Turkish student at Tufts sent back home after writing anti-Semitic op-ed

Enjoy your life in Turkey, Rumeysa

Turkish Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was held in ICE detention last year after her visa was revoked over alleged “activities in support of Hamas,” has returned home to Turkey following a legal settlement with the United States.The State Department canceled Ozturk’s student visa in 2024 after she co-authored an op-ed in her college newspaper calling on Tufts to recognize the “Palestinian genocide” and to divest from companies with ties to Israel.

In March 2025, ICE agents arrested Ozturk while walking on a street in Somerville, MA. She spent six weeks in federal custody before a judge ordered her release.

The government appealed the decision, but the case ultimately ended in a settlement after Ozturk completed her PhD in child study and human development.

Under the agreement, Ozturk returned to Turkey “without further interference by the Department of Homeland Security,” according to the ACLU.

“The time stolen from me by the U.S. government belongs not just to me, but to the children and youth I have dedicated my life to advocating for,” she said in a statement released by the ACLU. “With them in mind, I am choosing to return home as planned to continue my career as a woman scholar without losing more time to the state-imposed violence and hostility I have experienced in the United States all for nothing more than co-signing an op-ed advocating for Palestinian rights.”The resolution is welcome news to the Trump administration, which has taken a more aggressive approach toward foreign students involved in anti-Israel activism.

“Attending elite colleges and universities in the United States is a privilege afforded to foreign students who respect our values and follow our laws,” a Justice Department official said in a statement to Politico. “We will continue to seek the deportation of any foreign student who abuses their opportunity to study in America by engaging in vile antisemitism, harassment, or other illegal behavior.”

Ozturk’s detention became a flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts and emphasis on stopping antisemitism on college campuses.

Esha Bhandari, director of the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, accused the government of violating the Constitution.

“Rumeysa should never have been detained for expressing her opinions in a country that is supposed to protect freedom of speech,” Bhandari said.

As of early 2026, the State Department has revoked more than 100,000 visas, including roughly 8,000 student visas.In a separate case, Mahmoud Khalil, a Syrian green card holder who led anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, recently lost a bid to have his deportation case thrown out.

“The bottom line is if you come here to stir up trouble on our campuses, we will deny you a visa,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last year. “These kids pay money to go to school, and they have to walk through a bunch of lunatics who are here on student visas.”

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Cuba is on deck and Trump's got the ball and into the wind-up

President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have made no secret of the fact that Cuba is next. We already removed Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is gone, along with most of his rotten regime. Now the focus shifts to the last stubborn communist holdout in the hemisphere.

Even the aging dinosaurs still clinging to power on that island, long after Fidel shuffled off this mortal coil, are starting to rattle their sabers. Cuba's president felt the need to puff out his chest and declare he's "not afraid" of the United States. He has to say that, of course. It's the party line. But anyone who's visited Cuba knows the place feels like a time capsule frozen in the 1950s, and most ordinary Cubans understand the truth: they would be overwhelmed quickly if it came down to it.

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Pentagon had a contingency plan called Operation Ortsac—Castro spelled backward—for a full-scale invasion if things escalated and the Soviet missiles needed to be ripped out by force. It's not officially back on the books, but according to USA Today, military planning is quietly heating up anyway:

"Military planning for a possible Pentagon-led operation in Cuba is quietly ramping up, in case President Donald Trump gives an order to intervene there, USA TODAY has learned."The report cites two sources familiar with the directives who spoke on condition of anonymity. These moves mark an escalation of tensions that kicked off in January when the Trump administration curbed oil shipments to Cuba as part of a deliberate campaign to force sweeping political changes on the communist-run island.

The piece adds that the U.S. and Cuba have acknowledged they're in the early stages of trying to find some off-ramp from the crisis, though it's anyone's guess how much real compromise either side is willing to offer. Back in March, USA Today itself reported the two countries were in discussions that could have led to a "historic economic deal" to thaw relations.

Translation: the old guard in Havana can bluster all they want about dying for the revolution and giving their lives for the cause. Brave words from men who’ve spent decades presiding over poverty, blackouts, and repression while the Cuban people suffer. But after watching Maduro get yanked and Khamenei’s regime crumble, the message from Washington is crystal clear. The era of tolerating these backward communist fossils on America's doorstep is rapidly coming to an end—and the clock is ticking.

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Sec. of State Rubio says he'll terminate green cards of 3 Iranian nationals connected to "Screaming Mary"

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Saturday the termination of the green cards of three Iranian nationals who are connected to an infamous propagandist, known as “Screaming Mary.”

 
Masoumeh Ebtekar was given that nickname because she was the primary English-language spokesperson for the Iranian students who stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979. Over 50 Americans were held hostage for 444 days. During the crisis, Ebtekar frequently justified their captivity and denounced the United States.

Her son, Seyed Eissa Hashemi, and his family entered the U.S. in 2014 with visas approved by the Barack Hussein Obama administration. Two years later, they were granted lawful permanent resident status. Rubio revoked that protection this week based on their ties to the Islamic regime.

Hashemi, Maryam Tahmasebi, and their son were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and are now awaiting deportation.

“Her family should never have been allowed to benefit from the extraordinary privilege of living in our country,” Rubio said of Ebtekar on Saturday. “America can never become home for anti-American terrorists or their families — and under the Trump Administration, it never will.”

The move comes one week after Rubio terminated the legal status of the niece and grandniece of former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Major General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed by a U.S. drone strike in 2020. Like Hashemi and his family, Hamideh Afshar Soleimani and her daughter were placed in ICE custody for their pending removal from the country.

Rubio also rescinded the legal status of the daughter of Ali Larijani, the late secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, and her husband. Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani and Seyed Kalantar Motamedi were both deported and are barred from future entry.

