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Oh look - Trump being a leader , getting the job done . Just imagine - Trump wins the 2020 election - a secure border , almost zero illegals. Trump tells Putin the way it’s going to be , bullying him or otherwise , who cares - no Ukraine conflict - no million dead - no ruin of large parts of Eastern Ukraine , and a lot of scared , undertrained young Russian conscripts still alive . Just think , in 2020, Trump bullies Iran , a terrorist rogue state - he DOES NOT end their trade embargoes like Biden did , he does not gift them billions of dollars like Biden did , and he does NOT turn a blind eye to them breaching the limits placed on their nuclear program. The result - a broke Iran , no WMD, NOT selling Trillions of dollars worth of oil to China - and in no position to attack Israel via its proxies. Imagine that . Imagine then , the previously vibrant U.S oil and gas industry , making the U.S self-sufficient , not in the current position where the U.S is on it’s knees , begging the Saudis to sell supplies the U.S. THAT , is about to change. Like him or not -Trump gets it done . He was brokering peace deals in Ukraine and Palestine - even as Biden was authorising the firing of U.S missiles into Russia - you know just provoking some crazy megalomaniac to start a nuclear exchange . Pitiful Biden , weak , demented , corrupt and criminally irresponsible.

I just heard this. What is the motive behind the blockade? Is he liberal, meaning the leader of Colombia? Or are they saying no to international criminals? Why block it? Meaning Columbia. They are citizens of that nation. Feels like they are violating International law...meaning Columbia. Just take them back, and avoid the tariffs Why suffer economically to play politics in a country they don't live in? I question the Columbia's leader's morality. People will suffer, economically. Perhaps, that man needs to step down from his office for breaching international laws regulating international immigration treaties. Step down, being the civilized way, to avoid conflict and misery.

Convicted Felon \n\nThe migrants are welcome and they will come back no matter if you like it or not. \n\nForget what the Criminal Felon says.\n\n\n****Anyone who respond to my comment will be talking to themselves. I never receive any notifications for comments so if you like talking to yourself, go right ahead.*****

I think Indian govt's stance is best in this case.\n'Give us a list of our people you want to deport, give us proofs why you think they are illegals, and we will arrange for the planes ourselves, no questions asked. You won't even have to bother about transporting them, just bring them to the air port, we will fly them back.'.\n\n\nAnyways Indian govt had been warning Canada about this migration for past 8 years. Literally imploring them to not take these guys in. They aren't running away from persecution, they are running away from prosecution. But sadly Canada became a safe haven for criminals in India to run and hide into. Now don't blame India or Indians for it. We warned you, we had a spat with you. You lectured us how free and democratic you are and how your doors are open to all. NOW SUFFER.\n\nFor the Americans.....i don't feel a thing. They are mostly racists bunch (liberals more than conservatives, but yeah 99 percent of them are pure vile racists). I enjoy watching their country undergoing a very slow implosion right Infront of our very eyes. Trump is a good and capable leader. But what can he really do? His main voter base (which actually did not matter in the elections, it was the minority votes which tilted the scales) is simply uneducated, uninformed, racists. I don't know if they are inherently racist or that racism is born out of ignorance to begin with. But it is what it is. And the othtrr side is loony. ?. You have hate filled racists on one side and crazies on another. That country is destined to be doomed. I hardly find any centrist sane individual who can actually get over the superficial racial or identity stuff and actually talk policies in depth. Both sides are like... For us or against us. What can Trump even do with such population base. They have to import people to keep their quality on top... Else they are done for within next 200 - 250 years.

Colombia has taken so many evil people and poor destitute people from Venezuela as refugees and it can’t absorb them but Colombians normally come legally to the USA and make great Americans my family in law for example are good conservative people who support Trump and I’d like to have my family in the USA all in one place especially is colombia will turn into Venezuela under a corrupt regime who has ruined everything and hurt most of the citizens idk how he won if he did even win but the USA came into Colombia before to stabilize it and it worked for a long time and there are 30,000 U.S. expats here or people with family ties or like me who happened to marry into a Colombian family. Not long ago I saw Trump with former President Duque and their wives and there was a beautiful relationship and colombia was booming in one year the USA must put back the former establishment and restabilize the mess that has been made under this communist guerrilla member and I hope saying this doesn’t bring lash back to me or my family here in Colombia. But my husband and me want to come home to the USA as soon as possible he isn’t a criminal his father is a Pastor at a small countryside church they don’t deserve this.

