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Related: About this forumTrump makes bombshell news in Oval Office, grabs global headlines - Brian Tyler Cohen
Trump makes bombshell news defying the US Supreme Court from the Oval Office.
Transcript:
let's hear the question from this very
lowrated anchor at CB president do you
plan to ask President Bukele to help return
the man who your administration says was
mistakenly deported the man who was
mistakenly deported to El Salvador well
let me ask Pam would you ask to answer
that question sure President first and
foremost he was illegally in our country
he had been illegally in our country and
in
2019 two courts an immigration court and
an appellate immigration court ruled that
he was a member of MS13 and he was
illegally in our country right now it
was a paperwork it was additional
paperwork had needed to be done that's
up to El Salvador if they want to return
him that's not up to us the Supreme
Court ruled president that if as El
Salvador wants to return him this this
is international matters foreign affairs
if they wanted to return him we would
facilitate it meaning provide a plane
president can President Ble weigh in on
this do you plan to return him well I
guess I'm supposing that I smuggle a
terrorist into the United States right
how can I smuggle how can I return him
to the United States like I smuggle him
into the United States or what do I do
of course I'm not going to do it it's
like I mean the the the question is
preposterous how can I smuggle a
terrorist into the United States i I
don't have the power to return him to
the United States but you could release
him in silence yeah but I'm not
releasing I mean we're not very fond of
releasing terrorists into our country we
just turned the murder capital of the
world into the safest country of the
Western Hemisphere and you want us to go
back into the releasing criminals so we
can go back to being the murder capital
of the world no that's that's not going
to happen that's Well they'd love to
have a criminal you know release i mean
I mean there's there's a fascination
they would love it they're sick these
are sick people that was Donald Trump
and El Salvador and President Naive
Boule in the Oval Office where in Boule
confirmed that he will not return Kilmar
Abrego Garcia to the United States which
of course stands in defiance of a
unanimous Supreme Court ruling demanding
his return in that he was not afforded
due process before being shipped off to
a foreign gulag and I want to be clear
right off the bat if Trump's
administration refuses to comply with
the Supreme Court's ruling then we are
officially in constitutional crisis
territory and look I've maintained that
we're already in a constitutional crisis
but legally speaking it would occur when
the Supreme Court issues a ruling where
the White House refuses to abide by it
meaning fewer than 100 days into office
the president of the United States has
overtly defied the US Constitution and
plunged this country into a true crisis
of democracy all under the banner of law
and order which I suppose makes it
wholly unsurprising that he chose to do
this while standing next to El
Salvador's Naib Bukele the self-proclaimed
world's coolest dictator it could not be
more apparent the message that Donald
Trump is sending not only that he's
defying a Supreme Court ruling and
inciting a constitutional crisis but
doing so while standing next to a
dictator all but broadcasting where he
stands how he views himself and the
future he is trying to usher in for the
United States consider too Trump isn't
only defying the law but he is mocking
us he and Boule are playing a game
wherein they pretend that there's no way
to return Garcia to the United States
does anybody actually believe that the
president of El Salvador cannot remove
someone from a prison that the United
States is paying for them to house and
does anyone actually believe that the
president of the United States has zero
ability to pressure the guy who he's
sitting next to whose country's prison
is supported by millions of dollars of
our American taxpayer money they are
both playing games they are mocking us
they are laughing at us they view
themselves as being above the law
because that's what dictators do they
mock the prospect that they have to
follow the law while imposing it harshly
disproportionately and willingly onto
everybody else this is what a
post-democratic society looks like on
full display right in the Oval Office
and if you want some indication as to
how far these people are willing to go
to to lie listen to Steven Miller here
promise you if he was your neighbor you
would move right away so you don't plan
to But the Supreme Court is asking to
What was the ruling in the Supreme Court
Steve was it nine to nothing yes there's
a 90 in our favor in our favor against
the district court ruling saying that no
district court has the power to compel
the foreign policy function of the
United States as Pam said the ruling
solely stated that if this individual at
El Salvador's sole discretion was sent
back to our country that we could deport
him a second time well no version of
this legally ends up with him ever
living here because he is a citizen of
El Salvador that is the president of El
Salvador your questions about it per the
court can only be directed to him wow
nine to nothing in Trump's favor sounds
good right and sure maybe on Earth two
it is but back here on Earth One the
Supreme Court ruled 9 to nothing against
the Trump administration ordering
Garcia's return to the United States
because he was not afforded due process
period in fact here's a Fox News
headline if that's what you need proving
as much Maryland's immigrant wrongly
deported to El Salvador must return to
US Supreme Court rules so I understand
that Trump and his sick of fans like
Steven Miller want to try and manifest a
reality that is more politically
convenient for them but as the great
conservative philosopher Ben Shapiro
once said facts don't care about your
feelings granted Republicans know that
they are defying the law and so this
exact brand of bad faith posturing is
what they are left with when they're not
pretending that the Supreme Court ruled
in a way that is wholly antithetical to
reality then they're just pretending
that Democrats love going to bat for
dangerous criminals as was the case here
during a debate I had with Tommy Lahren
if Democrats really want to die on the
hill of bringing back plane loads of
criminal illegal alien gang you haven't
proven that they're criminals that's the
problem honestly like look I will be the
first one to say if there if there is a
if there is a criminal if there's a gang
member in this country who someone who
has committed any crime big or small get
them out sure i I'll absolutely concede
that we don't need criminals in this
country but if you're talking about
somebody uh who you don't know because
you haven't afforded them due process
then you can't just make that claim but
the fact remains President Trump is not
only securing our border but he is
deporting criminal illegal aliens and if
Democrats want to stand in the way of
that and they want to tell their
constituents hey vote for us in the
midterms vote for us in 2028 we'll make
sure that the criminal aliens come back
far be it for me to stand in your way
continue that message best of luck with
it and and if and if Republicans want to
run on hey we can disappear you with no
due process far be it for me to stand in
your way if if if Republicans want to
turn the United States into Russia where
we disappear political opponents with
zero due process sending them to foreign
gulag somewhere if that's really what
you're running on uh behind the banner
of the party of law and order be my
guest now I want to be crystal clear if
someone committed a violent crime I have
zero sympathy let them face the law to
its fullest extent if that's a
native-born American lock them up it's of
an immigrant deport them i stand to gain
nothing politically or otherwise by
going to bat for people who are
dangerous but this is the United States
of America and everybody deserves due
process it's afforded to them by our
Constitution they deserve their day in
court so that we know if they are indeed
guilty of what they're being accused of
i have faith in our legal system to be
able to make that determination and if
Republicans had faith in their
accusations they should have no problem
proving as much in court the fact that
they're ignoring the courts shows that
they can't prove what they're saying and
therein lies the problem and the fact
that I a communist Marxist leftist
Democrat have to explain the importance
of law and order to a political party
that brands itself the law and order
party is indicative of a very very
serious problem on the right so look if
you are a Republican or an independent
or a disillusioned Democrat or
completely apolitical the optics of
today's Oval Office meeting are
abundantly clear Donald Trump does not
view himself in the mold of a small D
democratic leader he views himself in
the mold of the guy who was standing
right next to him a self-proclaimed
dictator his words not mine you may not
agree with all of Democrats policies or
politics but this is bigger than that
this is a matter of whether you want to
live in a democracy or under a
dictatorship where one man can overrule
the highest court where one man can
disappear you without due process where
one man essentially becomes the law
abandoning this lawless president
doesn't make you a Democrat or a liberal
it makes you a patriot and now is the
time to speak out while we still have a
say in the matter.