Trump under fire for ‘gutting’ law targeting drug cartels while maintaining fentanyl’s behind Canada tariffs [Video]

The law was hailed as a historic step in the right direction — the culmination of more than a decade of work between Republicans and Democrats in Washington to crack down on dirty money.

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) targeted drug cartels and other dangerous criminals who use shadowy shell companies to move their ill-gotten gains. The bipartisan law, enacted in 2021 at the end of Donald Trump’s first term as U.S. president, was seen as a much-needed reform to America’s ability to fight financial crime.

But four years later, and now back in office, Trump has sharply narrowed the law’s reach, all while using fentanyl trafficking as a justification for a potentially devastating trade war against Canada. 

“The fact that in the same month where the White House will declare a maximum effort fight against fentanyl that involves tariffs on Canada and Mexico for this purpose, that they will also put …