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Critics condemned as “sickening” and “despicable” the response that supporters of Donald Trump had to footage of alleged foreign gang members being removed from America that was aired during the president’s rally in Warren, Michigan, on Tuesday.
The crowd cheered and chanted “USA! USA! USA!” after the clip concluded.
Trump had teed up the video, claiming “the worst of the worst are being sent to a no-nonsense prison in El Salvador.”
“Watch this. Watch this. Take a look,” he urged the audience.
The video showed alleged undocumented gang members being taken to the CECOT mega-prison in El Salvador, having their heads shaved and placed inside metal cages.
“100 Days of Greatness” then appeared in text on the big screen, referring to Trump’s first 100 days back in the White House, of which his rally was ostensibly a celebration.
Trump, who vowed during his 2024 campaign to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, smiled at the audience’s response.
at his rally in Michigan, Trump plays a propaganda video of prisoners having their heads shaved at the Gulag in El Salvador to big cheers from the crowd and "U-S-A!" chants pic.twitter.com/Ij8UvD8ubi
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 29, 2025On social media, Trump supporters lapped up and praised the footage — with many calling it “fucking awesome.”
Critics, though, slammed the “dehumanization” of those featured in the video.
You can smell the bigotry and racism radiating from that rally.
— Chris Medina (@medinaslawn) April 29, 2025I am truly physically ill from this. Are we still in early '30s Germany, or has this country progressed to full blown Nazi Germany yet. The crowd cheering is bone chilling.
— Claire S🤍 (@SaintLaurant) April 29, 2025Chanting USA while clapping for outsourced cruelty is the most dystopian thing I’ve seen all week.
— Nikos Unity (@nikosunity) April 29, 2025They’ve perverted patriotism. Despicable.
— Dominic Hastings (@DomHastings) April 29, 2025Sickening. Dehumanization starts with words, followed by images, & is used as a tool to allow the government to commit crimes or atrocities that ordinary people would not otherwise accept. We are seeing this play out in real time with the Trump administration.
— cindimoreland 💙🇺🇸 (@cindimoreland) April 30, 2025This is absolutely 💯 disgusting and unacceptable
— Evelyn Gandara (@facemom) April 29, 2025Beyond redemption. Truly rotten and contemptuous.
— CD (@cdamburst47) April 29, 2025We Won't Back Down
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If you cheer for cages and call it strength, you’ve already forgotten what made America worth defending.
— Bad Blueprint (@nextgenmatter) April 29, 2025If this doesn’t terrify the fuck out of you, you haven’t been paying attention.
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