President Donald Trump suggested that Tesla protesters, and American citizens, could serve prison sentences in an El Salvador prison system known for having brutal conditions.

Trump made the remark in a Truth Social post on Friday morning, calling individuals who have acted against Tesla properties, “sick terrorist thugs.”

“I look forward to watching the sick terrorist thugs get 20 year jail sentences for what they are doing to Elon Musk and Tesla,” Trump wrote. “Perhaps they could serve them in the prisons of El Salvador, which have become so recently famous for such lovely conditions.”

Trump’s reference to El Salvador is because the U.S. recently struck a deal with the foreign country to send deportees there to be held at a prison human rights experts say has inhumane conditions.

Over the weekend, the Trump administration deported over 200 Venezuelans accused of being gang members to El Salvador where they are held at the CECOT prison. However, families are asserting that not all of the men were gang members including one who had no criminal record, according to CBS News.

Elon Musk, billionaire owner of Tesla, has drawn intense ire from citizens due to what he has done after taking a prominent role in the Trump administration.

Musk is the figurehead of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an unofficial government agency, Trump administration personnel says is rooting out, “waste, fraud and abuse.”

Since Trump returned to the White House, DOGE has acted to slash funding for several federal programs and lay off or fire thousands of federal employees.

Protesters have demonstrated their opposition to his actions by burning, shooting and vandalizing Tesla cars and showrooms at several locations across the country.

This has led to Trump, Musk and the administration labeling the acts, “domestic terrorism.”

Trump previously insinuated, without evidence, that the individuals performing the protests were being paid by, “political people on the left.”

On Thursday, the Department of Justice announced the arrest of three individuals from separate states accused of vandalizing Tesla properties.