Memes

The symbolism of the leader of the world’s most important democracy, who idolizes foreign dictators, enthusing over a detention camp may stir dark historic echoes .

But that’s not worrying the White House. It loves the optics and is evoking cartoonish imagery of a draconian outpost in a wilderness patrolled by razor-toothed reptiles and venomous snakes.

“The only way out is a one-way flight. It is isolated and surrounded by dangerous wildlife and unforgiving terrain,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday. “When you have illegal murderers and rapists and heinous criminals in a detention facility surrounded by alligators, yes, I do think that’s a deterrent for them to try to escape.”