"He's got MS-13 tattooed onto his knuckles"

[struggle4progress]

Kelly Rissman
Fri, April 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM EDT
5 min read

President Donald Trump posted a statement from the Oval Office Friday with what appeared to be a digitally altered image that Trump said was the hand of a Maryland father who was deported to a brutal El Salvador prison following officials’ unproven claims he is a member of the MS-13 gang ...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/got-ms-13-tattooed-onto-024822957.html

[dchill]

1. So then Trump said...

“I was elected to take bad people out of the United States, among other things. I must be allowed to do my job” Trump continued.

But where will you go, Donnie? Where on Earth will you go? Oh. Wait! Of course! El Salvador! Duh!

[Hekate]

2. So where is trump's tattoo? A big ol' 666 on his pasty ass?

[canetoad]

3. What font is that

Franklin Gothic Book?

[electric_blue68]

6. 😄 (former graphic designer) Wow that looks photoshopped

😑

[diane in sf]

10. And not a very good job of it either.

[electric_blue68]

29. Heh!

[JoseBalow]

9. This Looks Shopped

I can tell from some of the pixels, and from seeing quite a few shops in my time.

[canetoad]

11. My post was sending it up

I don't even think it's Photoshopped. Looks like it's been done in MS Word. They can't even forge pix like professionals.

[JoseBalow]

13. It's like trying to buy beer with Monopoly money

[The Madcap]

16. Agreed. And the skin of his knuckles

Has the strange ability to not deform the typeface. Crazy!

As for the rest of it, is that really his hand?

[yardwork]

17. Did Donnie use a sharpie to write that?

[LymphocyteLover]

20. I suppose they are saying they added the MS13 as a label

to show the finger tattoos mean MS13?

[jeffreyi]

23. That's what it looks like.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

25. He didn't have those tattoos when Senator Hollen met him.

The other symbols are there.

[Blue Owl]

26. Not even close to being a convincing fake

Worst. Ameteur hour. Ever.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. This is fake

[tulipsandroses]

5. Did he use his sharpie ? This would be comical if it wasn't so sad and depraved.

What's next? A deep fake?
If you have evidence, we have a system in place for you to present it. It's call court - you remember that, don't you? Been there enough times.

[Maraya1969]

7. Someone who knows how to do this do it to Trump. I want to see MS-13 on his knuckles

We have got to fight back against this MF

[William769]

8. That's not even a good fake.

[kkmarie]

12. It's not like there's no proof

This makes it even sicker. Mr. Garcia "was an alternate " what? Needed the photo op? Full buses? Full planes?
Fuck I'm so tired 😫

Robert Cerna, an acting ICE field office director, wrote in a sworn declaration, according to CNN, that "Abrego-Garcia was not on the initial manifest of the Title 8 flight to be removed to El Salvador."

“Rather, he was an alternate. As others were removed from the flight for various reasons, he moved up the list and was assigned to the flight," he added. "The manifest did not indicate that Abrego-Garcia should not be removed. This was an oversight, and the removal was carried out in good faith based on the existence of a final order of removal and Abrego-Garcia’s purported membership in MS-13."

Link from the fox ministry of hate:
https://okcfox.com/news/nation-world/trump-administration-admits-administration-error-in-deportation-of-maryland-father-kilmar-armando-abrego-garcia-to-el-salvador-prison-cecot-ice-immigration-status-ms-13-gang

[no_hypocrisy]

14. LOVE/HATE

[Danmel]

19. Love and hate tattoed across the knuckles

Of his hands, hands that slap the kids around cause they don't understand

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[allegorical oracle]

15. Van Hollen would surely have noticed Garcia's hands when they sat together and

he could dispute this.

[LymphocyteLover]

18. you would think that would have been on the arrest warrant rather than just that he had a

Chicago Bulls hat and a hoodie

[LymphocyteLover]

21. So he does have the symbols, just not MS13 on, his fingers

Link to tweet

[EndlessWire]

22. I don't care what he had tattooed

on his knuckles. The rump regime is trying to convict him in the Court of Public Opinion. rump says, "He's a member of MS13," and "I was elected on the mandate to deport such people, and I'm only doing my job."

The problem is, this isn't a "is he or isn't he" matter. It is a DUE PROCESS problem. The Court's recognize this and ordered him returned home. It was unanimous. And now rump's attorney's are in contempt of Court for failure to follow the Judge's instructions, something they can't just pick and choose for themselves.

It is laughable what the rump regime is trying to do to support their complete lack of due process. Pam Bondi is ridiculous, and apparently incompetent, or so subservient to what rump wants that she is just unskillfully planting images in our heads. Every little piece of evidence is now designed to convince us of the badness of this man's character. The problem is, this is a very, very weak circumstantial case where a guy wearing a suggestive hoodie and hat can't really be convicted in court. The altercation with his wife probably wouldn't come in, and...tattoos? Even if he had them, they are not proof enough. This is ridiculous.

I find that the more "evidence" they manufacture, the more incensed I get. This is a missing DUE PROCESS case. rump is also doing this to other men for the same ridiculous reasons. Let's not forget them.

Rump has the power to get ALL these men released. He's lying if he says otherwise. Most, if not all, have no one speaking for them. It has to be the American people. No one is saying, bring them back and turn them loose. The Courts have noted that they did not receive due process. They ordered them returned to receive due process through the Courts. They probably didn't receive Due Process because it would take years for this to play through, barrels of money, and would inconvenience the rump regime.

He needs to keep up the appearance of "doing his job," and distracting us from his consolidation of dictatorial powers. If he gets away with this, he can do it to anyone: Men, women, Grannies, his political enemies, and anyone who dares say no to him. He has to be stopped.

[CrispyQ]

27. "He has to be stopped."

This, this, this!!! Maybe Roberts is starting to realize the monster they've let loose.

[Hotler]

24. So, Sec. of Defense Pete Hegseth is a tatooed gang member (christian Taliban) also.

they're a threat to this country and the world. They need labeled as domestic enemies.

[Deuxcents]

28. The tattoo artist should get a medal for the most perfect tattoo..looks just like what I can type on my iPad