Carter Gives a Full Interview to Lara Trump on the Drug Crisis
July 13, 2026 · Office of National Drug Control Policy · 0:08:07
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What happened
Sara Carter, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, sat down with Lara Trump for what the ONDCP describes as a full, unfiltered interview on the drug crisis in America, published by the ONDCP on July 13, 2026. According to the ONDCP’s description of the conversation, Carter discussed the administration’s drug-control work under President Trump, whose leadership the ONDCP credits with bold action it says is saving lives.
Why it matters
Long-form interviews are where Carter lays out the drug-control strategy in her own words, beyond the short clips the ONDCP channel mostly carries. This July 2026 conversation sits between her spring strategy rollout and the fall fentanyl-progress announcements, and it is the fullest single Carter interview the ONDCP published in that stretch.
Scoreboard watch
This is a candidate item for the scoreboard: Carter’s account of the drug crisis and the administration’s response is the claim set the scoreboard checks against the dated outcome record — overdose and poisoning figures, seizures, and enforcement actions — as those numbers are published.
Sources: Office of National Drug Control Policy, “Director Sara Carter sits down with Lara Trump for a full interview on the drug crisis in America,” published July 13, 2026 (embedded above). Characterizations as stated in the ONDCP’s description of the interview.
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