These are the instances in which Donald Trump has spoken about his desire to send U.S. Citizens to foreign prisons.

Unfortunately, the media’s coverage of these instances, including today’s divulgences with Bukele present, have provided little more than small quotes. These small quotes do a disservice to the seriousness behind Trump’s words. Watching and transcribing Trump’s thoughts in full on the subject has provided a much more concerning perception: He’s serious, and his plan may become reality.

Trained by the discipline of history, I felt it necessary to produce the historical record of the tyranny of the potential enslavement of American citizens to a foreign government by Donald Trump. I hope that if the knowledge of Trump’s words is not helpful to us in the present, it may serve those in the future.

To better understand these transcripts, I have provided and will update annotations over the coming days.

I will be posting separate analytical writings about Trump’s plan over the coming days.

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