Kash Patel Details China Trip Pressuring ‘Number One Adversary,’ New Actions To Ensure Fentanyl Crisis Is ‘Turned Off’

FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo on Sunday the fentanyl crisis facing the U.S. is nearing being “turned off” as President Donald Trump’s administration puts the onus on China, the main source of ingredients used to make the deadly opioid.

Patel discussed his November visit to China on “Sunday Morning Futures With Maria Bartiromo” and stated the Trump administration seeks to end a problem the Biden administration largely ignored. Bartiromo asked Patel what he accomplished during his “one or two-day” trip to Beijing, reportedly becoming the first FBI director in a decade to visit the Communist nation.

“Look, we set this in motion — we under President Trump’s leadership and strong leadership — in engaging President Xi Jinping on the fentanyl crisis,” Patel said. “Let’s just put this in perspective: the prior administration, the Biden administration, allowed hundreds and hundreds of thousands of Americans to be killed by opiates alone. That is a national security crisis of epic proportions.”

“President Trump comes in, engages his counterpart, Xi Jinping, and says, ‘We’ve got to address this.’ Puts Attorney General Pam Bondi and the DOJ in motion, sets up engagements over the last eight-to-nine months and designates the FBI director to go there and make sure this deal is solidified. And that is the reason that I, as the first director in 10 years, landed in Beijing, China,” Patel continued.

“This opioid crisis is going to be turned off. Americans are no longer going to lose their life to manufactured synthesis opioids like fentanyl,” the FBI chief stressed.

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