Colombia didnt back down at all, thats the one sided narrative from Trump. Petro said they will not accept people chained up like criminals but would accept and even supply aircraft to bring them back respectfully. So if Trumpet now sends them back respectfully he will have backed down.\nImage the rest of the world hit the US with tariffs and watch a failing country fail further. Trump wont feel a thing but the normal people in the US will suffer.

I had supported the deportation of undocumented people with criminals records back to them own country, but Mr T is deporting undocumented people who are working in industries that many Americans will never work, and treating them as criminals, placing them in airplane chained and hand cuffed. Also, a interesting fact is, he is only targeting people from Central America, Brazil, but a lot of undocumented immigrants are from Europe, Asia…maybe because they are not “brown people” like he once said, let us see what will happen when the prices of some services and products start rising, how citizens will react.

This news does not say that the president was asking dignity for the migrants. This people are handcuffed like criminals

This President thinks everyone will just bow down to him. Now it's his headache where to drop these migrants. Such a big mansion in Florida can't even share it to someone who are struggling to put food in the table. Thanks to the Colombian President. Imagine watching your family members shackled in that plane. Sir these migrants have hopes in their hearts that life would be better as soon as they reach your country but no sending them back like all of them are criminals. They don't look like you convicted of some sort of crimes.

Great. We can cancel income taxes in the united states, and repay the national debt, end the drug wars, and deport criminals. Sounds like this is good. CNN is biased and really wants to manipulate this to be s bad thing.

Those 160 look like field workers not harderdend criminals don’t see any tats I see these kind of people all day working our agriculture. Show the evidence highly doubt these people are not bad people just went to a farm and grabbed them

Deport criminals like trump!

I can't believe that so many young children can be seen here! That's such a dangerous situation for parents to put them in! Apply for citizenship the right way so you can bring your family safely! Then, when your family is here with proper documentation, you'll be able to raise them in security without fear of deportation. I hate to see children going through this. They're at the mercy of their parents' judgement & things could be so much better for them if they weren't dragged through traumatic situations like this, just so their parents can cut corners. Why in the world can't you apply for citizenship the proper way? If your criminal record is the reason that you can't, well that's on you. If there are records of you pulling crap like this, you'll probably never be able to get here the proper way. Instead of choosing to be an actual American citizen, you'd rather choose to live your life as a fugitive & force your kids to live that way too? Give your family a real chance here by following the proper process to become citizens. You'll get a very different reception here.

I suggest all countries send release their prisoners and send them to the USA with forged documents that state they aren’t criminals and let trump deal with that. Big bad man on the border sounds like a challenge to be accepted. Overwhelm the trump fascist government with so much they can’t maintain it

No countries want to deal with a criminal FELON like TRUMP.\nGo deal with Putin, and Netanyahu.

I swear these countries help ship their criminals over to the U.S. like a penal colony for the world.

Yal such fake news ? If they?☝ are not criminals, take yo people back?, they sound dumb as hell, and this news anchor sound like they happy that they couldn't drop off these damn criminals ????????????

There are 15.000 Americans living in Colombia without visas. They should be deported too. It should be reciprocal. They should be treated as criminals too and send they back to USA with handcuffs like Trump is treating Colombians!

It’s a disgrace. Citizens who had gone to the U.S. to work are deported, return home heartbroken, and are met with no words of support—only to be told they have no place here. Such cruelty is beyond comprehension. The excuse that they were in handcuffs is absurd. Whether they were criminals or not, if there’s a chance they were treated unfairly in another country, shouldn’t their own government investigate first? A government that can’t even protect its own citizens can hardly be called a sovereign state. Now, these individuals face a future of detention if they return to the U.S. or a life abandoned by their nation, left to wander like outcasts. A president like this is nothing short of a devil.

Seems like the Colombian president is CEO of the criminal and drug syndicate in Colombia

What a moron literally like the man said all you have to do is not treat them like criminals. Why can’t you put them on civilian planes personally I’m extremely glad you got slapped in the face with this disrespect and that the door is not anything you can do about it except throw a hissy fit Really shows your true colors: not that anybody cares because they literally voted for your racist ass

I thought terrifs were making costs go up? Weird how Colombian planes are now taking back their criminals. CNN has to be the densest group of elders. You're like a child walking into the middle of a movie...

