WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump escalated his threats against people who vandalize Tesla cars, musing in a social media post Friday that those convicted of damaging or destroying the vehicles — including U.S. citizens — could be sent to notorious prison complexes in El Salvador.

“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 said, adding, “Perhaps they could serve them in the prisons of El Salvador, which have become so recently famous for such lovely conditions!”

In recent weeks, vandals in several cities have defaced or destroyed Tesla vehicles and dealerships in apparent protest of Musk’s efforts to drastically reshape the federal government and fire much of the federal workforce.

No serious injuries have been reported.

Last month, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador offered to imprison convicted criminals from the United States in his country’s massive prison facilities.

— The New York Times