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Trump Claims 300 Million People Died of Drug Overdoses Last Year. There Were Only 62 Million Deaths Globally in 2024 (people.com)
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[–] Robyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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?

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

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