In case you missed it, CNN just got brutally deported—from reality, from credibility, and possibly from journalism altogether. During a recent Oval Office press conference, President Trump sat alongside El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele. Now, typically, that kind of high-level meeting might involve, you know, discussions on trade, diplomacy, crime, or security. But instead of a showdown between world leaders, the real drama came from—you guessed it—CNN.
And not just any CNN reporter. It was Kaitlan Collins, who managed to roll out one of the most embarrassing questions of the year. She asked why President Trump deported a man who had been “accidentally” removed from the United States. Let’s stop there.
Because when you find out this “accidentally deported man” was a confirmed MS-13 gang member, who had been ruled a threat by two separate immigration courts, had no legal status, and was declared a terrorist under U.S. law, you start to wonder whether Kaitlan Collins missed a few memos—or just reads her news off X (formerly Twitter) threads written in crayon.
Pam Bondi Starts the Beatdown
Trump turned to Pam Bondi, who calmly, coolly, and surgically dismantled the entire narrative.
Bondi explained that the man had entered the country illegally, had zero lawful status, and had been confirmed as MS-13 by an immigration court and an appellate court. He wasn’t “accidentally deported” — he was precisely deported, exactly as the law prescribed.
There was no confusion. Just a liberal media fantasy that tried to twist a lawful removal into some tragic humanitarian blunder.
Stephen Miller Lowers the Legal Boom
Then came Stephen Miller, now Homeland Security Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff. If Bondi’s explanation was the scalpel, Miller brought the sledgehammer.
He reminded the room (and Kaitlan, who clearly needed it) that MS-13 is a designated foreign terrorist organization under U.S. law. Once that designation is in place, the gang member in question becomes ineligible for immigration relief—no asylum, no green card, not even a free toothbrush at the border welcome center.
And just in case CNN wanted to make it more dramatic, Miller threw in the 9-0 Supreme Court decision that confirmed the administration had zero obligation to bring this guy back. A federal judge tried to override the process? The Supreme Court basically laughed and told him to sit down.
Nine to zero. In Washington, that’s the legal equivalent of a mic drop.
Bukele Asks the Obvious: “Are You Out of Your Mind?”
Then it got better. President Bukele—yes, the President of another country—looked Kaitlan dead in the eye and asked, in effect, “You want me to smuggle a terrorist back into your country?”
I don’t know what’s more painful: that Bukele had to explain U.S. foreign policy to an American journalist, or that he did it with such unfiltered clarity, you could almost hear the CNN interns quietly deleting their Slack threads in the background.
Bukele has been building mega-prisons for MS-13 back in El Salvador. The idea that he would send one back to America just because Kaitlan Collins thinks deportation is mean? Absurd. Laughable. And exactly what CNN would champion in prime time.
Marco Rubio Joins the Roast
Enter Marco Rubio with the civics refresher.
He calmly pointed out that, in this country, foreign policy is handled by the President—not by district judges—and certainly not by cable news anchors.
Apparently, this was news to CNN.
We’ve reached a point where U.S. Senators now have to step in and explain separation of powers because legacy media can’t—or won’t—accept how the government actually works.
Rubio’s tone was almost pitying. Like a teacher disappointed that his brightest student just asked if the moon is made of cheese.
Trump Lands the Knockout
And then—because this whole thing needed a closing line—President Trump came in with the hammer:
“Why can’t you just say it’s wonderful to get criminals out of our country?”
Simple question. Clear answer. And yet CNN twisted itself into a pretzel trying to make this deportation sound like the moral crisis of the century.
This is what happens when a “news” network becomes an emotional support group for criminals. CNN isn’t just wrong—they’re aggressively wrong. Persistently wrong. Proudly wrong.
And when confronted with actual facts—actual court rulings—actual laws—they don’t retreat. They double down. Because in their world, feelings matter more than facts. MS-13 members deserve sympathy. And deporting a violent gang member is somehow a human rights violation.
You can’t make this stuff up—except CNN just did.
Final Thoughts
Kaitlan Collins didn’t just ask a bad question—she exposed how completely untethered CNN has become from reality. The press conference didn’t devolve into chaos. It evolved into a lesson—one that CNN wasn’t prepared for.
They tried to turn a convicted MS-13 gang member into a martyr. And in return, they got fact-checked by a lawyer, a security advisor, a foreign president, a U.S. senator, and a sitting President—all in under five minutes.
If there’s any “accidental deportation” here, it’s CNN’s credibility—flushed, revoked, and permanently removed from the realm of serious journalism.
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