The deal delivered real results, allowing the Trump administration to successfully remove hardened gang members and violent criminals from American streets, including MS-13 leaders who terrorized communities and Venezuelan gang members who threatened public safety. This diplomatic breakthrough allows the U.S. to send the most despicable criminals far from America's borders while El Salvador provides secure detention facilities, proving that the Trump administration delivers on its promise to protect American families from foreign criminal gangs.
The Trump administration's deal with El Salvador represents a dangerous betrayal of American law enforcement and national security. Marco Rubio promised to hand over protected U.S. informants to a foreign dictator, undermining years of critical MS-13 investigations and destroying the credibility of federal prosecutors who rely on informant cooperation. This reckless diplomacy sacrifices the safety of those who risked their lives to help American authorities, all to enable Trump's mass deportation agenda and protect Bukele's authoritarian image.
There is a 7 percent chance, that Nayib Bukele will rule El Salvador for Life, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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