- Donald Trump visited the Florida Everglades migrant detention centre with cabinet members
- He claimed Joe Biden wanted to detain him at the facility, prompting laughter from attendees
- Trump suggested CNN could face prosecution over reporting on ICE officers' movements
While touring the Florida Everglades' newest migrant detention centre in "Alligator Alcatraz" on Tuesday afternoon with members of his cabinet - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, US president Donald Trump alleged that former president Joe Biden wanted to put him there.
"Hey, Biden wanted me in here," Trump said as Noem and DeSantis laughed beside him. "He wanted me [in here]. It didn't work out, but he wanted me in here." Subsequently, Trump could clearly be heard saying, "That son of a bitch," under his breath.
The video showed a large hall that will eventually be used to detain migrants. It included bunk beds in metal cages. A reporter said that the temperature of the room would be kept at a reasonable temperature, to which Trump responded by saying Biden wanted to put him in similar conditions.
Earlier during the tour, Trump and Noem spoke about the idea of prosecuting CNN over their recent reporting about an app that would track the movements of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.
Noem answered a question by a reporter at the detention centre saying, "Yeah, we're working with the Department of Justice to see if we can prosecute them for that. Because what they're doing is actively encouraging people to avoid law enforcement activities, operations, and we're going to actually go after them and prosecute with the partnership of Pam [Bondi] if we can, because what they are doing we believe is illegal."
Trump added that CNN falsely reported the US strikes on Iran. He said, "And they may very well be prosecuted also for having given false reports on the attack in Iran. They were given totally false reports. It was totally obliterated. And our people have to be celebrated, not come home and say, "What do you mean we didn't hit the target?" We hit the target quickly. You know, the pilots came home, they said we hit the target quickly. So they may very well be prosecuted for that. What they did there, we think, is totally illegal."
US President Donald Trump reveled in a new Florida migrant detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" Tuesday, joking that any escapees would be taught to run away from the reptiles to avoid being eaten.
Critics of Trump's harsh immigration crackdown have called the site in the Everglades swamp inhumane, but the Republican embraced the controversy as he attended its official opening.
Last Week the POTUS had left the White House on Tuesday for the NATO summit at The Hague, visibly furious with both Israel and Iran. "They don't know what the f*** they're doing," he said, slamming both nations for violating the ceasefire deal he brokered hours ago.
