In a stunning and historic breakthrough for national security and public health, FBI Director Kash Patel stood proudly in the White House Press Briefing Room on November 12, 2025, to announce a landmark agreement with China that effectively shuts down the pipeline fueling America’s fentanyl crisis. “The People’s Republic of China has fully designated and listed all 13 precursors utilized to make fentanyl,” Patel declared. “Furthermore, they have agreed to control seven chemical subsidiaries that are also utilized to produce this lethal drug.”
This unprecedented move—achieved only through President Donald J. Trump’s personal diplomacy and relentless commitment to American lives—marks what Patel called “a historic, first-in-its-kind achievement by any president to stop the scourge of fentanyl.” While the liberal media obsesses over partisan gossip and manufactured outrage, President Trump has been hard at work delivering real results that save lives. “Essentially, President Trump has shut off the pipeline that creates fentanyl that kills tens of thousands of Americans,” Patel stated emphatically.
The scale of this victory cannot be overstated. Patel revealed that under President Trump’s leadership, the FBI has already seized 1,900 kilograms of fentanyl in 2025 alone—a 31% increase from the same period last year. “That’s enough fentanyl to kill 127 million Americans,” he warned, underscoring the deadly stakes of this crisis. Yet, instead of merely playing defense, the Trump Administration went on offense—attacking the problem at its source.
Patel emphasized that his recent trip to Beijing was the first by an FBI Director in over a decade, made possible only by President Trump’s direct engagement with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his Asia trip last month. “This was only possible due to President Trump’s historic engagement with President Xi,” Patel affirmed. At the Ministry of Public Security in Beijing, Chinese officials committed to banning the very chemicals that Mexican drug cartels rely on to manufacture fentanyl.
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Contrast this decisive action with the inaction and empty rhetoric of previous administrations—and the current silence from liberal elites who would rather demonize law enforcement than celebrate life-saving victories. Under President Trump, America is not just talking about the fentanyl crisis; it is ending it. The Chinese government’s agreement to ban all 13 precursors and seven key chemical subsidiaries means “these substances are now banned, and they will no longer be utilized by the Mexican drug trafficking organizations.”