17.03.2025 ⇢ Day Trump's Old War Law Deported Venezuelans
⌨Trump continued dominating international coverage with La Vanguardia reporting his administration deported 200 Venezuelans using an 18th-century war law, while El Confidencial highlighted his "real estate diplomacy" from Louisiana to Greenland. Trump's rhetoric against deportees to El Salvador as "monsters" further emphasized his hardline immigration stance.
Domestically, the Valencian government showed political realignment as Vox supported PP's Mazón in processing 2025 budgets, celebrated by opposition leader Feijóo. Defense spending remained controversial as the government considered bypassing Congress to increase military funding, continuing the defense theme from previous days when European leaders discussed Ukraine occupation planning.
By evening, attention shifted to accountability issues with prosecutors requesting investigation of authors behind the "Protocol of Shame" regarding nursing home deaths, connecting to the previous day's coverage of Madrid President Ayuso's controversies around COVID deaths in care facilities.