El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, criticized the indictment of former President Donald Trump, arguing that it would be hypocritical for the United States to promote democracy abroad at this time.
“Think what you want about former President Trump and the reasons he’s being indicted,” Bukele said in a Tuesday tweet.
“But just imagine if this happened in any other country, where a government arrested the main opposition candidate. The United States ability to use ‘democracy’ as foreign policy is gone.”
The former president and leading GOP candidate for 2024 pleaded not guilty to an indictment brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat elected in a deep blue county who has prosecuted Trump cases….