Monday’s Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump and El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele was more than a diplomatic handshake. It was a demonstration of what the two leaders say they value most: common sense. On issue after issue — from immigration enforcement to the fairness of women’s sports — the conversation echoed what a growing number of Americans feel has been missing in national discourse: grounded, unapologetic logic in policymaking.
TRUMP: “We’re run by — I don’t say conservative. We’re run by people with great common sense…It’s not liberal or conservative. It’s common sense.” pic.twitter.com/ROFXH2Qduq
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 14, 2025
The media fireworks began when CNN’s Kaitlan Collins asked whether Bukele would be returning Kilmar Abrego Garcia — a now-deported alleged MS-13 member — to the United States. The response? A scorching rebuke. Bukele labeled the suggestion “preposterous,” firmly rejecting the idea of sending a suspected gang member back into the U.S. and insisting he would not “smuggle a terrorist” across international borders. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of State Marco Rubio followed suit, underscoring the absurdity of treating a sovereign nation like a holding cell for American legal disputes.
But it wasn’t just about immigration.
Trump and Bukele took direct aim at an issue that has galvanized voters across the country: biological males competing in women’s sports. Both leaders painted the trend as an insult to decades of hard-won protections for women and girls. Bukele reminded listeners that feminist advocates in El Salvador fought to create safeguards for women against male abuse — only to watch those protections be undermined by the very activists now demanding men be allowed to compete against women in sports.
“That’s violence,” Bukele said. A point few are bold enough to make, but one that resonates with Americans, 80% of whom oppose such policies.
.@POTUS: “Do you allow men to play in women’s sports? Do you allow men to box your women?”@nayibbukele: “That’s violence.”@POTUS: “That’s abuse of a woman… but we have people that fight to the death because they think men should be able to play in women’s sports.” pic.twitter.com/I2CVL5zWOR
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 14, 2025
Trump didn’t hold back either. He reminded the room that records once celebrated as crowning achievements of female athletes are being erased — not by better training or competition, but by allowing biological males to enter women’s competitions. The former president was candid about the political timing of this issue, saying he’s asked his team to hold off on pressing it too hard — for now. “Save it for just before the next election,” he said, because “they’ll change.”
He’s right. When the numbers turn, the Democrats pivot — just long enough to get elected.
But the numbers have turned, and Americans are paying attention. Which brings us to 2025.
Virginia’s upcoming gubernatorial race is shaping up to be a bellwether. Lt. Governor Winsome Sears is poised to challenge Rep. Abigail Spanberger — who voted against the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act and celebrated “Trans Visibility Day” while in Congress. Spanberger’s record is one that clearly aligns with radical gender ideology, not with the majority of Virginians who believe in fairness for women and girls. And as the Youngkin victory of 2021 showed, parental outrage is not a flash in the pan — it’s a political reckoning waiting to happen.
