Trump Distances Himself from Deportation Order, Questions Rise

I’m writing to ask a serious question in light of recent statements made by President Trump regarding Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the 2025 use of the Alien Enemies Act. On March 21, 2025, President Trump denied signing the proclamation that authorized the deportation of 238 Venezuelan men to El Salvador. His exact words: “I don’t know when it was signed because I didn’t sign it… other people handled it.” The document, however, appears on the official White House website with his name attached. Who is this “other person”? Is it Secretary Rubio? This comment comes just weeks after President Trump, during his State of the Union on March 7, 2025, publicly singled out Rubio when discussing plans to reclaim the Panama Canal: “We have Marco Rubio in charge. Good luck, Marco. Now we know who to blame if anything goes wrong.” So the question is this: Is Marco Rubio going to be the first official to go to jail under this Trump presidency? Because from what we’re seeing, the President is publicly distancing himself from the order while placing Rubio in the spotlight—despite the fact that these deportations were carried out under Trump’s own administration, under an act not used this way in over a century. And this all comes during the same week Trump blasted President Biden for allegedly using an autopen to sign legislation—suggesting that doing so was deceitful or legally questionable. So why, in this case, is President Trump disavowing responsibility for a signed order bearing his own name? If this deportation policy was lawful and justified, why is Trump denying involvement? If it wasn’t, who’s accountable?