Trump’s “Tough on Crime” Act? Turns Out It’s Tough on Prosecution of Actual Criminals

Trump’s “Tough on Crime” Act? Turns Out It’s Tough on Prosecution of Actual Criminals

The very same Trump administration that wouldn’t stop yelling “MS-13! Dangerous! Scary! Build the wall!” has been… quietly dropping charges against MS-13 leaders. Yes, those MS-13 leaders. The ones they said were lurking in every suburb with machetes.

Apparently, the “law and order” crowd has been busy running a discount legal defense firm for transnational crime bosses.

Why? Well, it’s a classic political love story:

El Salvador’s President Bukele owes his power to gangs like MS-13, who helped keep him in office.

MS-13 doesn’t want its leaders spilling secrets in a U.S. courtroom.

Bukele picks up the phone and basically says: “Hey, Don. You wanna keep deporting people back here? Great! But those trials gotta disappear, or else.”

Trump obliges. Charges vanish. Everyone wins—except U.S. murder victims, trafficking survivors, and anyone naïve enough to believe “drain the swamp.”

It’s almost poetic. The same folks who chant “lock them up” are suddenly pulling strings to set them free—as long as it keeps the deportation machine humming.

Turns out, nothing says America First like protecting gang leaders to keep a political deal alive.

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Funny how that never makes it into the campaign rallies.