President Trump advocates death penalty for drug dealers in US

US President Donald Trump has advocated death penalty for drug dealers. 

Speaking to a crowd of supporters during the election campaign three days before the crucial special election for Congress in Pittsburgh, Mr Trump said, he had been floating the idea of imposing a death penalty on drug dealers by a long discourse where he praised the criminal



justice system in China. 

During his address, he also discussed nuclear arms negotiations with North Korea. 

The event was held to support Republican Rick Saccone who is neck and neck with Democrat Conor Lamb in a congressional district that Trump won by over 20 points in the 2016 elections.