“The authoritarianism of China and how little it cares about individuals is so scary!” - US Conservatives screech with shrill voices as they deport innocent people to said authoritarian and scary country for no good reason other than blind hatred and a lust for authoritarian violence as if it will somehow magically bring them comfort or prosperity in a zero-sum process.
Between this and how they treated Afghans that collaborated with them, this is going to be a long term issue for future recruitment efforts.
Still not sure if it’s deliberate, but Trump is taking the exact steps one would take to dismantle the American Empire.