LOADING ERROR LOADINGPresident Donald Trump doubled down Monday on his hope to illegally send U.S. citizens to a brutal prison in El Salvador, telling reporters he’s “all for it.”“You mentioned that you’re open to deporting individuals that aren’t foreign aliens to El Salvador,” a reporter noted during a bilateral Oval Office meeting between Trump and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. We have bad ones, too.”Trump previously suggested that people who vandalize Teslas as a protest against the company’s billionaire CEO Elon Musk should also be sent to El Salvador. The 43-year-old leader, who has proudly described himself as the “world’s coolest dictator,” thrust El Salvador into the center of a human rights crisis upon embarking an his aggressive crackdown against crime in 2022. Last Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump is exploring legal pathways that would enable him to “deport” U.S. citizens to El Salvador. Support HuffPost Already contributed?

Source: Huffington Post April 15, 2025 09:36 UTC