If Kaitlan Collins ever wondered why trust in corporate media is circling the drain, she got a firsthand reminder this week — live, and in color — courtesy of President Trump and El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele. In what can only be described as a glorious takedown of activist journalism masquerading as news, Collins found herself getting verbally body-slammed at a joint press conference over the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a deported MS-13 gang member.
Let’s set the stage. President Trump, back in the White House and not pulling any punches, picked Collins out of the media crowd and introduced her with a jab that had more truth than most CNN segments: “Let’s hear the question from this very low-rated anchor at CNN.” Collins, predictably, tried to force the administration into a trap over the deportation of Abrego Garcia, pretending this was about law or justice. It’s not. It’s about the Left’s bizarre obsession with shielding foreign criminals under the guise of “human rights.”
Instead of playing along, Trump deferred the question to his team — and that’s when the fireworks really started. Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, and even Secretary of State Marco Rubio laid out the facts: Abrego Garcia was legally deported, proven to be an MS-13 gang member, and declared ineligible for U.S. residency under a Trump-era designation that properly labeled MS-13 as a foreign terrorist organization.
Miller, never one to mince words, hammered the arrogance of the American media for assuming El Salvador would want to hand back one of their worst criminals. “If he was your neighbor, you’d move right away,” he told Collins — and he’s absolutely right.
JUST IN: President Trump has multiple members of his admin take turns ripping CNN's Kaitlan Collins after she asked why an alleged MS-13 member was deported to El Salvador.
Lmao.
Pam Bondi, Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, as well as Nayib Bukele all ripped the media after Collins… pic.twitter.com/R7Y2ZOSt37
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 14, 2025
Then came the knockout blow from President Bukele himself. Collins asked whether he would “return” the gang member to the U.S. Bukele replied, with righteous indignation, “Of course, you’re not suggesting that I smuggle a terrorist into the United States, right?” He continued: “We’re not very fond of releasing terrorists into our country. We just turned the murder capital of the world into the safest country in the Western Hemisphere.”
Game. Set. Match.
This wasn’t journalism. It was courtroom theater, with Collins trying to turn MS-13 into a sympathetic cause. The Supreme Court’s 9-0 ruling made it clear: no court can order the president to retrieve a foreign national. Trump’s administration followed the law. El Salvador has no obligation to return a terrorist. And CNN? Still pushing narratives no one believes.
Real leadership stood at that podium — and reminded us what America First actually looks like.
That was hilarious.