In a press release issued Saturday, the State Department briefly explained how Ebtekar coerced American hostages into speaking positively about their treatment when, in fact, it was quite painful. The department said they were “held in solitary confinement, blindfolded and starved, and subjected to physical and psychological terror, including beatings and mock executions.”

Ebtekar later rose in the ranks of the Iranian government, becoming the country’s environmental head twice and serving as a vice president from 2017 to 2021. She is not currently holding a top government position.

Tensions between the U.S. and Iran are high as a tentative two-week ceasefire remains in effect.Vice President JD Vance, who described the truce as “fragile” earlier this week, is presently leading a U.S. delegation to negotiate peace with Iranian officials in Pakistan.

The peace talks come at the six-week mark for Operation Epic Fury, which is on hold for now. The Trump administration has repeatedly touted the operation as a success, having destroyed much of Iran’s military capabilities in just over five weeks.

This is not mercy mistaken for weakness. It is the overdue application of a simple principle: the United States owes no sanctuary to those who have celebrated its humiliation or served regimes that seek its destruction. For decades, the West indulged the fantasy that opening its doors to the families of its enemies would somehow moderate them or signal moral superiority. Instead, it only advertised vulnerability.

Rubio’s decisions, and the broader actions of the Trump administration, mark a return to realism. America is not a hotel for the relatives of hostage-takers, propagandists, and architects of terror. It is a country with the right, and now apparently the will, to decide who belongs in it and who does not. The age of automatic privilege for the ideological offspring of America’s adversaries appears, at last, to be closing.

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Trump thinking about leaving NATO: sees it as "paper tiger"

Signaling a seismic shift in the post-World War II global order, President Donald Trump said he is “strongly considering” withdrawing the United States from NATO, delivering one of his clearest warnings that Washington may no longer be willing to underwrite European security without reciprocal support. If this comes to pass, this will render NATO impotent.

Delivered in a characteristically blunt interview with The Telegraph, Trump argued the alliance has become a “one-way street,” with the United States expected to defend Europe while allies decline to support American operations.

The catalyst for this potential divorce is the refusal of European allies to support the U.S.-led effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for 20 percent of the world’s oil, which has been temporarily shuttered by Tehran.

Asked whether he would reconsider U.S. membership after the war with Iran is over, Trump did not hedge.

“Oh yes, I would say beyond reconsideration,” he said. “I was never swayed by NATO. I always knew they were a paper tiger, and Putin knows that too, by the way.”

Trump pointed directly to European reluctance to support efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for 20 percent of the world’s oil that has been shuttered by Iran, as evidence that the alliance is failing. He noted that while the United States has “automatically” stood by Europe, including in non-member states like Ukraine, the favor has not been returned.

“They weren’t there for us,” Trump remarked, specifically lambasting UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for a lack of naval support.

Senior administration officials are now echoing the president’s frustration.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that continued U.S. participation in NATO cannot be taken for granted if allies expect protection while limiting American military flexibility.

“If NATO is just about us defending Europe if they’re attacked but then denying us basing rights when we need them, that’s not a very good arrangement,” Rubio said.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth went further, arguing the war has exposed a fundamental imbalance.

“You don’t have much of an alliance if you have countries that are not willing to stand with you when you need them,” Hegseth stated.

The statements point to a hardening of the administration’s NATO stance. Sources suggest the White House is eyeing a model that would block delinquent or uncooperative members from decision-making and is revisiting plans to withdraw troops from Germany.

As the U.S. and Israel continue air strikes against Iran’s nuclear program, the message from Washington is clear: the era of the American “blank check” for European security is over. If NATO will not serve as a platform for mutual security, President Trump appears ready to walk away from the table entirely.

This move seems to be a long time coming. The U.S. has always carried most of the financial burden for NATO, and even when Trump demanded they pay their share, the treaty nations always got a bargain price for membership compared to the United States.

According to Grok: 

In absolute dollar terms (total defense spending, which funds NATO's real strength): The United States dominates, spending an estimated $980 billion in 2025 — about 62% of all NATO defense spending combined (total NATO ~$1.59 trillion).

Next are Germany ($94 billion) and the UK ($91 billion). All other members are far behind.

I suspect NATO members are quivering in their boots when considering the global implications.

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Cuba readies for possible U.S. military action

If a country could be symbolized in the form of a person, Cuba would be Sarah McBride, and the United States of America would be the late, great Chuck Norris when comparing the two nations.

Cuba is supposedly "preparing" for military conflict with the United States, according to their top diplomat on "Meet the Press." Now let's get real here guys, this is classic commie theater from the Cuban regime, and it's about as believable as a Biden family influence-peddling story because Cuba is a country running on fumes, blackouts, and Venezuelan handouts that, for some reason [Trump] has been cut off.

“Our military is always prepared, and in fact it is preparing these days for the possibility of military aggression,” Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío said with a straight face in an interview on “Meet the Press.” 

“We would be naïve” not to consider the possibility, he added, while insisting that Havana “truly hope[s] that it doesn’t occur” and sees “no justification whatsoever” for conflict.

Oh, please, spare us the victim routine. This comes right after President Trump laid it out plain and simple. He said he would have the “honor” of  “taking Cuba in some form . . .  Free it. Take it. I think I could do anything I want with it.” 

Boom! Straight talk. 

And Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been crystal clear too, warning that those in power in Havana “don’t know how to fix” the country’s mounting crises. Because they don't. They're communists. Fixing things isn't in the playbook. It just makes those at the top richer and the rest of the country equally poor.

Fernández de Cossío dismissed those remarks, insisting that regime change is “absolutely” not up for discussion. “The Cuban political system is not up for negotiation,” he said. “Cuba is a sovereign country . . . and would not accept becoming a dependent state of any other power.

”Sovereign? Sure, if by sovereign you mean propped up by oil from a collapsing Venezuela and now scrambling because the U.S. is finally choking off the fuel lifeline. The Trump administration is playing hardball, threatening penalties on any country exporting oil to Cuba, which the regime calls a “very severe” blockade.

