GET ME REWRITE: Carnival barker Donald Trump shows off his law and order bona fides with release of convicted murderer

 

Photo and headline:  New York Times, 7/24/2025

Eric Nagourney reports on the Trump administration continual lack of vetting:

How Mr. Hanid Ortiz came to be on the plane with the other freed Americans, at least some of whom had been seized by the Venezuelan government as bargaining chips, is uncertain. President Trump is better known for his vows to expel ostensible criminals from the United States, not repatriate them. 

The image of a convicted killer on a plane en route from Venezuela, surrounded by cheerful people waving American flags, is at best problematic for the White House. 

“That runs counter to Trump’s message that he’s trying to purge this country of immigrants who are violent criminals,” said Jennifer Stromer-Galley, a professor at the Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies.

 

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