MAGA's warlord scheme should shock the hell out of you

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MAGA's warlord scheme should shock the hell out of you
Thom Hartmann
May 9, 2025 6:01AM ET

America stands at a moral precipice, and we’re about to tumble over the edge. The Trump administration is now planning to transport immigrants on U.S. military planes to detention centers in a warlord-controlled part of Libya, a decision that reveals how far we’ve strayed from our foundational values and basic human decency.

If this shocks you, it sure as hell should. The news broke this week that the administration is preparing to send migrants to Libya on military flights as early as Friday. And this isn’t just another policy announcement from the daily outrage factory; it’s the latest escalation in a deliberate strategy of cruelty that began during Donald Trump’s first term.

The timing is no coincidence. Just last week, Saddam Haftar — yes, that’s his actual name — the son of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar, visited Washington and met with Trump advisors including Massad Boulos (Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law) at the State Department. The younger Haftar commands eastern Libya’s land forces and represents his father’s self-styled “Libyan National Army” militia.

This isn’t even the official government of Libya that the Trump family is doing business with; it’s the half of the country that’s run by a warlord who the UN doesn’t recognize!

But let’s back up and ask the most fundamental question: Why the hell are we sending immigrants to prison at all, instead of simply deporting them back to their countries of origin like Obama did?

Crossing the border without authorization is primarily a civil violation, not a criminal offense worthy of imprisonment. These aren’t violent criminals; they’re people seeking safety, work, or a better life. Many were literally fleeing for their lives. Yet instead of processing and returning them through established deportation channels and procedures, Trump is creating a shadow penal system outside of normal judicial oversight. But why?

The answer, as with so many things in this administration, appears to be a toxic blend of profit, politics, and purposeful cruelty.

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The migrants Trump wants to send to Libya are nationals of Laos, Vietnam and the Philippines
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/07/trump-libya-deportation-flight-00333968


Saddam Haftar, chief of staff of the land forces of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces


Massad Boulos, a Lebanese American businessman who is the father-in-law of Trump’s daughter Tiffany and Trump's senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs