Pretty sure liberals are still going to find a way to be angry at the potus despite the fact that he is sending an actual NAZI to stand trial for his involvement in the death of over 6000 people.
ABC News was there when Palij was removed by wheelchair from his home on Monday, but he did not answer any questions. Looking frail with missing front teeth visible through his white beard, the only noise he made was a pained howl as agents hoisted him from his wheelchair onto the ambulance stretcher.
Representatives for Palij didn’t respond to ABC News request for comment.
The administration released a statement after Palij landed in Germany early Tuesday:
“President Trump commends his Administration’s comprehensive actions, especially ICE’s actions, in removing this war criminal from United States soil,” the statement read. “Despite a court ordering his deportation in 2004, past administrations were unsuccessful in removing Palij. To protect the promise of freedom for Holocaust survivors and their families, President Trump prioritized the removal of Palij. Through extensive negotiations, President Trump and his team secured Palij’s deportation to Germany and advanced the United States’ collaborative efforts with a key European ally.”
Palij’s deportation has been a long time coming.
He’d been accused of working at the Treblinka death camp — including on an infamous day in November 1943 in which 6,000 prisoners were killed, according to the Justice Department’s Office of Legislative Affairs. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum writes that SS police unit shot all 6,000 prisoners. An attachment of Jewish laborers was brought in to burn and bury the corpses. “After completing this dreadful work, the Jewish laborers were shot and their bodies burned,” the website reads.
After falsely telling authorities he spent the war at his hometown in Germany, Palij gained entry into the U.S. in 1949. He was eventually granted U.S. citizenship in 1957.
It wasn’t until 2003 that he was