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Back in the United States, the response has been mixed. Some lawmakers, particularly from the Republican side, have voiced support for the administration's aggressive posture. Republican Senator Dave McCormack of Pennsylvania, a Trump ally, appeared on Fox News Sunday to justify the military and diplomatic escalations. He emphasized the severity of the fentanyl and opioid crisis, which killed approximately 100,000 Americans last year—more than the combined American casualties in eight years of the Vietnam War.