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01-05-2025
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Pam Bondi's Bold Donald Trump Stat Turns Heads, And Not In A Good Way
Critics raised eyebrows — and questions about basic math — after Attorney General Pam Bondi made a dubious claim during a Cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Bondi boasted to Trump that 3,400 kilos of fentanyl had been seized 'since you've been here last 100 days,' and then added: 'which saved — are you ready for this, media? — 258 million lives.' The comment immediately drew attention. This isn't an SNL skit. At a cabinet meeting today, Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed that Donald Trump saved 258 million lives—75% of the U.S. population—in his first 100 days by seizing fentanyl. — Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) April 30, 2025 With the U.S. population currently estimated at 346 million, Bondi appeared to suggest that Trump had saved around 75% of all Americans. Adding to the confusion, Bondi had posted on social media just the day before that the administration had saved 119 million lives — less than half her Wednesday figure. Today is Fentanyl Awareness day. In President Trump's first 100 days we've seized over 22 million fentanyl laced pills, saving over 119 Million lives. We are fighting relentlessly for the families of loved ones lost, for those whose lives are at risk, and for the soul of our… — Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) April 29, 2025 Critics on social media and in the press mocked the shifting numbers and asked how Bondi arrived at such inflated estimates. 'Are you ready for this, media?'Pam Bondi turns to the press and says Trump saved '258 million lives.'That's not a press briefing that's a cult sermon with a camera this rate, they'll credit him for inventing oxygen next. — Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) April 30, 2025 BREAKING: Pam Bondi just claimed that Trump's fentanyl seizures have saved the lives of 75% of the US population, 250 million lives. Do you believe this one too MAGA? — Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) April 30, 2025 Pam Bondi turns to the press, dramatically credits Trump with saving 258 million lives—because, apparently, that's the kind of math we're working with. — The Vivlia (@TVivlia) April 30, 2025 Wait, today Pam Bondi said that 258 million lives or 74% OF THE ENTIRE US POPULATION were saved?Just yesterday she said it was 119 million Bondi is giving RFK Jr. a run for his money with her feats of statistical bullshittery. — Ashley (@ashleydixon) May 1, 2025 AG Pam Bondi claiming they 'saved 258 million American lives' in just 100 days is straight-up are only 340 million people in the entire did they save us from — Thanos?This isn't North Korea-style delusion.#Trump#TrumpTariffs… — OrangeMenace (@WKazingmei) May 1, 2025 pam bondi really expects people to believe that if trump didn't win 250 MILLION Americans would've died???? Do these people hear themselves! — Covie (@covie_93) May 1, 2025 Update: Bondi now says that this number is low, and that in fact they've saved 258 million lives. That's 75% of all Americans. Awesome work, Pam! — James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) April 30, 2025 I don't really know what to say, but within 24 hours of the whole internet making fun of her innumeracy, AG Pam Bondi has doubled down, now stating that she has saved 258 million lives over the past 100 days. — Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) April 30, 2025 Yesterday Pam Bondi claimed Trump saved 119 million she has upped it to 258 million as she yells at the press for not wanting to accept we are in deep trouble. You really can't be on the fence anymore about what we're seeing. — Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) April 30, 2025 Critics Think Trump's 'Brain Is Cooked' After Bonkers Town Hall Tangent Lawrence O'Donnell Drops 'Sopranos'-Style Burn On Trump Critics Stunned By Trump Rally Crowd's 'Sickening' Response To Immigrants Video
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Pam Bondi's Bold Donald Trump Stat Turns Heads, And Not In A Good Way