Congratulate Trump for being the #1 BRICS SALESMAN OF THE year. Colombia wanted their people to arrive with dignity. Not like criminals. Trump is attacking his own allies. Because he's a child. Trump is attacking his own alliances while BRICS is build up their manufacturing alliances.

Trump is completely crazy. I mean, Biden is a war criminal, but Trump, Trump is just completely crazy. Like a sort of Putin 2.0.

This is a much easier fix than what’s being portrayed. We need to make the ability to become a temporary citizen easier than it is. Background checks, usable skills, and political or criminal affiliation. If it’s not possible to access, so is your entry. I support my president and my nation completely and yet I still understand that the deplorable conditions of these broken nations is something I too would want to escape from. By making it so impossible to legally enter, we’re funding the criminals who will do so illegally. \n And can we talk openly about the real issue as well? It’s time for the U.S to clean house too. Government officials taking bribes from the Cartels and making it harder for us to put safety measures in place. We have to stop being in business with these criminal elements. I get it, the money’s being used to fund our military initiatives that tax dollars can’t, like in the 80’s with Contra, but how many U.S lives have to be lost to secure a foreign policy???

criminal felon has no business anyplace than prison... Colombia doesnt like felon ??

CNN knows their consumers are not intelligent enought to use critical thinking. Notice their verbiage? They use words like migrants. This is an ILLEGAL MIGRANT issue and a CRIMINAL one at that. Bringing China into this converstion is illogical. Very few Chinese immigrants are illigal and even less are criminals. Unfortunately this is a dark skin issue (which we created).

Columbia didn't fold. Read the real story before becoming a bouncing Betty people they will hit us with high tariffs just like we did them coffee and fruits will sky rocket because Fascist Trump called the immigrants criminals!

Sounds like columbia should open up and express lane for the criminals and idk do away with them other than dumping there problems off into another country!

I hope they fight back like hell, it's time for everyone to standup to a criminal so call president of US. He failed to realize the call he made it's going to hurt USA. All of the Republicans Congress and Trump supporters are enjoying this now but we will pay the price for his mess.

It's amusing that your site has zero videos of Donald Trump absolutely schooling Karen Bass during that live TV Friday night. Not a single clip from CNN either! And yet, you report this without mentioning that the Colombian president has already Folded like a lawn chair. Plus, you conveniently skip over his attempt to retaliate against Trump with tariffs. Spoiler alert: we’ll just get our coffee from Brazil, which is way better anyway! president petro is not winning any popularity contests in Colombia, and sacrificing his country's economy for the sake of the optics involving violent criminals being airlifted is just plain reckless. That's downright crazy.!

“…to get these countries to do the US’s bidding” \n\nOne of the most ignorant comments I have ever heard. Sounds like a CNN reporter tbh.\n\nTaking YOUR citizens that are nothing but criminals back who entered OUR country illegally and are costing OUR taxpayers billions of dollars to cater to them when they contribute nothing to society is hardly “doing Trump’s and the USA’s bidding.”

It is not a crime to be undocumented in the US. If said individuals were criminals like rapists and murderers then they should stand trial and pay for their crimes in the US or they can be pardoned through a presidential pardon and released to their home county via proper protocols and not dumped in military panes without permission for military planes to fly in or through such countries. If the country refuses to accept them then it is your fault for releasing such criminals into society. Cuba was under sanctions for many years and they never broke. BRICS will break any US sanctions and leave the US isolated. All it takes is for people to wait for four years.

Colombia was always gonna bring its people home, but they made sure to do it the right way. Instead of using military planes for deportations like they were criminals, President Petro's government sent a regular plane. That way, the folks coming back were treated with respect and dignity. Don't get fooled by the BS out there there's a lot of misinformation trying to twist the story

So the migrants interviewed told you that without a legal method of seeking asylum in the United States, they would not attempt to enter. Sounds like some big bad criminals to me.

The Colombian president was claiming that migrants are welcome back as long as they are not treated as criminals since they are not criminals. Entering the US illegally is a civil offense like passing red light but not a criminal offense under US law. So then he said he could send his own plane and make sure that those people are not handcuffed and treated with dignity in their arrival, since Trump was treating them as criminals. It is not like some here are saying that the tariff threat caused him to back off, it was just a point of being treated fairly since they are not criminals.