“What’s happening today is that the U.S. is threatening . . .  any country that might export fuel to Cuba,” Fernández de Cossío said, arguing the pressure campaign “cannot be sustained forever.”

Can't be sustained forever is a joke. Dude, your blackouts and grid collapses are happening right now. Hospitals straining, food distribution breaking down, people in the dark, literally. And let's not forget the U.S. military operation that nabbed Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, your BFF and sugar daddy for oil. That lifeline's gone, and now you're crying foul.

Despite the tough talk, both sides admit there's still some chatter going on. Fernández de Cossío confirmed that Cuban and U.S. officials remain in dialogue on certain bilateral issues, though he stressed that core political questions such as leadership and single-party governance are off the table.

“No sovereign country negotiates its internal political system,” he said. And then he tried flipping the script, criticizing America's two-party system. Nice try, comrade, but last I checked, we have elections, not dictators for life.

While Cuban officials emphasized readiness, they also sought to downplay the likelihood of imminent conflict. “Our country has historically been ready to mobilize . . .  for military aggression,” Fernández de Cossío said. “We truly always see it as something far from us. We don’t believe it is something that is probable.” Still, he reiterated that failing to prepare would be a mistake given current global tensions.

Translation: We're saber-rattling to rally the troops at home while begging behind the scenes not to get steamrolled. Cuba's staring down economic collapse, nationwide blackouts, public frustration boiling over, and the regime still refuses any real change. For now, Havana's trying to play both sides, signaling they want to avoid war but prepping anyway, just in case.

Look, if the Cuban people ever get a real shot at freedom, it'll be because the pressure from Trump and Rubio finally forces the issue, not because the regime suddenly grows a conscience. Until then, this is just more bluster, shoulder-rolling and crotch grabbing from a failing dictatorship that's one bad blackout away from imploding. 

Change is coming to Cuba, whether the commies like it or not. Let's go, Brandon, wait, no, let's go, Trump!

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GOP stands with Trump over Senate challenge regarding Operation Epic Fury

Senate Republicans closed ranks on Wednesday, delivering President Trump a solid victory on his use of force against Iran, This came despite the usual lingering questions about America's role in the Middle East mess.

The Senate decisively shot down a resolution from Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) that sought to limit Trump's military actions in Iran. This followed days of speculation about whether any Republicans would break ranks, as some have done in the past, to slap the president on the wrist.

The administration went all-in to rally support for Operation Epic Fury. They held multiple briefings with Congress to lay out the case. It worked, at least for the moment. It convinced some wavering Republicans to stick with continued military action against the regime.

President Donald Trump confirmed the U.S. launched strikes on Iran on Feb. 28, 2026.

Only Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) voted for Kaine's resolution. On the flip side, Sen. Jon Fetterman (D-Pa.) was the lone Democrat to cross over and support the president's position.

Democrats tried to frame Trump's moves as yet another case of him blowing past Congress's authority on military force. They complained about no clear strategy ahead and accused him of breaking another campaign promise.

"It's time for the president to keep promises, not break them," Kaine said ahead of the vote. "That's why I'm so glad that we're going to put everybody on the record … Nobody gets to hide and give the president an easy pass or an end run around the Constitution."

Democrats also hammered the administration for refusing to take ground troops off the table."They refuse to take off the table the insertion of ground troops," said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.). He warned the conflict could balloon beyond air and naval ops. "This is going to make the operations in Libya look like child’s play."

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced a war powers resolution to rein in President Donald Trump's military action in Iran.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), who once backed a similar resolution to curb Trump's war powers in Venezuela, made it clear he opposed this one.

But like before, he noted that any ground operation would need congressional approval."I’ve always said that committing ground troops would be something I think would require immediate congressional authorization, but that doesn’t appear to be on the immediate horizon," Hawley said.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) claimed the administration kept moving the goalposts, which he called proof positive that "a strategy is missing."

Republicans fired back that the president was squarely within his constitutional authority as commander in chief. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) dismissed the War Powers Act as "an unconstitutional shift of authority from the president." He pointed out that Congress can always pull the funding plug if it really disagrees with the action.

"We don’t need 535 commanders in chief," said Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), tearing into the legislation.

There was also clear fatigue in GOP circles over Kaine's habit of repeatedly pushing these congressional power plays in every conflict.

Republicans huddled privately on Tuesday to hash out the strikes and the looming war powers vote. This came ahead of their briefing with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan "Raizin" Caine, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on during a meeting with oil and gas executives in the East Room of the White House, Jan. 9, 2026.

A source familiar with the closed-door session told Fox News Digital that some Republicans who might have been persuadable were fed up with Kaine's nonstop use of the Senate floor to limit Trump's war authorities.

Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) highlighted that this was Kaine’s fifth resolution targeting Trump’s war powers since he returned to office last year. That tally accounts for nearly half of all war powers resolutions in U.S. history.

"These resolutions have been used only 11 times in 50 years," Barrasso said. "The senator from Virginia alone accounts for nearly half of them. Yet Senator Kaine introduced zero war powers resolutions when Barack Obama and Joe Biden were president."

Rubio told reporters after Tuesday's all-senators briefing that the administration had complied with the War Powers Act, even though it views the law as unconstitutional. He added that congressional leaders got notified before the strikes.

Rubio had earlier floated that the U.S. acted in Operation Epic Fury because Israel was set to strike first, though he later dialed that back.

"If you tell the President of the United States that if we don't go first, we're going to have more people killed and more people injured, the president is going to go first," Rubio said. "That's what he did. That's what the president will always do."

Meanwhile, U.S. forces have hammered more than 2,000 targets in Iran so far, zeroing in on the regime’s air defenses and missile stockpiles. Six American service members have been killed in the operation, along with nearly 50 top Iranian leaders.