Critics raised eyebrows — and questions about basic math — after Attorney General Pam Bondi made a dubious claim during a Cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Bondi boasted to Trump that 3,400 kilos of fentanyl had been seized 'since you've been here last 100 days,' and then added: 'which saved — are you ready for this, media? — 258 million lives.' The comment immediately drew attention. This isn't an SNL skit. At a cabinet meeting today, Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed that Donald Trump saved 258 million lives—75% of the U.S. population—in his first 100 days by seizing fentanyl. — Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) April 30, 2025 With the U.S. population currently estimated at 346 million, Bondi appeared to suggest that Trump had saved around 75% of all Americans. Adding to the confusion, Bondi had posted on social media just the day before that the administration had saved 119 million lives — less than half her Wednesday figure. Today is Fentanyl Awareness day. In President Trump's first 100 days we've seized over 22 million fentanyl laced pills, saving over 119 Million lives. We are fighting relentlessly for the families of loved ones lost, for those whose lives are at risk, and for the soul of our… — Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) April 29, 2025 Critics on social media and in the press mocked the shifting numbers and asked how Bondi arrived at such inflated estimates. 'Are you ready for this, media?'Pam Bondi turns to the press and says Trump saved '258 million lives.'That's not a press briefing that's a cult sermon with a camera this rate, they'll credit him for inventing oxygen next. — Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) April 30, 2025 BREAKING: Pam Bondi just claimed that Trump's fentanyl seizures have saved the lives of 75% of the US population, 250 million lives. Do you believe this one too MAGA? — Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) April 30, 2025 Pam Bondi turns to the press, dramatically credits Trump with saving 258 million lives—because, apparently, that's the kind of math we're working with. — The Vivlia (@TVivlia) April 30, 2025 Wait, today Pam Bondi said that 258 million lives or 74% OF THE ENTIRE US POPULATION were saved?Just yesterday she said it was 119 million Bondi is giving RFK Jr. a run for his money with her feats of statistical bullshittery. — Ashley (@ashleydixon) May 1, 2025 AG Pam Bondi claiming they 'saved 258 million American lives' in just 100 days is straight-up are only 340 million people in the entire did they save us from — Thanos?This isn't North Korea-style delusion.#Trump#TrumpTariffs… — OrangeMenace (@WKazingmei) May 1, 2025 pam bondi really expects people to believe that if trump didn't win 250 MILLION Americans would've died???? Do these people hear themselves! — Covie (@covie_93) May 1, 2025 Update: Bondi now says that this number is low, and that in fact they've saved 258 million lives. That's 75% of all Americans. Awesome work, Pam! — James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) April 30, 2025 I don't really know what to say, but within 24 hours of the whole internet making fun of her innumeracy, AG Pam Bondi has doubled down, now stating that she has saved 258 million lives over the past 100 days. — Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) April 30, 2025 Yesterday Pam Bondi claimed Trump saved 119 million she has upped it to 258 million as she yells at the press for not wanting to accept we are in deep trouble. You really can't be on the fence anymore about what we're seeing. — Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) April 30, 2025 Critics Think Trump's 'Brain Is Cooked' After Bonkers Town Hall Tangent Lawrence O'Donnell Drops 'Sopranos'-Style Burn On Trump Critics Stunned By Trump Rally Crowd's 'Sickening' Response To Immigrants Video
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Pam Bondi's Bold Donald Trump Stat Turns Heads, And Not In A Good Way
Critics raised eyebrows — and questions about basic math — after Attorney General Pam Bondi made a dubious claim during a Cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Bondi boasted to Trump that 3,400 kilos of fentanyl had been seized 'since you've been here last 100 days,' and then added: 'which saved — are you ready for this, media? — 258 million lives.' The comment immediately drew attention. This isn't an SNL skit. At a cabinet meeting today, Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed that Donald Trump saved 258 million lives—75% of the U.S. population—in his first 100 days by seizing fentanyl. — Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) April 30, 2025 With the U.S. population currently estimated at 346 million, Bondi appeared to suggest that Trump had saved around 75% of all Americans. Adding to the confusion, Bondi had posted on social media just the day before that the administration had saved 119 million lives — less than half her Wednesday figure. Today is Fentanyl Awareness day. In President Trump's first 100 days we've seized over 22 million fentanyl laced pills, saving over 119 Million lives. We are fighting relentlessly for the families of loved ones lost, for those whose lives are at risk, and for the soul of our… — Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) April 29, 2025 Critics on social media and in the press mocked the shifting numbers and asked how Bondi arrived at such inflated estimates. 