When it comes to stopping fentanyl production, “no one has bothered to engage China. The Biden administration didn’t even do it,” Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo. Patel recalled his recent trip to China with President Donald Trump, aimed at halting the flow of fentanyl ingredients out of the communist nation. Kash Patel Credits President Trump's 'Brilliant Leadership' for Tackling US Fentanyl Crisis.@FBIDirectorKash joins Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures to discuss the agreement reached with the Chinese government in dealing with fentanyl precursor ingredients, praising President… pic.twitter.com/6AAjnpRw5H— The Daily Signal (@DailySignal) November 16, 2025 “Fentanyl—it’s not like cocaine or marijuana, where it starts naturally in a grow house or a grow facility or grow yards and then is produced into an ultimate chemical and drug. Fentanyl is purely chemically created,” Patel explained. “If you take the ingredients—these precursors that we’re talking about, these chemicals that we’re talking about—and you shut off their flow, then the Mexican drug cartels cannot make it.” “And Biden could have listed one or two or three of the precursors. Zero. Trump got it done, listing all 13 precursors and restricting all seven chemicals, essentially shutting off the pipeline that allows the Mexican drug traffickers to create fentanyl.” Under the Biden administration, the U.S. experienced an overwhelming influx of drugs crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, with reports showing record-high levels of fentanyl overdose deaths. “We went there, and we got the agreement solidified, and it’s already in place. And we’re going to see immediate results in immediate American lives saved by the hundreds of thousands, thanks to President Trump’s brilliant leadership and Attorney General [Pam] Bondi’s care and commitment to this issue,” Patel added. Patel joined White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt last week to discuss the first trip by an FBI director to China in 10 years and the agreement Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have reached in dealing with the fentanyl crisis.“We must attack fentanyl precursors, the ingredients necessary to make this lethal drug. That was the sole purpose of my trip to China to eliminate these precursors, and, if successful, we would suffocate the drug trafficking organization’s ability to manufacture fentanyl in places like Mexico. This was the first time an FBI director has been to China in over a decade and received the audience with his counterpart to address this matter directly,” Patel told the press. “And again, thanks to President Trump’s direct engagement with President Xi, the government of China committed fully to my engagement there on the ground in Beijing at a level never seen before.” The post Trump Will Save Hundreds of Thousands From Fentanyl Crisis Through ‘Brilliant Leadership,’ Kash Patel Says appeared first on The Daily Signal.