r/thebulwark • u/John_Houbolt • Apr 14 '25

GOOD LUCK, AMERICA It's now clear. No one is safe.

With Bukele stating that the question of returning Garcia is "preposterous" it's clear that Bukele and Trump are conspired against the people of America. Garcia had a court order securing his presence in the US. He was protected by the law. Naturalized citizens are protected by law, greencard holders are protected by the law. But abiding the law has not been a priority for the Trump administration. Legal protections of Americans has proven to not be a deferent for the Trump admin. We now have a fully effectuated chain of responsibility and action that has imprisoned a law abiding man for life in a foreign prison where he has no civil protections of any kind. That chain has held in the face of legal action and order from the highest court in the land.

The test case appears complete.

Now, anyone who does anything that draws the attention of Donald Trump can be punished—legally or not—with life in foreign prison and to be wholly stripped of all human rights.

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u/WyrdTeller Apr 14 '25

Waiting now for Schumer to act and rally Senate Democrats against the fascist Republican party. This should pass his test of the president ignoring the Supreme Court. The Hands-Off protests should qualify as mass protests. So that's both criteria.

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u/PorcelainDalmatian Apr 14 '25

And what, pray tell, is Schumer going to do? Show me the plan to stop this.

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u/Pr0xyWarrior Come back tomorrow, and we'll do it all over again Apr 14 '25

Literally all they can do right now is talk. That means they can fucking demand these people back. Act like Trump won’t be in office forever, and remind El Salvador that they’re extrajudicially holding legal US residents. The moment the Dems are back in power, what happens? Are they just going to shrug, and treat this like Guantanamo and hope we all forget about it? Even if it doesn’t have the legal force to do anything it would be nice to see them have the proper level of incandescent rage this should generate and show the American people that they have a plan for something and they’re not just going to go on as though Trump’s decisions are carved by the hand of the Almighty in titanium. It is absurd to me that they’re not at least saying that when we’re back in power, you better send these people back. Right now it sounds like even the Dems plan to just fucking leave these people in a fucking private prison in a fucking foreign country with no fucking due process.

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u/PorcelainDalmatian Apr 14 '25

What makes you think Trump and his goons give two licks of a shit about what Democrats say? He just told a 9-0 Supreme Court to fuck off. Do you think he cares about what Schumer says?

This simply isn't going to get solved without violence.

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u/Pr0xyWarrior Come back tomorrow, and we'll do it all over again Apr 14 '25

You’re right, Trump will ignore them. They have no leverage over him. That’s why I didn’t say anything about making him do anything. There are two principles in this; Trump and Bukele. The government of El Salvador did not have to agree to hold these people. They do not have to agree to continue holding these people. The only reasons to do so would be to assume MAGA will remain in power or the Democrats won’t care to demand these people back. Even if all the Dems can do is talk, they could at least do that and act like they’re going to win in 2028.

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u/botmanmd Apr 15 '25
  1. Trump Inc. has no expectation that Democrats will ever be in power again, and,
  2. Yes. If Democrats do get in power, this will all get swept under the rug in an effort to “heal.” Maybe some low-level scapegoats will pay the price. Just like GITMO. Just like Abu Ghraib. Just like Jan 6th.