As President Trump drives the economy off of a cliff and continues to go on his all-out revenge tour, it’s interesting to watch Americans’ reaction to Trump’s agenda. In general Americans don’t seem to care about the revenge tour or the wholesale trampling of civil rights, but they will care about the demise of the economy.
If Trump weren’t driving the economy off a cliff, the rest of his agenda might still find relatively broad support. And Trump is also totally obsessed about the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
In case you have somehow missed the story, Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national residing in Maryland with a wife and family, was wrongfully deported to El Salvador in March 2025 by the Trump administration, despite a 2019 court order protecting him from removal due to credible threats from gangs in his home country. Although he had no criminal record, authorities alleged gang affiliation based on unverified claims. His deportation was later acknowledged by the administration as an “administrative error.”
Following his deportation, Abrego Garcia was detained in El Salvador’s high-security prison, CECOT. His wife filed a lawsuit in Maryland District Court, leading to a series of legal proceedings. On April 4, a Maryland judge ruled his detention illegal and ordered his return to the U.S. The Department of Justice appealed, but the Fourth Circuit denied the appeal. Subsequently, the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 against the administration, stating that his removal was illegal.
That’s a 9-0 ruling.
Despite the Supreme Court’s directive to “facilitate” his return, the administration has resisted efforts to repatriate him. El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has also declined to intervene, complicating the situation further.
Trump claims he doesn’t have the “authority” to get Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador. Are you effing kidding me? Trump, who believes he has the authority to do whatever the fuck he wants suddenly lacks authority to get this guy back?
This case is rapidly accelerating us towards the Constitutional crisis that all sane people want to avoid.
The Judge overseeing the case (Paula Xinis) is becoming less and less amused by the Trump administration’s DOJ antics and is considering a contempt investigation. That’s where it gets serious.