The Iranian government claims at least 1,045 people have been killed across the country during the campaign.

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Reporter flips 'the bird' at Marco Rubio

Thomas Escritt

They're not supposed to pick sides, are they? The media's sacred duty is impartiality and all that noble nonsense. But let's not kid ourselves; that ship sailed, sank, and got turned into reef long ago. 

They take sides and they don't hide it.

Exhibit A: this Bloomberg reporter, Thomas Escritt, now enjoying his fifteen minutes of viral infamy for all the wrong reasons. Caught on camera flipping off Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest on February 16. 

Classy move in the front row, no less.

It's not exactly breaking news that the establishment press corps is a dumpster fire, but moments like this just add another charming footnote to their obituary. They still haven't figured out what hit them with Donald Trump's rise or the similar populist waves rolling across Europe. They keep wagering that this whole thing is a passing fad, like low-rise jeans or whatever else they missed the memo on.

As an aside, if you're going to throw someone the bird, at least commit to it with some dignity instead of spaz-flailing like a malfunctioning robot. The guy has since locked his X account, which is the modern equivalent of hiding under the desk. 

Will he get fired? Now that would be the real shocker, wouldn't it? Color me skeptical. The media hates us. We don't care.

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Trump Cancels ‘Second Wave Of Attacks’ As Venezuela Frees Political Prisoners Trump is set to meet with American oil companies on Friday.

President Trump just announced that he's canceling the previously expected second wave of attacks on Venezuela. He says it's because they're showing real cooperation, especially with the release of large numbers of political prisoners.

Venezuela is "releasing large numbers of political prisoners as a sign of 'Seeking Peace.'" This is a very important and smart gesture. The U.S.A. and Venezuela are working well together, especially as it pertains to rebuilding, in a much bigger, better, and more modern form, their oil and gas infrastructure. "Because of this cooperation, I have cancelled the previously expected second Wave of Attacks, which looks like it will not be needed, however, all ships will stay in place for safety and security purposes."

Trump posted this early Friday morning on Truth Social, and it's huge. The prisoners to be released reportedly include key opposition figures like Biagio Pilieri, who worked on María Corina Machado's presidential campaign, and Enrique Márquez, the 2024 presidential candidate. Activists and journalists are also among those freed.

"Consider this a gesture by the Bolivarian [Venezuelan] government, which is broadly intended to seek peace," said Jorge Rodríguez, president of the Venezuelan National Assembly.

Trump also made it clear that American energy companies are ready to step up in a big way. He expects at least $100 billion in investments to help rebuild Venezuela's oil industry, and executives from major U.S. oil firms are heading to the White House today for a meeting. A White House official confirmed the session is set for 2:30 local time, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum all in attendance.

"Following the announcement of President Trump's historic energy deal with Venezuela, American oil companies will come to the White House to discuss investment opportunities that will restore Venezuelan oil infrastructure," said White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers. "The American people, energy companies, and the Venezuelan people will all greatly benefit from these new, unprecedented investments in Venezuela’s oil infrastructure thanks to President Trump."

More than a dozen companies are expected, including reps from Chevron, Exxon, ConocoPhillips, Valero, Marathon, and Shell. Trump has said these American companies could get reimbursed by the government for their investments or earn big revenue straight from the oil production.

This is tremendous progress after the recent operation that captured Maduro. We're seeing cooperation, prisoner releases, and massive opportunities for American energy dominance. America First is delivering results!

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Marco obliterates Left's narrative on Venezuela and targets Kamala Hahaharris too

Secretary of State Marco Rubio was all over the Sunday shows this weekend, breaking down the bold U.S. move that snatched illegitimate Venezuelan narco-dictator Nicolas Maduro on Saturday. The guy probably pulled an all-nighter prepping for the op, but he showed up sharp as ever, schooling the media on the facts.

Rubio absolutely torched the tired Democrat talking point on Meet the Press with Kristen Welker, shredding the nonsense that Trump was chasing Venezuelan oil. He turned the tables hard. We don't need their oil one bit. But we're sure not going to sit back while adversaries run the show down there. "Why does China need their oil? Why does Russia need their oil? Why does Iran need their oil?" We're drawing a line: no enemy bases in our backyard.

Rubio hammered home that oil revenues should go to Venezuelans, not line the pockets of Maduro's corrupt crew. That's why over eight million fled the hellhole his regime created, plenty landing right here in America. No way we're letting outsiders from across the globe waltz in and wreck the hemisphere.

Former VP and failed P candidate, Kamala Harris, slammed the whole thing as illegal, all about regime change or grabbing oil.

But Rubio ripped into the Biden-Harris crowd for their hypocrisy. They slapped a $25 million bounty on Maduro's head but never lifted a finger. Now Harris acts shocked there's actually a basis to haul him in?

"In the Biden administration, they had a $25 million reward for [Maduro's] capture," Rubio told NBC News' Kristen Welker Sunday.

"So, we have a reward for his capture, but we’re not going to enforce it?" Rubio asked, incredulously.

Talk is cheap with these folks, but Trump delivers. Rubio nailed it.

Like I said before, Biden and Harris were masters of empty words. Maduro played them like fools, promising fair elections in exchange for sanction relief. 

Guess how that ended? He reneged, clung to power anyway. And did Harris ever crack the code on those "root causes" of migration flooding our borders? Spoiler: Maduro's nightmare regime was a massive one.


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Rubio ties up CBS anchor's brain on Venezuela: "I don't know why that's confusing"

Oh give us a break. CBS News hack Margaret Brennan thought she could spring a gotcha on Secretary of State Marco Rubio, whining about why the Trump administration only nabbed Venezuelan narco-dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife instead of rounding up every last indicted thug in the regime at once. This is the same media crowd that would have screamed bloody murder if we turned Caracas into another endless quagmire.

