Donald Trump made a multitude of promises for achievements he would accomplish on day one of his second occupation of the White House. They included lowering grocery and other consumer prices, ending Russia’s war against Ukraine, freeing all of the Gaza hostages, and repealing Obamacare. To no one’s surprise, he has miserably failed to fulfill most of his campaign promises (aka lies).
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There were, however, a few promises that Trump managed to deliver. None of which advanced the interests of the American people. They include cuts to funding for climate change and environmental programs, curtailing DEI initiatives, pardoning January 6th insurrectionists who assaulted Police officers, imposing tariffs on allies that will burden Americans, weaponizing the Justice Department to attack judges and political critics, and suppression of the free press.
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Perhaps Trump’s most prominent promise was his pledge to implement a program of mass deportation of migrants and refugees. It was, from the start, an inhumane response to matters regarding immigration. What’s more, it ignored the critical need for migrant workers in agriculture, construction, and healthcare. But Trump never cared about any of that.
Consequently, Trump sought to execute plans aimed at ridding America of a necessary component of its labor force. But he has even failed at that. As a result, he has dispatched his “border czar” – a darkly appropriate job title – Tom Homan, to disseminate some lies on his Ministry of Propaganda, Fox News. Homan was interviewed by Fox’s Stuart Varney, who asked a rather simple question, but got a disturbing answer…
VARNEY: The administration said the worst of the worst were the people who would be held in Gitmo. But there’s an article in the Washington Post this morning that says some families members of those detained say they’re being falsely branded as members of Tren de Aragua. What’s your response to that?
HOMAN: That’s the Washington Post. President Trump’s been clear, we’re gonna put the worst of the worst in Gitmo. And I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: No one’s off the table. If you’re in the country illegally it’s not okay.
VARNEY: The administration said the worst of the worst were the people who would be held in Gitmo. But there's an article in the Washington Post saying the families members of those detained say they're being falsely branded as members of Tren de Aragua.
HOMAN: That's the… pic.twitter.com/4DhM3n1NFX
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 17, 2025
First of all, Homan casually dismisses the facts presented by Varney, simply because they came from the Washington Post. That’s typical of the Trump regime that is afraid to deal with reality, so they just toss it aside with infantile insults.
More to the point, Homan totally dodges the substance of the question to regurgitate tired Trump talking points. But his deflection is worth noting, When Homan says that “No one’s off the table,” he means it. So also on the table are…
- People who have committed no crimes
- People who are only accused but not convicted
- American citizens wrongly apprehended
- Family members who are here legally
- Children and infants
They are all rounded up and incarcerated in the same facility as Al Qaeda terrorists. They have no legal rights or constitutionally mandated due process. It is the sort of police state action that is routine in Russia, China, and North Korea. All of which are authoritarian governments with leaders that Trump admires and seeks to emulate.
And if that weren’t bad enough, Homan then scurried off to another Fox News program where he implied that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was breaking the law by advising the targets of Trump’s interment operation of their civil rights. Homan went on to repeat his slander that migrants who have not had their day in court are nevertheless presumed guilty.
“”We’re talking about people that are in the country illegally, committed a crime, they’re a public safety threat, and they’ve been convicted of serious crimes.”
Tom Homan confirms on Fox News that he's asked the DOJ to investigate AOC pic.twitter.com/p2DPGRYFoM
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 17, 2025
No, that is NOT what we’re talking about. He is only talking about people who are suspected of being in the country illegally. And even then, that is only a civil offense, not criminal. But the bigger problem is that the StormTrumpers who are apprehending people are catching citizens and other innocent people in their too broadly cast net. And even when they are told about that, that don’t care, and won’t change their actions. Because fascists don’t bother with the trivialities of the law if it gets in the way of their totalitarian aspirations.
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