Trump is paying 10s of millions to 5 countries to take small numbers of deportees

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

Countries Trump would call "shitholes" raking in the dough

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/politics/trump-admin-spending-deporting-migrants-report



The report, released Friday, says that the administration has inked the high-cost deals for the return of “relatively small numbers of third country nationals.”

Deals with five governments – Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, El Salvador, Eswatini, and Palau – have cost more than $32 million, with much of that funding being provided “as lump sum payments, often before any third country nationals arrived,” according to the report.

The five countries that received the million-dollar payments have collectively only received about 300 third country nationals from the US.

The report notes that the administration often uses high-cost military aircraft to deport migrants, even for flights with only a small number of people.

“The Trump Administration spent an estimated more than $7.2 million on third country deportation flights as of January 2026 to at least ten countries, with actual costs likely far higher,” the report states.

[Turbineguy]

1. Life is so much easier

when you don't have to obey the law.

As long as it lasts.

[tanyev]

2. "Businessman" Donny is running the country like his bankrupt casinos.

😒

[Jmb 4 Harris-Walz]

3. And the more sickening thing about this is we're going to pay for this twice....

now, as he’s doing it. And later, when Drump is gone and we’re stuck paying reparations to all those injured by this administration. Not to mention, I firmly believe that they are robbing our country blind. Lining their bank accounts with our money.

I’m glad I’m on the downward side of life so I won’t have to see the chaos he leaves behind…the chaos of now is bad enough for me already!

[bucolic_frolic]

4. It's all a political slush fund