Rubio, fresh off Sunday shows where he owned the narrative, schooled her like she was an intern. And folks, he was spot on; Marco didn't hold back.

Referencing Maduro's arrest on Saturday, Brennan noted that President Donald Trump's administration had left a number of others, who had also been designated as narco-terrorists, holding power of some sort in the Venezuelan regime.

"The defense minister, who has deep ties to Russia, $15 million price on his head. He is still in place," Brennan said. "I'm confused. Are they still wanted by the United States? Why didn’t you arrest them if you are taking out the narco terrorist regime?"

"You're confused? I don't know why that’s confusing to you. I mean, it's very simple," Rubio pushed back, but Brennan interrupted.

"They're still in power!" she protested.

"You're not going to go in and . . . you’re going to go in and suck up five people?" Rubio’s tone was incredulous. He spoke to her like she just got off the boat from Boatswana, if there even is such a place. "They are already complaining about the one operation! Imagine the howls we would have from everybody else if we actually had to go and stay there four days to capture four other people."

"We got the top priority," Rubio continued. "The number one person on the list was the guy who claimed to be the president of the country that he was not, and he was arrested along with his wife who is also indicted."

"That was a pretty sophisticated and frankly, complicated operation," Rubio said, and Brennan voiced her agreement as he explained, "It is not easy to land helicopters in the middle of the largest military base in the country. The guy lived on a military base. Land within three minutes, kick down his door, grab him, put him in handcuffs, read him his rights, put him in a helicopter and leave the country without losing any American or any American assets."

"That’s not an easy mission and you're asking why didn't we do that in five other places at the same time?” Rubio asked. "I mean, that’s absurd!"

Exactly. 

This was a surgical strike, folks. Delta Force pulled off a flawless op, no American losses, top target in cuffs, and the media's big complaint is why not more? Because that's how you turn a win into Iraq 2.0, you geniuses. Rubio just exposed the absurdity of these armchair warriors who want everything but nothing at the same time. Classic liberal media meltdown. 

Trump gets results, and they can't stand it.

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Judicial Watch a conservative watchdog concerned over Trump's safety after total screwup by Secret Service

US Secret Service Director Sean Curran November 26, 2025.
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The folks at Judicial Watch aren't letting up on the Secret Service, and for good reason, another glaring security failure in September put President Donald Trump dangerously close to a group of radical protesters who somehow knew exactly where he'd be.

Even after two assassination attempts on his life and a shake-up in Secret Service leadership, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton is sounding the alarm on what looks like ongoing incompetence at the agency charged with protecting the president.

"I'm really concerned about the president's safety," Fitton stated.

He pointed out the obvious: President Trump "was almost killed twice, supposedly under the protection of the Secret Service, and then they walked him into a potentially dangerous ambush."

The incident happened during Trump's September 9 visit to Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak and Stone Crab in Washington, D.C., where Code Pink activists managed to get right next to the president's table.

Dining with him were Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.

The protesters booked a nearby table, started shouting their chants, and had to be removed.“These people were allowed to get within arm’s length of the sitting president with knives and who knows what else in the restaurant available to them,” he continued, labeling the incident as an “unbelievable security lapse.”

Judicial Watch has now sued for internal Secret Service records as part of their probe.They're digging into how these protesters got advance word of the president's location and how they were allowed so close—a combination that screams massive risk.

"I can't believe they would let random people sit in that close proximity to them," stated former FBI Assistant Director Chris Swecker. "That's crazy. That's like the days when Abraham Lincoln would ride down Pennsylvania Avenue in his coach and buggy with no protection."

At a time when threats against President Trump remain sky-high, this kind of lapse isn't just embarrassing, it's extremely dangerous. The Secret Service needs to get its act together, and fast.

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Trump Admin's War on Drugs Hits Hard: Another Narco-Terror Boat Blown to Bits as Hegseth Delivers Grim Warning to Cartels

If you're a fentanyl-pushing thug sailing the high seas, you'd better rethink your life choices because the Trump administration isn't playing games. On Thursday, the U.S. military lit up yet another drug-smuggling vessel in the Caribbean with a no-holds-barred kinetic strike, courtesy of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. 

Bahdahbing! goes the dynamite, and three more cartel scumcrumpets are swimming with the fishes.

This marks the 17th such takedown we've seen publicized under President Trump's iron-fisted approach to the border crisis he inherited from the Biden disaster. Most of these hits have been in the Caribbean's international waters, though a few have scorched boats off the Eastern Pacific. It's a message loud and clear: America is done being a doormat for these poison peddling terrorists.

"Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of Defense carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization," Hegseth said. "The vessel was trafficking narcotics in the Caribbean and was struck in international waters. No U.S. forces were harmed in the strike, and three male narco-terrorists, who were aboard the vessel, were killed."

Hegseth dropped a 20-second video clip on X showing the boat chugging along like the little boat that could, until it couldn't. Boom. He skipped naming the exact terrorist outfit behind it, but the point was crystal: these strikes are non-stop until the cartels get the memo.

Hegseth said the strikes will continue until "narco-terrorists" stop "poisoning" Americans. "To all narco-terrorists who threaten our homeland: if you want to stay alive, stop trafficking drugs. If you keep trafficking deadly drugs—we will kill you," Hegseth said.

Tally it up: At least 69 suspected traffickers have met Beelzebub thanks to these Trump-ordered ops. Only three survivors from two boats; one pair shipped back home for prosecution after the admin politely suggested their governments throw the book at them. The rest are simply collateral in the war on the opioid apocalypse that's claimed way too many American lives, to the tune of about 200 a day.