'Are you ready for this, media?'Pam Bondi turns to the press and says Trump saved '258 million lives.'That's not a press briefing that's a cult sermon with a camera this rate, they'll credit him for inventing oxygen next. — Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) April 30, 2025 BREAKING: Pam Bondi just claimed that Trump's fentanyl seizures have saved the lives of 75% of the US population, 250 million lives. Do you believe this one too MAGA? — Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) April 30, 2025 Pam Bondi turns to the press, dramatically credits Trump with saving 258 million lives—because, apparently, that's the kind of math we're working with. — The Vivlia (@TVivlia) April 30, 2025 Wait, today Pam Bondi said that 258 million lives or 74% OF THE ENTIRE US POPULATION were saved?Just yesterday she said it was 119 million Bondi is giving RFK Jr. a run for his money with her feats of statistical bullshittery. — Ashley (@ashleydixon) May 1, 2025 AG Pam Bondi claiming they 'saved 258 million American lives' in just 100 days is straight-up are only 340 million people in the entire did they save us from — Thanos?This isn't North Korea-style delusion.#Trump#TrumpTariffs… — OrangeMenace (@WKazingmei) May 1, 2025 pam bondi really expects people to believe that if trump didn't win 250 MILLION Americans would've died???? Do these people hear themselves! — Covie (@covie_93) May 1, 2025 Update: Bondi now says that this number is low, and that in fact they've saved 258 million lives. That's 75% of all Americans. Awesome work, Pam! — James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) April 30, 2025 I don't really know what to say, but within 24 hours of the whole internet making fun of her innumeracy, AG Pam Bondi has doubled down, now stating that she has saved 258 million lives over the past 100 days. — Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) April 30, 2025 Yesterday Pam Bondi claimed Trump saved 119 million she has upped it to 258 million as she yells at the press for not wanting to accept we are in deep trouble. You really can't be on the fence anymore about what we're seeing. — Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) April 30, 2025 Critics Think Trump's 'Brain Is Cooked' After Bonkers Town Hall Tangent Lawrence O'Donnell Drops 'Sopranos'-Style Burn On Trump Critics Stunned By Trump Rally Crowd's 'Sickening' Response To Immigrants Video
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Politics
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Pam Bondi Makes Head-Spinning Claim Trump Saved 258M American Lives
Attorney General Pam Bondi made the head-spinning claim Wednesday that Donald Trump saved 258 million American lives as a result of fentanyl seized at the U.S. border. During a Cabinet meeting, Bondi said that if not for the president, about 75 percent of Americans would be dead. 'Since you have been in office, President Trump, your DOJ agencies have seized more than 22 million fentanyl pills—3,400 kilos of saved—are you ready for this, media?—258 million lives,' Bondi claimed. When asked how the attorney general arrived at that number, the Department of Justice provided a formula to the Daily Beast: 3,400,000 grams of fentanyl multiplied by the 'current purity level' of .1518, divided by .002, the lethal amount per gram. The result: 258,060,000. On Tuesday, Bondi had made a lesser, nine-figure claim about the lives the Trump administration saved by seizing 'fentanyl-laced pills.' 'Today is Fentanyl Awareness day,' the attorney general wrote in a social media post that afternoon. 'In President Trump's first 100 days we've seized over 22 million fentanyl laced pills, saving over 119 Million lives.' Bondi highlighted on Wednesday one recent seizure of 20,000 molly pills laced with fentanyl. 'That's 20,000 lives saved because of you,' she told Trump. This seizure, the DOJ said, was from a Drug Enforcement Agency operation in Los Angeles in February. Bondi's praise for the president at the Cabinet meeting—in which members of the administration took turns flattering the president while seated in front of red 'Gulf of America' hats—went above and beyond. 'Your first 100 days has far exceeded that of any other presidency in this country, ever. Ever. Never seen anything like it. Thank you,' she gushed. Trump's approval rating, though, shows otherwise.
