He probably cares more about his state than Newsom cares about his. Why are you ranting?
It’s probably easy to advise other states when you live in nanoscopic wealthy states populated by the highest intelligence in the country who can afford to offer the best education, technology, healthcare, security and highways. Go live in a poor state and then send forth your highly anticipated instruction.
That claim (overdoses “dropping off a cliff” because Trump’s anti-smuggling boat actions) is not supported by data or independent fact checks.
What the data shows:
Overdose deaths in the U.S. have declined recently compared to peak years (~2022–2023), with CDC provisional data showing lower annual totals in recent reporting periods. (Wikipedia)
The decline began before the Trump administration’s boat-strike campaign and is linked to public health efforts (naloxone distribution, harm reduction) and broader trends. (FactCheck.org)
What fact-checkers say:
Claims tying military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling vessels to huge numbers of prevented overdose deaths are widely debunked as unsupported and mathematically baseless. Experts say there is no credible evidence that each strike “saves” tens of thousands of lives or that boat strikes are a major driver of the drop. (PolitiFact)
The boats targeted off Venezuela and in the Caribbean/Pacific were not shown to be carrying drugs, and Venezuela is not a major direct source of fentanyl entering the U.S. (PolitiFact)
Additional context:
Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are the main drivers of U.S. overdose deaths, and most illicit fentanyl enters via the U.S.–Mexico border through legal ports of entry, not small smuggling boats. (American Immigration Council)
Conclusion:
Overdose deaths have declined from their recent peak, but not in a way that can reasonably be attributed to Trump’s anti-smuggling boat strikes, and the specific claim that they “dropped off a cliff” because of that action is misleading at best.