Ahead of the latest hit, Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave the Hill's bigwigs a rundown on Wednesday. Predictably, the Dems whined like it's 2017 all over again, clutching their pearls over "legal authority" while ignoring the body count from their open-borders fiasco."The notion of kinetic strikes without actually interdicting and demonstrating to the American public that these are carrying drugs and [are] full of bad guys, I think, is a huge mistake and undermines the confidence in the administration's actions," said Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA).Oh, please, as if Warner's crew ever cared about "demonstrating" anything beyond virtue-signaling photo ops at the border. Meanwhile, Republicans are all in, because—duh—this is how you actually save lives.

"They've got good legal justification for what they’re doing," said Idaho GOP Senator Jim Risch, the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "The president really ought to be congratulated for saving the lives of young American people. He should be thanked by the many parents who won’t even know that they won’t have to bury kids prematurely. They're doing good work. They're doing it lawfully, and I encourage them to keep it up."

Spot on, Senator. 

The Trump team has bent over backward with at least 13 bipartisan briefings to keep Congress in the loop, because transparency matters when you're dropping truth bombs on terrorists. Expect more fireworks: This admin's locked and loaded, turning the tide on the narco nightmare one explosive reminder at a time. God bless America, and good riddance to the bad guys.

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Foreigners Who Jeered Kirk’s Death Are About to Get a Rude Awakening

The State Department is dropping the hammer, and it's about time. After the cold-blooded assassination of Turning Point USA's Charlie Kirk, some foreign scumwafers thought it was cute to cheer or crack jokes about the young man. Big mistake. They're about to learn you don't mess with America’s heart and soul without consequences.

The day after Kirk's assassination by a leftist creep, Deputy State Department Secretary Christopher Landau laid it out plain and simple: "Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country." 

He added that he was "disgusted to see some on social media praising, rationalizing, or making light of the event, and have directed our consular officials to undertake appropriate action." That's right, mock Charlie's murder, and you're persona non grata.

According to canary cage liner, The New York Times (yeah, I know, even a broken clock is right twice a day), this policy is in full swing. 

For the past two weeks, U.S. officials have been scouring the internet for any foreign fool dumb enough to gloat or giggle over Kirk's killing. They're even crowdsourcing, asking patriots to flag these ass clowns. The punishment? No entry to the land of the free. Period. Dozens are already on the chopping block, including some Brazilian congressman, Mexican talking heads, and a South African so-called journalist, per a State Department official's posts on X.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a man who doesn't suffer fools, put it bluntly: "If you are here on a visa and cheering on the public assassination of a political figure, prepare to be deported. You are not welcome in this country." Period.

This is part of President Trump's no-nonsense campaign to hit back at anyone who dares trivialize or cheer Kirk's murder. You saw it with Disney yanking Jimmy Kimmel's show, although it was short-lived.

Rubio didn't hold back when explaining the policy to reporters. "You’re a foreigner, and you're out here celebrating the assassination of someone who was speaking somewhere," he said. "We don’t want you. Why would we want to give a visa to someone who thinks it's good that someone was murdered in the public square?" He doubled down: "You're out there celebrating the assassination of the people that are inside the country…Then you want to come in. Why would we want anything like that in our country as a tourist?" 

Ricardo Zúñiga, a former State Department bigwig, told The Times that the feds usually focus on sniffing out dangerous visa applicants. But now? They're diving deep into social media, hunting for anyone dumb enough to post their hate. President Trump's executive order makes it crystal clear: foreigners who threaten our "citizens, culture, government, institutions or founding principles" can kiss their travel plans goodbye. 

The State Department's also has its eye on visa applicants spouting anti-Semitic or pro-Hamasshole garbage online. You wanna play that game? You're not stepping foot here.

This is America standing tall, folks. You don't get to spit on our values, cheer a patriot's death, and then waltz in for a vacation. Shape up or stay out. Too bad we couldn't apply this to leftists who live here.

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Canadian PM Carney moves to give Hamas a win in the war against all Jews, starting with Israel

Prime Minister Mark Carney has declared that Canada now recognizes the State of Palestine, a move dressed up in the lofty rhetoric of "self-determination" and "human rights," as if such platitudes could paper over the blood-soaked realities of the Middle East. 

In a statement, which at best can be described as naive, released Sunday, Carney pledged Canada's support for building a "peaceful future" for both Palestine and Israel, invoking the United Nations Charter with the earnestness of a schoolboy reciting a civics lesson. Yet he admitted, with a rare flicker of candor, that this gesture is no magic bullet. 

"Recognising the State of Palestine, led by the Palestinian Authority, empowers those who seek peaceful coexistence and the end of Hamas. This in no way legitimizes terrorism, nor is it any reward for it," he insisted, as though words alone could exorcise the specter of Hamas's horrific barbarism.

Let's be clear: this is a decision steeped in the kind of moral confusion that thrives in the air-conditioned halls of Ottawa. Carney would have us believe that this recognition "in no way compromises Canada's steadfast support for the State of Israel," a state whose security, he concedes, hinges on a "comprehensive two-state solution," an offer refused by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas many times over.

But what is this two-state solution, endlessly invoked like a diplomatic mantra? For years, Canada maintained that recognition of Palestine would come only at the end of negotiations between Palestinian and Israeli leaders. Now, with Hamas's "pervasive threat of terrorism," [read: genocide] Israel's settlements in the West Bank, and what Carney calls "the Israeli government's contribution to the humanitarian disaster in Gaza," that possibility has been "steadily and gravely eroded." 

So, Canada’s response is to reward the Palestinian Authority, a body that has repeatedly shown itself incapable of governing without corruption or complicity in violence, with the laurel of statehood. You know the PA--they have a 'pay to slay' policy that rewards jihadis for killing Jews. If they die in the process, their families collect the blood money.

Carney frames this as part of a "co-ordinated international effort" to preserve the two-state dream, joined by the likes of the United Kingdom and Australia, with more expected to follow at the United Nations General Assembly’s 80th session in New York. One can almost hear the clinking of champagne glasses at this display of multilateral virtue. 

