Trump has found in El Salvador a model for the repressive state he wants to build - and he's just getting started | Jordana Timerman

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Donald Trump's aggressive policies towards foreigners build on Bukele's infamous iron fist crackdown against criminal gangs: it's a political toolkit that leverages anti-establishment anger to justify an authoritarian slide.
45% : And like Bukele, Trump claims that the strategy is working.
41% : Until Trump, none of Bukele's would-be imitators had managed to get beyond rhetorical nods, vague plans to build enormous prisons, or sporadic declarations of states of emergency.
38% : What Bukele and Trump have both understood is that fear doesn't just suppress resistance.
35% : What Trump has understood - perhaps instinctively - is that the key isn't the policies themselves, but rather the sustained, brazen assault on the rule of law, which in itself appears to be "doing something" about the problems.
34% : Trump is following suit, his policies have already effectively limited freedom of expression for a class of people that must now stay silent for fear of being grabbed off the streets.
29% : Bukele's visit this week to Washington DC - where Trump urged him to build more prisons in order to receive US citizens convicted of crimes - showcased the results of the alliance: the internationalisation of the Bukele method.
25% : Trump has made use of legal black holes like Guantánamo, and is advancing towards reappropriating military bases in Panamanian territory.
20% : In a cynical back and forth, Trump and Bukele claim that Abrego García's release from the prison is beyond their control.

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