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That article is about leaving the White House.
Heres an article about the Macon speech where he suggested seemingly jokingly that he'd leave the country. https://www.axios.com/2020/10/17/trump-rally-leave-us-biden-win
This time though, he's fear mongering, but at the same time showing that he's a coward who is not ready to stay and fight. He's no Alexei Navalny, that's for sure.
Yep, that's what I meant, lol. Thanks for the clarification.
I had that one originally but figured the Reuters one would be more accessible (but failed to read through the Reuters one to confirm it was talking about the same "leave". 🤦🏻♂️)
Updated the link in my earlier comment.
But he didn’t lose, remember? He’s still here trying to fight the good fight!
(I need to go wash my phone after typing that…)
that make him a flight risk. one of these judges on the criminal case should take his passports and impound his jets
I doubt the Secret Service would let him leave, and Trump likely still has some form of diplomatic passport, which would be extremely difficult for a judge to simply take away.
However, you can bet that his comments will be a factor in next month's sentencing, and maybe tip the scales toward jail time. The most likely sentence is probation, but if he is openly saying he's gonna skip the country, that may cause the judge to doubt whether Trump will make it to all of his meetings with his probation officer.
Remember this?
Joe Biden is expected to receive Secret Service protection with a new team that is more familiar to him and replacing some agents amid concerns that they may be politically allied with Donald Trump.
Or this?
"The Department notified us that many U.S. Secret Service (USSS) text messages from January 5 and 6, 2021, were erased as part of a device-replacement program," Inspector General Joseph Cuffari wrote to top members of congressional Homeland Security committees. "The USSS erased those messages after OIG requested records of electronic communications from the USSS, as part of our evaluation of the events at the Capitol on January 6."
Agents assigned to Biden were replaced because of questionable loyalty and the USSS actually destroyed evidence after the OIG requested the records for their Jan-6 investigation. It appears that MAGA has penetrated frighteningly far into the Secret Service. What do you think the odds are that any of agents assigned to protect Trump aren't absolute MAGA zealots?
I doubt the Secret Service would let him leave
I don't know where that shit comes from.
SS doesn't have a say in shit. They can recommend things and most rational people would go along with it, but an ex president can do whatever they want and the SS has to follow along.
trump could get on a private plane, refuse to let SS on, and just fly to Russia. Hell, he can let them on and still do it. It's not like SS is going to take over a fucking plane.
Or as the officials like to call it....Flight to Avoid Prosecution
He does have a sentencing hearing coming up next month, and saying shit like this is exactly what you say when you want the judge to throw the book at you and make sure you do some jail time.
As much as I would love for this to happen, this writer is fabricating what Trump said.
Most of the context is left out but the clips starts with how crime rates around the world are dropping. He's saying it would be far safer to meet in Venezuela because the US would be a horror show if Kamala wins the election.
In this short clip, he's commenting about crime in the US compared to Venezuela.
Nothing about him "fleeing the country" because he loses the election.
Edit:
We have a former president verifiably lying practically every time he opens his mouth while his followers continue to trust him over all else. Meanwhile, we have the vast majority of the public accepting misleading click/rage-bait headlines as facts because it makes them feel a certain way. In both accounts, false or misleading information is spread within the group to enforce an idea not based in reality.
It's the pot calling the kettle black.
Trump is a brand. He profits by keeping people engaged - exactly as today's media does.
Please, dear world, read more than a headline before you promote content. Always question the validity of a story even when, especially when, it seems too good to be true.
Yes, he would meet in Venezuela because Harris will ruin the United States, definitely not because he will end up in jail in the U.S. if he doesn't control the Department of Justice. Totally not because Venezuela regularly refuses extradition requests.
You're totally right, he definitely didn't say he would specifically flee the country because he lost the election and would be in legal jeopardy.
...I can't even say that sarcastically without throwing up in my mouth a little.
Felons have been known to flee.
If he is an admitted flight risk, he should be held in custody until his federal criminal cases are fully adjudicated.
The famous phrase.... it could be argued
Another great reason to vote Harris.
(I don't believe him anyway, he said if he lost to Joe you'd never "hear from him again" and yet here we are...nobody holds this asshole to any of his statements.)
You're talking about people with Olympic level mental gymnastics, tRump didn't lose the election it was sToLeN!
I think that if he wants to stay out of prison he might have to.
He thinks he's going to hide in another country... With secret service detail that every ex-president has.
threaten us with a good time
I was already voting for Harris, you don’t have to sell me on it.
He's a convicted felon. He can leave once he's served his time. I'd actually encourage it.
"Strong man says he will give up and run away if forced to face failure."
FLIGHT RISK
I was shocked he didn't flee the country the moment he ceased to be President
Please win, Kamala! Please!
Is that a promise?
He promised it last time
I just had a seizure ~~reading~~ trying to read this "article". what do I even click to escape??
If trump was half as smart as his most intelligent supporter, he would flee now before the traitor© branding sticks to him and he takes a long fall on a short rope.
He isn't.
In certain areas you could just play that quote as a Harris Walz campaign ad tbh.
"If Crazy Kamala wins, I'll leave America for good!"
"I'm Kamala Harris and I approve this message"
Bye Felicia
As if I wasn't already highly motivated this year. 🤣
I predict that in under 4 years, he'll have run to Russia for sanctuary, where he'll tweet for the rest of his days. He'll make some kind of comparison between himself and Snowden. The media will start to report less and less on what he says, and people will pay less and less attention to him as he is no longer able to do rallies.
If only, he already did this in 2020 and it was a lie as usual.
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-says-youll-never-see-me-again-loses-to-biden-2020-9?op=1
Lmao he's gonna run away from home like a 6 year old.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
LOL, why Venezuela?
Extradition treaty
Because his buddy Maduro just pulled off what Trump wishes he could, a coup backed by the military, going against the voice of the people. The cherry on top being extradition treaty as OP mentioned.