• adarza@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    and then they set it all up to look like he’s living in a fucking country club hotel.

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      4 months ago

      Isn’t it just so unashamedly insane? Like, they openly admitted to trying to shape the narrative via obvious exaggerations of comfort. How do you get to the point that your morals allow for this sort of unabashed propaganda?

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        4 months ago

        I’m wondering when it will come out whatever other shady deals Trump had with El Salvador that lead up to this. I don’t think El Salvador was on anyone’s bingo card prior to this.

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    4 months ago

    Of course they are. It’s for the same reason they don’t want Kilmar returning to the US. Once the media puts a mic in his face and he shares the horrors of the cruel and unusual punishment they endure, the ICC will charge Bukele, and SCOTUS will be forced to block future deportations (and payments) under the Eighth Amendment.