Kash Patel says China agreed to stop production of fentanyl ingredients

“Precursors are what makes up fentanyl,” Patel said during a briefing at the White House, adding that China “has officially designated and listed all 13 precursors used to make fentanyl.” “While we … have been fighting hard to seize and stop drug traffickers, we must attack fentanyl precursors, the ingredients necessary to make this lethal drug,” Patel said, alluding to the War Department’s recent and increasingly more frequent airstrikes on Venezuelan drug boats in the Caribbean Sea outside of Trinidad and Tobago. The White House announcement followed a New York Times report earlier this week that revealed that Beijing tightened…