Trump used Singaporeās āzero toleranceā drug policy as an example of how the U.S. should be.
President
Donald Trump suggested drug dealers in the United States should face harsher punishments, such as the death penalty or life in prison, during a campaign rally for congressional candidate Rick Saccone in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
āI think itās a discussion we have to start thinking about,ā Trump said during the rally in Moon Township. āI donāt know if weāre ready. I donāt know if this countryās ready for it.ā
Trump suggested the U.S. treat drug dealers in the same way Singapore does. Singapore, he said, has a āzero tolerance policyā when it comes to drugs.
āThat means if we catch a drug dealer, death penalty,ā Trump said of Singapore. āAnd they donāt have a problem.ā
Trumpās remarks this weekend
mirror a speech he made at the White House Opioids Summit last week, when he suggested again that drug dealers should have to face the death penalty.
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Death penalty? Holy shit, is this what America is becoming under Trump?