'Objectively nuts': DHS's wild social media post sparks fierce backlash

Political analysts and observers were outraged on Wednesday after the Department of Homeland Security made a social media post about President Donald Trump's deportation operations.

DHS posted an image of a 1950s-style car on an idyllic beach under a caption reading, "America after 100 million deportations." The post also read, "The peace of a nation no longer besieged by the third world." It was posted at a time when courts are blocking the Trump administration from federalizing the National Guard as part of its operations.

The post generated significant criticism online.

"The entire U.S. foreign-born population is only 45 million people, so this ridiculous edge-lord post by taxpayer-funded trolls is suggesting deporting 55 million native-born citizens," immigration attorney Aaron Reichlin-Melnick posted on X.

"An official U.S. government account putting this out is objectively nuts," lawyer Devin Driscoll posted on X.

"NEWS: The Trump administration threatens to illegally deport tens of millions of American-born U.S. citizens," Jon Favreau, co-host of "Pod Save America," posted on X.

"This means they would want to deport all illegal immigrants, all legal immigrants, and ~50 million native-born Americans," Alex Nowrasteh, senior vice president of policy at the CATO Institute, posted on X.

"In order to deport 100 million people, tens of millions of U.S. Citizens would need to be deported. Is the social media team filled with idiots or white supremacists? My guess is both," ex-Air Force General Counsel Charles Blanchard posted on X. "Shame on Secretary Noem."