"According to Trump, Maduro was responsible for trafficking colossal amounts of deadly and illicit drugs and fueled the overdose deaths of countless Americans. Critics have pushed back on this, arguing even Drug Enforcement Administration data shows virtually no fentanyl comes from Venezuela and very little cocaine comes in compared to Mexico, a country where a large percentage of fentanyl does come from."
"Rogan agreed and argued that if fentanyl was the real reason behind targeting Venezuela, then Trump's administration would have set its sights on Mexico instead. Yeah, if we were really interested, we'd be attacking Mexico, Rogan said. Well, they want to do that next. They want to bomb Mexico, Paul responded. Do you think this is sort of a predicate where they're trying to set that up? Rogan asked."
Sen. Rand Paul criticized U.S. strikes on Venezuelan boats alleged to carry fentanyl and called the rationale misleading. Paul asserted that no fentanyl comes from Venezuela. Critics pointed to Drug Enforcement Administration data showing virtually no fentanyl originating in Venezuela and relatively little cocaine compared with Mexico. Joe Rogan agreed and suggested that if fentanyl were the true motive, the administration would target Mexico instead. Paul warned that the administration might try to set up a pretext to attack Mexico. Nicolás Maduro was indicted in 2020 on drug charges and was transported to New York on narco-terrorism charges.
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