March 13, 2023
President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has become the Latin American leader most lauded by the far right in the United States. The millennial president, who once labelled Donald Trump “nice and cool” after meeting with Trump on the sidelines of a UN General Assembly meeting, is now being held up by the far right as a model for what strong national leader should be.
Among the conservatives, one group of Bukele fans are libertarian in their leanings – these are the supporters who enthusiastically promote Bitcoin. They support Bitcoin for providing a currency system which is free of government control and not dependent on the actions of multinational financial institutions. When Bukele tweets “We will stand for freedom… bitcoin is FU money” these libertarian Bitcoiners stand up and cheer.
More recently, a different swarm of conservative pundits has come out in praise of Bukele after his recent videos of the transfer of the first prisoners into the new mega-prison outside of San Vicente. The images of heavily tattooed, shackled, half-naked prisoners in positions of submission made perfect video for tough on crime messaging by right wing commentators.
Two members of the New York Young Republican Club wrote an opinion piece in Newsweek proclaiming Bukele has “a blueprint for restoring law and order to its rightful place in governance.” An article in The American Conservative declared “there is still inspiration to take from Bukele’s success.” In a speech on March 4 at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting, Michael Knowles of the Daily Wire said to applause:
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