of 66m pills save the entire country from certain death? Are you dumb enough to buy this, @AGPamBondi ? Or do you just hope your followers are?"
