Donald Trump had a seriously awkward encounter with an ABC interviewer who sat down with him for his 100th day in office on Tuesday April 29.
After the clash went viral, hacktivist group Anonymous made a post online taking a swipe at the US President for his on-air comments.
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The interview was to mark Trump’s 100 days
In an interview with ABC news anchor Terry Moran, Trump sat down to mark his 100th day in office.
But the two clashed when Moran asked Trump about whether he’d be willing to uphold the Supreme Court ruling to ‘facilitate the return’ of the man wrongly deported to El Salvador.
Abrego Gracia was wrongly deported
Moran was asking about Kilmar Abrego Gracia, who was wrongly deported to El Salvador’s ‘world’s worst prison’.
Not only did the Trump administration admit that deporting him was by mistake, the Supreme Court has also ruled that it ‘facilitates his return’. As of yet, it hasn’t been publicly disclosed if this is happening.
He was deported on claims that he was a gang member
29-year-old Abrego Gracia was deported on claims that he had links to the Salvadoran gang MS-13.
The Trump administration believe they are in possession of an image that shows ‘MS-13’ tattooed on the man’s knuckle. But people on social media have said it looks ‘digitally altered’.
Moran said this to Trump
The ABC news anchor suggested toTrump that the alleged image of Abrego Gracia’s tattoo was Photoshopped.
But Trump wasn’t having it, as he replied, “Wait a minute, wait a minute. He had MS-13 on his knuckles. It says MS-13.”
The two clashed in this interaction
Replying to the President’s claim on the tattoo, Moran said, “That was Photoshopped.”
Trump then responded, “They’re giving you the big break of a lifetime, you know, you’re doing the interview. I picked you because, frankly, I never heard of you, but that’s OK.”
Anonymous took a swipe at Trump after this
Following this awkward interaction, the hacktivist group Anonymous posted on X taking aim at Donald Trump for his MS-13 claims.
They posted an AI-generated image, just a day after the interview, of Trump playing golf with a MS-13 tattoo on his back.
They joked in the caption
Above the AI-generated image they wrote, “Apparently, this is a real picture of Trump golfing.”
People in the replies started joking too, with one person writing, “Haters will say this is AI.” Another also said, “Would we call this a Trump Stump?”
Trump had posted a picture of the alleged tattoo
The president had posted a picture of the alleged knuckle tattoo to social media on April 18, writing, “This is the hand of the man that the Democrats feel should be brought back to the United States, because he is such ‘a fine and innocent person’.”
He further spoke about the tattoo
Trump continued as he mentioned the alleged tattoo on Abrego Gracia, “They said he is not a member of MS-13, even though he’s got MS-13 tattooed onto his knuckles, and two Highly Respected Courts found.”
The meaning of an MS-13 tattoo
The MS-13 tattoo is a symbol of allegiance and identity for members who are part of the MS-13 gang formed by immigrants in LA back in the 80s. Common designs for the tattoo include ‘MS’, ‘13’, or ‘XIII’.
According to the BBC, as of 2008, the estimated number of MS-13 members in the US is 6,000 to 10,000.