Trump backs jailing US criminal ‘animals’ in foreign prisons

Published February 4, 2025 4:49pm ET



President Donald Trump backed the idea of sending violent U.S. criminals to be held in foreign prisons as opposed to U.S. jails Tuesday afternoon.

The president’s comments came as he was signing two executive orders in the Oval Office regarding the Middle East, including one expanding his “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran.

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