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In its first 100 days, the Trump administration mistakenlydeporteda Maryland man namedKilmar Ábrego Garcíato El Salvador, an action the Supreme Court ruled was done"in error,“and stated that the Trump administration should help"facilitate"García’s return to the US.
In response to the Supreme Court ruling, Trump took toXandposted a photoof himself holding an image of García’s hand tattoos, which he seemingly believed was confirmation that García was a member of MS-13. “I was elected to take bad people out of the United States, among other things. I must be allowed to do my job,” Trump wrote in the caption.
It’s important to note that the image isdigitally altered, and “MS13” is added to the original photo above each finger tattoo.
Well, Trump was recently asked about this situation in a sit-down with ABC, and his response is going viral. Here’s the fullclip:
TRUMP : He had MS-13 on his knuckles , tattooed!MORAN : That was photoshoppedTRUMP : Terry , they ’re gift you the giving interruption of a lifetime . I picked you . But you ’re not being very nice . GOOD ON MORAN ! GET HIM!pic.twitter.com / SYRRvYi2F8
“They said he wasn’t a member of a gang. They looked, and on his knuckles, he had MS-13.”
“There’s a disagreement with that,” the host interjected. “He had some tattoos that were interpreted that way, but let’s move on.”
“Wait a minute, Terry, Terry, don’t do that.”
“He did not have the letter, MS-13. That was Photoshopped.”
“That was Photoshopped? Terry, you can’t do that. Hey, they’ve given you the big break of a lifetime, you know, you’re doing the interview. I picked you because frankly, I’d never heard of you, but that’s ok. But I picked you, Terry. But you’re not being very nice. He had MS-13 tattooed.”
“We’ll agree to disagree.”
“Terry…do you want me to show you the picture?” Trump responded, seemingly angrier.
“I saw the picture,” the host responded.
“And you think it was Photoshopped? Well, don’t Photoshop it, look at his hand, MS-13…he had MS, as clear as you can be, not interpreted. This is why people no longer believe the news because it’s fake news.”
“Photographed in El Salvador, they aren’t there, but let’s just go on. They aren’t there when he’s in El Salvador.”
“Terry, he’s got MS-13 on his knuckles. It’s such a disservice. Why don’t you just say, ‘Yes, he does,’ you know, and go on to something else.”
The clip has now been seen by over 35 million people, and many commenters expressed concern about Trump’s reaction to being fact-checked in real time.
Agreeing, another person highlighted the danger of Trump attempting to get Terry Moran to simply agree with him for the sake of the conversation.
Others pointed out the danger of a sitting president seemingly not understanding what is photoshopped and what’s not. “Trump thinks that the photoshopped letters are a real tattoo. He’s actually stupid bro,” this person wrote.
This person agreed, arguing that the country can’t thrive in a digital age when our leaders are older people with little to no basic technology experience.
And this person called out the media for allowing Trump to “agree to disagree,” while spreading false information.