Yet the move has provoked predictable outrage. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called it a boon to Hamas, the scumcrumpets responsible for the October 7, 2023, atrocities, arguing it complicates ceasefire talks and hostage releases. 

Jewish organizations in Canada were no less scathing. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs correctly condemned the decision as "a reward for the October 7 terror attacks." The Association of Families of Canadian citizens murdered by Hamas spoke of "profound grief and outrage," declaring, "Over 700 days ago our loved ones were slaughtered by Hamas, an organization which still controls Gaza, still holds hostages, and still calls for the destruction of Israel. To reward this climate of terror with recognition is not just reckless; it is a betrayal, and kindizes (sic) the lives of hostages still being held in the tunnels of Gaza." B’nai Brith Canada went further, lamenting that Canada has abandoned its legacy of "standing up for what is principled and just." Richard Robertson, their Director of Research and Advocacy, put it bluntly: "The [Palestinian Authority] has shown, time and again, that it cannot be trusted."

And yet, there are those who applaud this diplomatic sleight of hand. The oxymoronically named Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East hailed it as a "real policy victory," though they predictably called for more. One wonders what more they could want; perhaps a ticker-tape parade for Mahmoud Abbas? 

Carney's July announcement promised recognition contingent on the Palestinian Authority meeting certain conditions, including an election in 2026 from which Hamas would be barred. Senior officials, hiding behind anonymity, claim the PA has "doubled down" on these commitments. But forgive the skepticism: the Palestinian Authority, led by the Fatah party, controls only parts of the West Bank, while Hamas rules Gaza with an iron fist, having violently expelled Fatah in 2007. Hamas's response to this diplomatic charade? A flat declaration that it "will not recognize Israel." How consistent and very reassuring.

The broader international context only deepens the absurdity. More than 145 countries already recognize Palestine, and France, Belgium, and Portugal are poised to join the chorus at the UN. This is symbolism masquerading as statecraft, a gesture that will likely provoke the Trump administration, which has already shown its displeasure. President Trump, responding to Carney's initial announcement in July, warned that Canada's move could jeopardize trade deals, promptly slapping 35 percent tariffs on Canadian goods (mercifully, those compliant with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement are exempt). The U.S. also vetoed a UN Security Council resolution last week demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and hostage releases, citing its failure to sufficiently condemn Hamas. Meanwhile, after Rubio revoked visas for Abbas and 80 other Palestinian officials, the UN General Assembly allowed Abbas to address them by video—a fitting metaphor for a leadership that exists more in rhetoric than reality.

Carney's government insists it has been in "regular communication" with Israeli diplomats, though the Prime Minister has never spoken with Benjamin Netanyahu, whose government remains adamantly opposed to a two-state solution. 

Perhaps they couldn't find a time slot between Netanyahu's battles against Hamas and Hezbollah. The Conservative Party of Canada, sensing a political opening, dismissed Carney's move as a distraction from domestic woes, reaffirming their support for "Israel’s right to exist and defend itself, living next to a future demilitarized, terror-free, democratic and peaceful Palestinian State." A noble sentiment, but one wonders how such a state could emerge from the current morass.

In the end, Carney's decision is a triumph of bull pucks over substance, a nod to the progressive pieties of the international community while ignoring the grim realities on the ground. It is the kind of move that feels good in the moment but risks emboldening those who thrive on chaos. As the families of Hamas's victims so poignantly said, "By recognizing a Palestinian state today, Prime Minister Carney emboldens Hamas, legitimizes their barbarism, and sends a devastating message to terror victims everywhere: that their suffering can be brushed aside for political theatre." 

One could not put it better. Canada, once a beacon of moral clarity, now seems content to play the fool in the theater of global diplomacy. It's a good thing that President Trump is keeping the tariff in place with Canada.

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India strikes back on Pakistan after the latter's terror attack

Let us confront the grim spectacle unfolding between India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed adversaries locked in a perilous dance of retaliation and recrimination. 

On Tuesday, India unleashed a barrage of airstrikes across Pakistan and its controlled territories, a move that has sent shockwaves through an already fractious region. The Indian military, with characteristic audacity, claims it targeted nine sites where, as the BBC reports, “terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed.” 

Pakistan, predictably, scoffs at this, asserting that India’s bombs fell not on shadowy terror camps but on civilian soil, claiming the lives of two children, according to its military’s account.

The Indian embassy in Washington, with a tone of righteous indignation, dubs this Operation Sindoor, a direct riposte to a heinous terror attack on April 22 in Jammu & Kashmir that left 26 civilians dead. [A sindoor is the red dot worn by married Indian women and the operation was named to honor the Hindu men who were slaughtered by the Muslim Pakistani terrorists.] 

India points the finger squarely at Pakistan, alleging that some of the terrorists—vile opportunists who singled out Hindus—hailed from across the border. This atrocity, coincidentally or not, erupted as Vice President JD Vance was in India, shaking hands with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a four-day diplomatic jaunt.

What followed was a grimly familiar escalation: cross-border gunfire, the scrapping of a river water-sharing treaty, and a war of words that threatens to spiral into something far deadlier. India’s embassy, in a statement dripping with conviction, declares it has “credible leads, technical inputs, testimony of the survivors and other evidence pointing towards the clear involvement of Pakistan-based terrorists in this attack.” The strikes, it insists, were “focused and precise,” a surgical effort to excise the cancer of terrorism. Yet, in a lamentable but unsurprising twist, India accuses Pakistan of “indulging in denial and making allegations of false flag operations against India” rather than rooting out the terrorist culprits.

And let us not forget, that Pakistan harbored Osama bin Laden, the model terrorist.

India maintains its strikes were a restrained affair, targeting “terror camps” while sparing Pakistani civilians, economy, or military. Pakistan, however, is having none of it. 

