Trump Doubles Down on Plan to Send American Convicts to El Salvador Prisons in Fox Interview: ‘I Would Love to Do That’

President Donald Trump doubled down on his desire to send American criminals to Salvadoran prisons in an upcoming interview with Fox Noticias.

During his meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on Monday, Trump was seen having a discussion off to the side when TV cameras weren’t rolling. During this chat, Trump told Bukele that in addition to migrants, he would like to send American criminals to the notorious prison CECOT. Trump even urged Bukele to build even more prisons like it to house the criminals he planned to send.

On Tuesday morning, Fox News’ Bill Hemmer introduced a clip from a Trump talking about that plan with Rachel Campos-Duffy of Fox Noticias — the company’s Spanish-speaking broadcast.

TRUMP: He’s made it a very safe place. People go and they feel very secure and safe. He’s also built one, but other also prisons, very big ones; and we’re using his system because we’re getting rid of our criminals from out of the United States who were allowed to come in by [former President Joe Biden]… We’re getting them out, and the president is helping us with that, President Bukele. So I was very impressed with him, very, very impressed. Great guys.

CAMPOS-DUFFY: Could we use it for violent criminals, our own violent criminals?

TRUMP: I call them homegrown criminals.

CAMPOS-DUFFY: Yes, the homegrowns.

TRUMP: The ones that grew up and something went wrong and they hit people over the head with a baseball bat. We have — and push people into subways just before the train gets there like you see happening sometimes. We are looking into it and we want to do it. I would love to do that.

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