Justa Coupla Dictators Chatting

By Michael Woyton

I hope that Kim Jung-un wasn’t watching C-Span this morning or tomorrow morning or whatever time is in North Korea.

There was a real love fest going on Monday between wannabe dictator President Donald J. Felon and real-life self-proclaimed “coolest dictator” Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele.

During their Oval Office meeting a question came up from a reporter about the United States returning a Maryland man from an El Salvador prison.

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia was illegally deported from the U.S. to El Salvador and the administration believes that the recent Supreme Court order does not compel them to do anything to bring him back.

The grifter-in-chief’s facilitators have admitted Abrego Garcia was deported in violation of a 2019 immigration court order barring deportation to that country, according to Politico.

During Monday’s White House meeting, AG Pam Bondi again called Abrego Garcia a member of MS-13, something he and his lawyer continue to deny, and said that it was up to El Salvador to decide whether to return the man.

That is not what the courts have been saying, even though the White House keeps saying the Supreme Court unambiguously ruled in its favor.

Bukele, basking in the warmth of the mayor of Mar-a-Lago — maybe that was just the glow of all the gold paint that has recently been applied in the Oval — emphatically said he would not release the man. 

Presidential advisor Temu Goebbels Stephen Miller said on Fox News Sunday that getting the Maryland man back to the U.S. would be an invasion of El Salvador’s sovereignty and would be considered a kidnapping.

Stephen Miller claims on Fox News that returning the Maryland father who was wrongly deported to El Salvador would constitute a "kidnapping" and "invasion of El Salvador's sovereignty.""He was not mistakenly sent to El Salvador," Miller lies. "This was the right person sent to the right place."

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-04-14T13:30:56.622Z

So we’ve sent Abrego Garcia — by mistake, admittedly — to a hell-hole prison and no one — NO ONE — can do anything about it?

This is a cruel game the rapist-in-chief is playing, and combined with the reports of people, including a Boston a lawyer who is a U.S citizen, getting emails telling them they must immediately self-deport, can only be described as a terrifying game.

The person occupying the Oval Office doesn’t care about anyone but himself. After all, he ran for a second term only to stay out of prison. Unfortunately, he is surrounded by people who only seem skilled in creating havoc and breaking laws.

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File this under “Trump Now Even Hates Red States”:

After spending hours during the campaign saying that President Biden and FEMA weren’t sending any help to North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Helene, the 34 times convicted felon is denying the state matching disaster aid.

NORTH CAROLINA: “Trump has denied NC’s request to continue matching 100% spending on Hurricane Helene recovery… NC’s governor says he is ‘extremely disappointed’…” ncnewsline.com/2025/04/12/f…

The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2025-04-13T14:06:29.034Z

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Former member of the U.S. National Security Council Fiona Hill said this country is “definitely on a path toward full-on state repression.” 

Remember Fiona Hill? She’s now sounding the alarm again: “We’re definitely on a path toward full-on state repression. There’s no question about it. I’ve thought about this for an extraordinarily long time.” When Fiona speaks, we should all listen.

Victor Shi (@victorshi.bsky.social) 2025-04-13T17:10:48.286Z

So many women warned us, Hillary and Kamala included. 

When are we ever going to listen?

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Lead art: Screen grab from C-Span.org

Published by Michael Woyton

Michael Woyton is an award-winning journalist who covered municipalities and school districts for the Poughkeepsie (NY) Journal and local and regional news in the Hudson Valley for Patch Media.

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