Has Donald Trump ever been accused of possessing or using cocaine?

1. No reporting in these sources accuses Trump personally of cocaine use

None of the documents in the provided set allege that Donald Trump personally possessed or used cocaine; they describe his public statements about foreign drug production, military strikes on alleged narco boats, and his pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted in a U.S. court for conspiring to import tons of cocaine ^{[1] [2] [3]}.

2. What the sources do document about drugs and Trump’s actions

The articles show Trump publicly accusing foreign countries — notably Colombia and Venezuela — of producing and sending cocaine to the United States and saying that countries trafficking drugs “could be attacked” ^{[1] [4]}. They also record that Trump has ordered or supported strikes on vessels alleged to be drug-smuggling boats, operations that have killed people and drawn congressional and international scrutiny ^{[1] [5] [6]}.

3. Pardon of a convicted cocaine trafficker complicates the narrative

Multiple outlets report that Trump pardoned former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was sentenced to 45 years in prison after U.S. prosecutors said he conspired to import hundreds of tons of cocaine into the United States; that pardon has triggered criticism and questions about hypocrisy given the administration’s public anti-drug posture ^{[2] [3] [7]}.

4. Media and opinion pieces raise projection and political interpretation, not criminal allegations about Trump

Opinion and analysis pieces in the selection discuss Trump’s rhetoric and behavior through lenses such as projection or political maneuvering; they do not present independent accusations that Trump used cocaine ^{[8] [7]}. Those pieces link his public statements and legal history to broader political strategies rather than to direct drug-use allegations ^[8].

5. Investigations and legal scrutiny in these sources focus on policy and military tactics, not personal drug accusations

Where the reporting notes official scrutiny — congressional inquiries into lethal strikes on alleged drug boats and human-rights complaints — that scrutiny addresses the administration’s military and legal conduct, not any allegation that Trump personally used or possessed cocaine ^{[5] [6]}.

6. What reporters and critics say about inconsistency and hypocrisy

Several outlets frame Trump’s actions — building up forces in the Caribbean, striking alleged narco boats, then pardoning a convicted trafficker — as contradictory or hypocritical, a theme used to question the motives and political messaging of his administration ^{[3] [7] [6]}.

7. Limits of the available reporting and next steps for verification

Available sources do not mention any investigation, charge, or credible allegation that Trump personally possessed or used cocaine; they also do not include comprehensive historical summaries about every past rumor or claim. To establish whether any credible allegation exists beyond these reports would require additional sourcing not provided here — court records, direct investigative reporting, or statements from authorities — none of which appear in the supplied set (not found in current reporting).

8. Why this distinction matters for public understanding

Conflating policy statements, pardons, or rhetorical accusations about foreign drug producers with a personal accusation of cocaine use would be a category error: the cited articles frame Trump as a policymaker and media personality engaged in aggressive rhetoric and contested military tactics, not as the target of drug-use allegations ^{[1] [5] [3]}. Readers should distinguish between actions aimed at others (strikes, pardons, rhetoric) and personal criminal accusations; the supplied reporting documents the former, not the latter.

If you want, I can search beyond these sources for any historical claims or rumors alleging Trump used or possessed cocaine and report back with citations.