• gamer@lemm.ee
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    13 days ago

    This makes Bukele complicit in the crimes of the Trump administration, right? Isn’t he worried about the repercussions when the rule of law is restored in the US?

    He is illegally kidnapping and restraining US citizens.

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      13 days ago

      No, he’s not worried. And he has good reason not to be. He knows history. Obama didn’t hold the Bush administration officials responsible for their crimes. In fact, he happily kept using many of those illegal powers himself. And Biden didn’t hold the first Trump administration accountable for their crimes.

      Liberal Democrats have a core character flaw. They don’t like confrontation. It’s the same impulse that causes them to reflexively seek out compromise with Republicans at every turn. They have this narcissistic trait that makes them think they can achieve their place in history by being a grand peacemaker. They always seek reconciliation without accountability.

      I guarantee you, if another centrist Dem manages to win in 2028, their very first official act will be to come before the nation, try to be the grand peacemaker, and announce, “it is time for the nation to move on, all is forgiven!”

      They can’t help themselves. They’re cowards to their core.

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      13 days ago

      He’s perfectly safe. All he did was take a deal for money from the official US government. Another administration can cancel the deal, but no one will seek retribution from him.

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      12 days ago

      This makes Bukele complicit in the crimes of the Trump administration, right?

      The guy that proudly calls himself a dictator? Cooperating with the guy who said he would be “dictator for a day”?

      What an unexpected turn of events…

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      12 days ago

      I agree with you, but he doesn’t have any citizens YET. Abrego Garcia was a legal resident, not a citizen.

      The citizens will begin to be sent to these death camps soon.