FBI Director Kash Patel took to the podium Wednesday at the White House briefing room to announce a historic deal with China to strangle the flow of the deadly drug fentanyl into the United States.
How would this be done? For one, if you stop it from ever even being produced in the first place, you obviously cut down on the supply available to smuggle onto our shores.
China and the U.S. are going to work together to stop the "precursors," the director said:
We must attack fentanyl precursors - the ingredients necessary to make this lethal drug.
That was the sole purpose of my trip to China to eliminate these precursors. And if successful, we would suffocate the drug trafficking organization’s ability to manufacture fentanyl in places like Mexico.
This was the first time an FBI director has been to China in over a decade and received the audience with his counterpart to address this matter directly.
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🚨 NEW: Kash Patel announces that China has AGREED to work with the U.S. to stop the precursors used to make fentanyl:
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) November 12, 2025
"Effective immediately, essentially President Trump has shut off the pipeline that creates fentanyl, that kills tens of thousands of Americans." pic.twitter.com/2XshMxXANr
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Patel went on to explain that there are many chemicals and other things needed before you can make the deadly drug, which killed an estimated 72,000 Americans in 2023:
While at Ministry of Public Security Headquarters, I met with my counterpart at MPS [Ministry of Public Security], where the Chinese government agreed on a plan to stop fentanyl precursors.
...The People's Republic of China has fully designated and listed all 13 precursors utilized to make fentanyl. Furthermore, they have agreed to control seven chemical subsidiaries that are also utilized to produce this lethal drug.
Effective immediately, essentially, President Trump has shut off the pipeline that creates fentanyl, that kills tens of thousands of Americans.
With this unprecedented joint effort, Patel said, we can cut off the Mexican cartels from their lethal supply:
These substances are now banned, and they will no longer be utilized by the Mexican drug trafficking organizations or any other DTOs [drug trafficking organizations] around the world to make this drug.
This historic achievement has saved tens of thousands of lives. This historic achievement would not have been possible without the tremendous team of President Trump, the attorney general, the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Ambassador [David] Purdue in China, whose ground level engagements were imperative to achieving this result.
Fentanyl has been absolutely devastating to communities across the country. This is a welcome announcement, and let’s hope China steps up to the plate and delivers.
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