{"id":46757,"date":"2022-08-10T12:57:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T16:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=46757"},"modified":"2022-08-10T12:57:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T16:57:40","slug":"quote-of-the-week-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=46757","title":{"rendered":"Quote Of The Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago was a disgrace, but I wonder if the Biden administration (yes, I think they all knew it was going to happen) thought about how the raid would play around the world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/latin-america\/2022\/08\/09\/el-salvadors-president-nayib-bukele-trump-fbi-raid-what-would-u-s-say-if-i-did-that\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart<\/a> reported the following on Tuesday:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>El Salvador President Nayib Bukele <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/es-us.noticias.yahoo.com\/bukele-reacciona-twitter-allanamiento-casa-005209479.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">criticized<\/a> the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation\u2019s (FBI) raid on former U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s personal residence at Mar-A-Lago on Monday in a statement posted by Bukele\u2019s official Twitter account, the Spanish news agency Agencia EFE reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the tweet:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/TweetRegardingFBIRaid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46762 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/TweetRegardingFBIRaid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"544\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/TweetRegardingFBIRaid.jpg 544w, https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/TweetRegardingFBIRaid-279x300.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/a>I think that is a very good question.<\/p>\n<p>The article at Breitbart reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Bukele\u2019s administration (2019-present) maintained friendly diplomatic relations with that of Trump during his presidency (2017-2021), Agencia EFE recalled on Monday, writing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><strong>The Government of President Bukele was close to the Administration of former President Trump and the Salvadoran president maintained a close relationship with his ambassador -at the time- in Salvadoran territory, Ronald Johnson.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><strong>However, El Salvador\u2019s relationship with the United States changed with the arrival of President Joe Biden and is currently tense due to some decisions made by Bukele that have been criticized by the Biden Administration.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The article concludes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The U.S. State Department released a list on May 17, 2021, that\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/reports\/section-353-corrupt-and-undemocratic-actors-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">labeled<\/a> 17 Central American politicians, including current and former members of Bukele\u2019s administration, as \u201ccorrupt.\u201d The action seemingly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/latin-america\/2021\/05\/19\/el-salvador-signs-major-deal-china-following-biden-admin-attacks\/\">prompted<\/a> El Salvador\u2019s congress to ratify a 2019 cooperation agreement with China \u2014 one of Washington\u2019s top foes \u2014 the next day. El Salvador\u2019s Congress <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/us-names-honduran-guatemalan-lawmakers-corrupt-list-2021-05-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">ratified<\/a> an economic cooperation agreement with Beijing on May 18, 2021, that was originally signed in 2019. The deal called for China\u2019s government to invest $62 million in various infrastructure projects across El Salvador, including a water purification plant.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nayibbukele\/status\/1488958487317123078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1488958487317123078%7Ctwgr%5Eb96744e6dc78b6b96dba6ab33be3b5c1442bcf3a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Flatin-america%2F2022%2F02%2F03%2Fpresidents-of-brazil-and-el-salvador-back-joe-rogan%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Bukele<\/a> and Brazilian President Jair <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jairbolsonaro\/status\/1489036177189572609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1489036177189572609%7Ctwgr%5Eb96744e6dc78b6b96dba6ab33be3b5c1442bcf3a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Flatin-america%2F2022%2F02%2F03%2Fpresidents-of-brazil-and-el-salvador-back-joe-rogan%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Bolsonaro<\/a> both issued public statements in support of U.S. podcaster Joe Rogan on February 2. The two leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/latin-america\/2022\/02\/03\/presidents-of-brazil-and-el-salvador-back-joe-rogan\/\">expressed<\/a> hope that Rogan would continue fighting for\u00a0\u201cfreedom of the press\u201d and \u201cfreedom of speech,\u201d respectively, in America amid increased scrutiny of his podcasts from establishment media outlets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And those are only some of the diplomatic accomplishments of the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago was a disgrace, but I wonder if the Biden administration (yes, I think they all knew it was going to happen) thought about how the raid would play around the world. 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