After U.S. President Donald Trump called for the impeachment of a judge, President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele asserted in a post on X that “The U.S. is facing a judicial coup.”
Elon Musk agreed with the foreign leader, sharing the tweet and commenting, “1000%.”
In a post on Truth Social, Trump, apparently referring to Judge James E. Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, called the judge a “Radical Left Lunatic of a Judge, a troublemaker and agitator,” noting that he had been nominated by President Barack Obama.
TRUMP CALLS FOR JUDGE IN DEPORTATION LEGAL BATTLE TO BE IMPEACHED
“This judge, like many of the Crooked Judges’ I am forced to appear before, should be IMPEACHED!!! WE DON’T WANT VICIOUS, VIOLENT, AND DEMENTED CRIMINALS, MANY OF THEM DERANGED MURDERERS, IN OUR COUNTRY,” Trump declared in the post.
Trump recently issued a proclamation that pointed to the Alien Enemies Act as providing the authority to remove Venezuelan citizens 14 and older who belong to Tren de Aragua if they are not naturalized or lawful permanent residents of the U.S.
Judge Boasberg sought to temporarily block the removal of such individuals.
SCOOP: IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES HIT JUDGE WHO ORDERED TRUMP TO STOP TREN DE ARAGUA DEPORTATION FLIGHTS
But flights that had reportedly departed prior to the judge’s order did not reverse course.
The administration recently transported 261 illegal aliens to El Salvador, of whom 137 were deported under the Alien Enemies Act, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt noted on Monday.
Bukele announced on Sunday that “the first 238 members of the Venezuelan criminal organization, Tren de Aragua, arrived in our country,” adding that “the U.S. has also sent us 23 MS-13 members wanted by Salvadoran justice, including two ringleaders.”
Trump raised the issue again in a post shortly after midnight. “If a President doesn’t have the right to throw murderers, and other criminals, out of our Country because a Radical Left Lunatic Judge wants to assume the role of President, then our Country is in very big trouble, and destined to fail!” he declared in the post shared just minutes into Wednesday.