Three Key Takeaways:
- Trump’s National Security Advisor, Michael Waltz, argued that Mexican drug cartels, like Tren de Aragua and MS-13, should be treated as terrorist organizations due to their violence and impact on U.S. citizens.
- Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport gang members without a court hearing, despite a restraining order from a judge, leading to backlash from Democrats and the media.
- Waltz emphasized the evolving definition of terrorism, highlighting the deadly impact of fentanyl smuggling and supporting Trump’s decision as a necessary national security measure.
Donald Trump is fighting Democrats to keep Americans safe.
The Left will do anything to protect awful criminals.
And Trump’s National Security Advisor gave the media one reality check that left them fuming.
Mexican drug cartels are committing acts of terrorism against America
President Donald Trump issued an executive order that designated Latin American gangs like the Mexican drug cartels, MS-13, and Tren de Aragua as foreign terrorist organizations.
He cut through the red tape to deport these bloodthirsty criminals by invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
The law allows the President to remove illegal aliens who are national security threats without a court hearing.
Trump argued that the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua was engaged in “irregular warfare” at the behest of the country’s socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro.
Former Venezuelan government officials have backed up Trump’s claim that the gang is controlled by the Maduro regime.
District Court Judge James Boasberg issued a two-week restraining order blocking Trump from using the Alien Enemies Act.
The Trump administration had planes in the air carrying Tren de Aragua and MS-13 members headed to El Salvador and Honduras.
Boasberg ordered the planes to return to American soil in the middle of their flight.
The Trump administration ignored his order because the planes were in international airspace and outside his jurisdiction.
More than 200 illegal alien gang members were dropped off in El Salvador and sent to the Terrorism Confinement Center, the country’s maximum-security prison.
Democrats and their media allies went ballistic over the deportation flights under the Alien Enemies Act.
The definition of terrorism has changed
Trump National Security Advisor Michael Waltz explained that terrorism has evolved after the War on Terror during an appearance on Fox & Friends.
“We had 9/11 to begin thinking about al-Qaeda like the terrorists that they are. Tren de Agua has been labeled a terrorist organization. They are no different than ISIS. They maim, kill, torture, create mayhem and chaos on our streets in the United States. And I think if you had some of those, you know, tattooed shaved head men were labeled ISIS then we wouldn’t even be having this debate,” Walz explained.
Fentanyl smuggled into the country by the cartels has killed exponentially more Americans than Islamic terrorism.
More than 100,000 Americans were dying a year from drug overdoses, mainly from fentanyl, under former President Joe Biden.
“So this is about a wholesale shift on what a terrorist is and how they should be treated in the United States, how they should be treated when they’re attacking our soil and when they’re violating our sovereignty and when they’re terrorizing our citizens,” Waltz said.
Waltz, a former Army Green Beret, argued that Trump had the power to invoke the Alien Enemies Act under his national security powers in the Constitution.
“And of course, that is going to present an article to article three in the Constitution conflict. That’s what this is and this is squarely under the Commander in Chief’s authority to keep Americans safe. And I’m telling you that’s how most Americans see it,” Waltz concluded.
Donald Trump is doing his duty to keep America safe from the violent illegal alien gangs that Biden let into the country.
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