US President Donald Trump said Monday he was classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, ramping up his administration’s campaign against drug cartels in Latin America.“No bomb does what this is doing -- 200-300,000 people die every year, that we know of,” Trump said at the signing of an executive order that placed the fentanyl in the same category as nuclear and chemical weapons.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.But contrary to Trump’s claim on fentanyl fatalities, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported an estimated total of about 80,000 overdose deaths in the country in 2024, with some 48,000 of those due to synthetic opioids.The executive order said “illicit fentanyl is closer to a chemical weapon than a narcotic,” and that its manufacture and distribution “threatens our national security and fuels lawlessness in our hemisphere and at our borders.”The fentanyl classification ties in with the Trump