After the Justice Department charged three people with vandalizing Tesla property, the president floated sending the accused to prisons in El Salvador

Donald Trump walks in front of a Tesla Cybertruck (Credit: Getty Images)

• After President Donald Trump vowed that actions against Tesla would be treated as “domestic terrorism,” the government has now unveiled the first three sets of charges. The president joked about sending the defendants to serve out 20-year sentences in El Salvador, notorious for its violent prisons.

The Trump administration has made clear protests against Tesla would be treated as domestic terrorism. Now, three people have been charged by the Department of Justice in connection with vandalizing Tesla properties—and the president just floated sending them to an infamous prison in El Salvador.