Donald Trump calls for death penalty to 'get tough' on drug pushers

"Toughness is the thing that they most fear."

Donald Trump calls for death penalty to 'get tough' on drug pushers

Donald Trump has called for stiffer penalties for drug traffickers, including embracing a tactic employed by some of the global strongmen he admires: the death penalty.

"Toughness is the thing that they most fear," the president said as he unveiled a long-awaited plan to combat the national scourge of opioid drug addiction.

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