Said He Would Be 'Willing To Kill Donald Trump And Serve A Life Sentence'

A social media post has an Egyptian flight student in jail in Orange, CA and facing possible deportation.

The Associated Press reports that Emad El-Sayed (pictured) posted on Facebook that he would be "willing to kill Donald Trump and serve a life sentence,” and that “[T]he whole world would thank me for doing that.”

The post is apparently no longer on the site.

The post first appeared in February, and El-Sayed was interviewed by Secret Service agents after it appeared. The student pilot's attorney, Hani Bushra, said that the deportation was being considered because the government "was not able to get a criminal charge to stick on him."

El-Sayed said the message was in response to Trump's comments about Muslims, and that he immediately regretted posting the statement. He said in a telephone interview with the AP that there are "thousands" of such posts "every hour" on Facebook. He said he didn't understand why the government would consider him a threat to Trump or the national security "because of a stupid post."

El-Sayed has been attending Universal Air Academy with the hopes of returning to Egypt and securing a job as an airline pilot. He said if he is allowed to stay, he would like to continue his studies, but if not, he would seek a refund of at least a portion of the $65,000 he has spent on his education.

It is a cautionary tale ... be careful what you post on social media.

(Image from Facebook)

FMI: www.facebook.com/emad.elsayed.18