Int'l Business Times
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Int'l Business Times
One Third of Americans' Lives Were Saved by Trump Admin's Fentanyl Seizures, Bondi Claims
Pam Bondi gave a stunning response when questioned on the legality of deporting U.S. citizens. Attorney General Pam Bondi took to social media to claim that fentanyl seizures organized and implemented by the Trump administration saved the lives of about a third of all Americans. Bondi travelled to a Drug Enforcement Administration research lab in northern Virginia on Tuesday to demonstrate the administration's efforts in gathering intelligence which would assist with stopping the supply of the illegal narcotic into the United States. The Attorney General took to X (formerly Twitter) to share her experience with her audience. "Today is Fentanyl Awareness day. In President Trump's first 100 days we've seized over 22 million fentanyl laced pills, saving over 119 Million lives," she began. Today is Fentanyl Awareness day. In President Trump's first 100 days we've seized over 22 million fentanyl laced pills, saving over 119 Million lives. We are fighting relentlessly for the families of loved ones lost, for those whose lives are at risk, and for the soul of our… — Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) April 29, 2025 "We are fighting relentlessly for the families of loved ones lost, for those whose lives are at risk, and for the soul of our nation. We will not rest until this poison is off our streets and those peddling it are behind bars," she continued. "We are fighting relentlessly for the families of loved ones lost, for those whose lives are at risk, and for the soul of our nation. We will not rest until this poison is off our streets and those peddling it are behind bars," she continued. "Today I visited a @DEAHQ forensic lab to learn more about how the cartels are quickly making this poison that kills Americans," she concluded. "We are trying to reverse engineer what the cartels are doing at any given time," senior DEA research chemist David Guthrie told Bondi. "Whenever something new shows up, it's our job to figure out how that got in there. Did they change the recipe? Are they using a new compound?" DEA researchers at the lab showed Bondi how easily cartels could manufacture fentanyl using a pill press that could produce 15,000 pills an hour. "That's how easy it is to kill Americans," Bondi said. However, social media users quickly pointed out that Bondi's claim that fentanyl seizures saved 119 million American lives was far-fetched. "It's hard to describe how stupid you have to be to think (or even say) that seizing a bunch of fentanyl saved 119 million lives," wrote one user. It's hard to describe how stupid you have to be to think (or even say) that seizing a bunch of fentanyl saved 119 million lives. — James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) April 29, 2025 "So if I took one fentanyl pill 6 people would die. Can I pick the six?" wrote another. So if I took one fentanyl pill 6 people would die. Can I pick the six? — Kit Marlowe (@marloweKit) April 30, 2025 "The MAGA claims, while they always did sound ludacris, are becoming more and more desperate. They are on their backfoot, and they know it," said a third. The MAGA claims, while they always did sound ludacris, are becoming more and more desperate. They are on their backfoot, and they know it. — Max (@DLT_Maxi) April 30, 2025 "Imagine if Kamala Harris had announced that in having seized more than 246 million fentanyl-laced pills, the Biden-Harris administration had saved more than 1.3 billion American lives," wrote a fourth. Imagine if Kamala Harris had announced that in having seized more than 246 million fentanyl-laced pills, the Biden-Harris administration had saved more than 1.3 billion American lives. — Amygator 🐊 *not an actual alligator (@AmyA1A) April 30, 2025 How ignorant is this comment? You think 1/3 of this country would suddenly have become addicts and died in the last 100 days??? This administration puts out a lot of stupid shit, but this beats them all. — Proud-Democrat (@ProudDemocrat0) April 30, 2025 Bondi's greatness in logic is only surpassed by her mathematical prowess. — Chris Porter (💙-check) (@ChrisPorter22) April 30, 2025 Yes, because 1/3 of us are exposed to Fentanyl on a daily basis. Good work saving us, Sherlock. How could I have survived otherwise? 🙄😮💨 — TheDreadPop (@TheDreadPop) April 30, 2025 Originally published on Latin Times Attorney general Donald trump © Latin Times. All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.
