{"id":2557,"date":"2023-04-03T21:08:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T02:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2557"},"modified":"2023-04-03T21:09:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T02:09:53","slug":"__trashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2557","title":{"rendered":"El Salvador\u2019s Nayib Bukele Roasts the United States for Grand Jury\u2019s Indictment of Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-2560\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-12.png 788w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-12-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-12-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-12-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-12-390x219.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States reached new Banana Republic-levels of despotism when a Manhattan grand jury&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-hush-money-new-york-indictment-election-027d0e5ac1881a4c55c6379deae75faa\">indicted<\/a>&nbsp;former President Donald Trump over payments he made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence allegations of an extramarital sexual escapade with porn star Stormy Daniels.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This news caught the attention of international leaders like El Salvador\u2019s President Nayib Bukele who sharply&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/03\/31\/2023\/world-reacts-to-trump-indictment\">criticized<\/a>&nbsp;the indictment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bukele initially\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nayibbukele\/status\/1641581661081968643\">tweeted<\/a>,\u00a0\u201cImagine if this happened to a leading opposition presidential candidate here in El Salvador.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Imagine if this happened to a leading opposition presidential candidate here in El Salvador \ud83d\ude43 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T8TSfr3Nq4\">https:\/\/t.co\/T8TSfr3Nq4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nayibbukele\/status\/1641581661081968643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He then\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nayibbukele\/status\/1641606772560412676\">continued<\/a>, \u201cSadly, it\u2019ll be very hard for US Foreign Policy to use arguments such as \u2018democracy\u2019 and \u2018free and fair elections\u2019 or try to condemn \u2018political prosecution\u2019 in other countries, from now on.\u201d The US is notorious for pounding its chest about human rights and using it as\u00a0 criteria for shaping its relations with foreign abroad.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sadly, it\u2019ll be very hard for US Foreign Policy to use arguments such as \u201cdemocracy\u201d and \u201cfree and fair elections\u201d, or try to condemn \u201cpolitical persecution\u201d in other countries, from now on \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HQTv0vUuA2\">https:\/\/t.co\/HQTv0vUuA2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nayibbukele\/status\/1641606772560412676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bukele has been a vocal critic of the Biden regime due to the increased scrutiny the Salvadoran government has received in recent years over its stringent law &amp; order policies. BLP&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bigleaguepolitics.com\/nayib-bukele-calls-out-the-united-states-government-for-criticizing-el-salvadors-pro-law-order-policies\/\">previously<\/a>&nbsp;reported on Bukele\u2019s criticism of the US over his war against criminal gangs such as MS-13.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since he was elected in 2019, Bukele has made it a point to restore order in his country. In recent years, El Salvador has been one of the most corrupt and violent countries on the planet. As a result, a leader like Bukele could capitalize on this discontent to come into power and impose a public order agenda.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the rate things are going, the US is descending into Third World status, as crime rises and its government grows more tyrannical. On the other hand, El Salvador appears to be on the come-up with it beginning to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-02-16\/bitcoin-touting-president-won-over-wall-street-by-paying-bonds#xj4y7vzkg\">embrace<\/a>&nbsp;Bitcoin and starting to take the fight to criminal entities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who knows, the US may end up having to learn a thing or two from El Salvador in terms of how it manages socio-economic problems.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/bigleaguepolitics.com\/el-salvadors-nayib-bukele-roasts-the-united-states-for-grand-jurys-indictment-of-donald-trump\/\">https:\/\/bigleaguepolitics.com\/el-salvadors-nayib-bukele-roasts-the-united-states-for-grand-jurys-indictment-of-donald-trump\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States reached new Banana Republic-levels of despotism when a Manhattan grand jury&nbsp;indicted&nbsp;former President Donald Trump over payments he made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence allegations of an extramarital sexual escapade with porn star Stormy Daniels.&nbsp; This news caught the attention of international leaders like El Salvador\u2019s President Nayib Bukele who sharply&nbsp;criticized&nbsp;the indictment.&nbsp; Bukele initially\u00a0tweeted,\u00a0\u201cImagine if this happened to a leading opposition presidential candidate here in El Salvador.\u201d He then\u00a0continued, \u201cSadly, it\u2019ll be very hard for US [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trump"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2557"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2561,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557\/revisions\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}