"The flow of deadly fentanyl across our border is down by a record 56 percent in one year," President Donald Trump bragged during his State of the Union address on Tuesday night. That claim is puzzling for several reasons.
First of all, Trump does not actually know how much illicit fentanyl entered the country in 2024 or 2025. Since black markets are inherently difficult to track, the government cannot accurately measure such quantities.