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, with the fervor of a man wronged, condemns the “cowardly attack” on five locations within his borders. “This heinous act of aggression will not go unpunished,” he thunders, vowing that “Pakistan reserves the absolute right to respond decisively to this unprovoked Indian attack — a resolute response is already underway.” 

The Pakistani people and their forces, Sharif assures, “are fully prepared to confront and defeat any threat with our strength and determination.” As if to underscore the point, Pakistan claims to have swatted two Indian jets and a drone from the sky, a boast India has yet to dignify with confirmation, per the BBC, but this turned out to be false and the photos they used were from a previous operation. 

And so, the cycle of vengeance churns. Pakistan’s artillery roars across the border into India-administered Kashmir, a retort to what Sharif calls India’s treachery. “The enemy will never be allowed to achieve its malicious aims,” his statement concludes, a rallying cry for a nation on edge.

What is clear, Pakistan has attacked India's civilian population, much like Hamas did in Israel. And India is returning hostilities in a pin-point response, as Israel did with Hamas.

Across the Atlantic, President Trump calls the strikes “a shame.” 

Freshly briefed as he strode into the Oval Office, he muses, “I just hope it ends very quickly.” A sentiment echoed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, doubling as National Security Advisor, who received a briefing from India’s Ajit Doval on Wednesday. 

Rubio, monitoring the crisis with a wary eye, urges a swift de-escalation and pledges to “engage both Indian and Pakistani leadership towards a peaceful resolution.” The United Nations, through a spokesperson for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, wrings its hands, expressing “very concerned” murmurs and pleading for “maximum military restraint,” as the BBC notes.

Here we stand, on the precipice of catastrophe, watching two nations armed to the teeth with nuclear arsenals trade blows and bravado. The stakes could not be higher, nor the margin for error slimmer. One can only hope that cooler heads prevail before rhetoric and rockets ignite a conflagration none can control.

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U.S. extradites "convicted terrorist" who allegedly plotted attacks that killed 6 Americans

The Justice Department just dropped a bombshell: Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a 64-year-old Canadian-Pakistani “convicted terrorist,” got a one-way ticket to India to face the music for his alleged role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people, including six Americans. Yeah, you read that right—166 souls, gone, because of this guy’s twisted playbook.

The DOJ says Rana, who’s been cozying up to the Pakistani terror outfit Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, is staring down 10 criminal charges for helping orchestrate the bloodbath that ripped through Mumbai from November 26-29, 2008. We’re talking coordinated bombings and shootings at restaurants, a Jewish community center, and the iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel—places where people were just living their lives, not signing up for a terrorist’s target practice.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio didn’t mince words: “​​We extradited Tahawwur Hussain Rana to India to face charges for his role in planning the horrific 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. Together, with India, we’ve long sought justice for the 166 people, including 6 Americans, who lost their lives in these attacks. I’m glad that day has come.” 

You can almost hear the gavel slamming in his voice.

Rana’s rap sheet? It’s a doozy: conspiracy, murder, terrorism, and forgery. Sounds like he was aiming for the supervillain merit badge. Prosecutors say he played puppet master to David Coleman Headley, an American who’s already rotting in prison for 35 years for his part in the attacks. 

Rana allegedly set Headley up in Mumbai, using his immigration business as a front to scout soft targets. Oh, and he helped sneak Headley into India with bogus visa papers. Classy move, right?

The two reportedly schemed together in Chicago over two years, hashing out the details like they were planning a demonic bake sale. And this wasn’t Rana’s only rodeo—he already did 14 years in the U.S. for funneling support to Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and plotting to behead Danish newspaper workers. That little scheme, also involving Headley, got shut down before it could go off, thank God.

India’s been itching to get their hands on Rana since 2020, but the feds had to slog through years of court battles. On Monday, the Supreme Court finally told Rana’s lawyers to pound sand, denying his last desperate appeal to dodge extradition. 

Now, he’s India’s problem, and I’m guessing they’re not planning a welcome party.

So here we are, folks—justice delayed but not denied. It’s a grim reminder that evil doesn’t get a free pass forever, even if it hides behind fake visas and Chicago meetups. Let’s raise a glass to the 166 who didn’t deserve this and hope India’s courts bring the hammer down hard.

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Trump has hundreds of Venezuelans deported against court orders

The absurdity of the modern world continues unabated. A plane carrying over 200 Venezuelans, unceremoniously deported by the United States, has touched down in El Salvador. This, we are told, is in apparent defiance of a US judge's order prohibiting the Trump administration from carrying out such an act. 

One can almost hear the collective tut-tutting of the liberal establishment from here.

El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, took to social media to announce the arrival of 238 members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and 23 members of the Mexican gang MS-13 on Sunday morning. Their appearance in this Central American nation came mere hours after a federal judge blocked President Trump from invoking a wartime law dating back to 1798 to justify the deportations. Bukele, with a wry smirk no doubt, later posted: "Oopsie... Too late."

The detainees, Bukele informs us, were promptly whisked away to El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center "for a period of one year" - a stint that is, apparently, "renewable." One wonders if they will ever see the light of day again. "The United States will pay a very low fee for them, but a high one for us," he added, a statement dripping with implication.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed the alleged gang members' arrival and thanked Bukele, dubbing him "the strongest security leader in our region." High praise indeed. Yet hours before, on Saturday evening, US District Judge James Boasberg had ordered a halt to deportations covered by Trump's proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 - a law allowing the government to detain and deport those threatening the nation's safety without due process. After hearing planes with deportees were taking off, Judge Boasberg demanded they be turned back, according to the Washington Post.

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A video accompanying one of Bukele's posts shows lines of shackled individuals, hands and feet bound, escorted by armed officials from the plane. Some are bundled into the back of armored vehicles. In January, Trump signed an executive order declaring Tren de Aragua and MS-13 foreign terrorist organisations. And so the great game of nations continues, with the lives of the wretched caught in the middle.

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