Trump is just a puppet. He never left the set of The Apprentice he just changed location to the White House. Holding the puppet strings are all of the would-be oligarchs and authors of project 2025, and he's developing a posse of criminals to bully American citizens. My hope is that they're all heading for a steep cliff to fall into and disappear. Not practical but ever hopeful. That's probably not a very kind thing to say but so many people are suffering because of this 2025 administration. I don't even like to say his name because I have already had a shower today. ???

Sounds like CNN would prefer criminal aliens stay in the U.S. let’s release them into their back yard.

Ive noticed alot of ignorance in these comments. What dont u understand about why he did this? U expect us to fly criminals back to where they came from in luxury? UM NO!!! The united states will no longer be pushed around. You people are soft. The president is literally cleaning up the country and you people are crying about it! The sanctions will no longer happen because the folded and agreed to accept the their criminals back. U cant run a county like a little softy like the biden administration. Thats how we got in this mess! Good god

If Colombia is so concerned about the treatment of their countrymen why deny their return? They have to remain cuffed and treated like criminals which they are for breaking the law. Why not accept your people and help them get re-established? They just don't want their people back, be honest.

I don’t blame Columbia for not allowing those flights to land. He should have had a plan in place before he started having ICE pick ppl up. Trump is an idiot and he has no clue what he’s doing. He’s going to cause a civil war in this country. Ppl need to wise up and shut this shit show down. \n\nTrump assumes he can do whatever he wants to do. This was not a thought out plan. You can’t just expect countries to open their doors to criminals being dropped off after being away for yrs to your doorstep. If they are criminals committed a crime, put their assets in jail in the country where they reside. \n\nHow about all those criminals, 1500 that Trump just let go in the U.S. now he wants to act like he cares and he just did this to police, lawyers, judges and family members of the ppl whom were doing their job, list love ones and fear for their lives. Ppl best wake up and start protesting peacefully b/4 we have a civil war!!!!

In Colombia we love Petro, migrants are not criminals like Trump

Colombian presidente is just asking for respect. US government is deporting people as criminals or like animals in cages and that’s not how that should happen. He is sending the presidential plane to collect them as HUMAN BEINGS

Stop treating migrants like criminals. Deportation flights shouldn’t be done like some ConAir. Dignity is a human right.

Interesting how these countries won't take their own citizens back like maybe they wanted them to leave like maybe they were criminals or something absolutely disgusting

If you get deported as an illegal immigrant, you should be able to take your children with you. What about us who came here legally and we paid to get our citizenship and went through so much processing to get here legally while others can just cross the borders illegally and get citizenship somehow. They were not screened if they have criminal records and they didn't go through a health inspection like we did. The law is law and it should always be implemented, no exceptions. I have met someone who was not a U.S. citizen but she gave birth on an airplane above the U.S. territory and her son became an automatic U.S. Citizen. I thought that was weird. The children should maintain the same citizenship as their parents so they will not be separated. Birthright citizenship has divided and dislocated families. This law meant that the U.S. government will take the baby away from the parents because they have no citizenship and put their children in the Foster Care Home Systems? That doesn't even make sense to separate a family, this law is a home wrecker. It needs to be abolished ASAP.

It just goes to show they shouldn’t be here illegally. Why would we want criminals here when we already are dealing with our own issues in the US. Why the violence towards the US officers on the border if they’re fleeing their country why behave like this they just wanted the free handouts at Americans expense. I don’t know how the government thought this was OK to have all the people come over here illegally and pay for everything when there are homeless veterans and children that are US citizens. Take care of home first.

He lied. Trump a liar they werent all criminals. He just said that because he want to justify his actions and maybe less people will protest like Hitler did saying Jews were less than other people like the former slave owners claimed that the blacks were not capable of anything other than being slaves.

Are they criminals or are they just regular immigrants do they know who is just the criminals where are they getting them all sound like they're getting them off

Why is everyone pressed? Why wouldn’t u want bad people out of ur home? He is targeting undocumented and criminals who came here to crime in ur home. Really I don’t understand people, did Covid fog ur heads making u act like ZOMBIES on steroids… I just don’t get it