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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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[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

300 million is 88% of the current US population

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

From the article:

The U.S. Census Bureau reported there were roughly 340 million people in the U.S. in 2024, which would have meant that more than two-thirds of the country's population would have died if the president were correct.

"More than two-thirds" is such a stupid understatement of 88%. It's also more than three-fourths, and four-fifths, and five-sixths, and six-sevenths, and seven-eighths. He thinks almost 8 people for every 9 people in the US died last year, just from drugs. The man is senile.