Trump Claims 300 Million People Died of Drug Overdoses Last Year. There Were Only 62 Million Deaths Globally in 2024

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Robyn 11 points a year ago

That’s like 85% of the US population... Well that caught me off guard, like that claim is beyond stupid. I almost feel embarrassed that I needed to double check the population stats. How can anybody take anything he says seriously?

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Archangel1313 8 points a year ago

Yeah. It's more than all the adults in the country.

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lost_faith 2 points a year ago

Your population is now only 2.x million more than Canada, if we were to believe this, ehem, person

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