Donald Trump says he will flee to Venezuela if he loses election [Newsweek]

Alternative headline "Donald trump lies again"

The mob speak is insane, but in reality, would this be grounds to revoke any bail/bonds he's currently on?

Venezuela is an odd choice, considering most of his kind have historically fled to Argentina.

In 2022, it was reported that Vladimir Putin and his top leadership were developing a backup plan to flee to Venezuela if Russia were defeated in Ukraine.

Like a dog. Right to his masters lap, I see.

Very smart to say this publicly just a couple months before sentencing for 34 felony convictions.

Openly staying that he is going to flee the country... With ongoing court cases. Time to revoke that passport

But he did say he’d go to Venezuela if he loses.

He did not.

As I explained earlier today, he was commenting about crime decreasing around the world and, if Kamala were elected, it would be safer to meet the person he was speaking with in Venezuela than in the United States.

Evil commie Venezuela (as Republicans keep painting it)? Is that really the angle he's going for?

Evidently many Lemmy users don’t understand that this a threat, not a promise to leave. Direct quote from Trump:

"If something happens with this election, which would be a horror show, we'll meet the next time in Venezuela, because it'll be a far safer place to meet than our country," Trump said to Musk. "OK, so we'll go. You and I will go, and we'll have a meeting and dinner in Venezuela."

He’s implying the violence that will be unleashed on the US by his followers if he looses will make Venezuela (a country that is currently in revolt because of contested elections) seem safe in comparison to what his people will do here.

This is a classic “mobster” threat against anyone who opposes him that he just threw out.

Venezuela? that's an odd choice. He's distracting us from his Russian emigration plans

Wouldn't that be a violation of his release following being convicted of 34 felonies?

Sounds like he’s a flight risk.

Show us you mean it by fleeing there now. Then stay there to really get the message across.

"The United States isn't sending their best. They're sending rapists, they're criminals..."

I know he intended this as hyperbole but I 100% would not be surprised if the reason this popped into his head is because he's been making arrangements for exactly this.

If I were him I wouldn't want to hang around in the US after a loss in November. It's all or bust.

He said that about Biden winning. He is lying.

I'm sure they'd LOVE to have him after all the things he's said about their country

Yet another campaign promise he will likely break.

Member when he said if he lost to Biden we would never hear from him again? I ‘member

Flight risk

Why wait?

Well if that's not a reason to vote for Kamala, I don't know what is.

Since he's a big fibber, maybe she could make it an election promise to enforce it.

Why wait? Trump could leave the United States right now and we'd all be better off.

Can we get that in writing?

As a former President, can he?

I'm not American, but my assumption was that the President's role was one for life, in that he will always have a presidential security detail with him, and while he can travel abroad it's probably only to countries with good diplomatic ties with the US.

A former President moving outside of a friendly jurisdiction could be a huge security issue that he couldn't just wave away.

I hate Trump, but this framing is disingenuous. In the context of what he was saying, he was trying to make "a point" about South American countries sending criminals to the USA. He was claiming that if he doesn't win the election, it would be safer to have their next conversation in Venezuela because there would be no crime there as they'd have sent all criminals to USA.

So, you know, just more of his really stupid bullshit, but he wasn't really saying he would flee to Venezuela. For one, that would require him to believe he had done something wrong or to admit some kind of defeat, two things that I firmly believe he is incapable of doing.

Trump said they will start a revolution if they lose and now they say they will leave the country if they lose?

They want other people to get them in power while they just wait in another country?

In the context of what he was talking about, it seemed like that was his weird way of trying to make Venezuela sound like a better place than what America would be under Kamala Harris. Best thing you can do really is just completely ignore this guy because he thrives on attention, negative or positive.

Imagine if the Project 2025 plans to question the results and bring it to the corrupt supreme court all failed because Trump impulsively fled? Would be hilarious

Trump should fear failing Putin more than anything the USA would do.

Does Venezuela give consent? I guess that's never mattered before anyway.

Does he know they don’t speak English there?

Stop posting newsweek

I'd ask him to promise, but I know what his promises are worth.

I'm sure Maduro will welcome him with open arms.

This is slightly at odds with many Republican legislators because many people fleeing Venezuela are firmly on the right. When DeSantis did his whole transporting Texas asylum seekers, one of the main issues was that money for that was not to be used for people fleeing Venezuela.

As usual the US is doing everything it can do destroy Venezuela smh

Mr. Trump, you don't need to run there, start early and you can walk.

That would be awesome he'd get a fair'trial there Im sure.

Can we all chop in for a ticket to send him now, save him the trouble of trying to come up with nicknames for Harris and Walz that they don't turn into positives? Like "Tampon Tim" ...."He's going to stop the red wave!" Which is how Trump ended up building Walz.

Edit: "chip" in. Economy of course.

Haven't the Venezuelans to deal with enough shit?

He is like "Who around here is the most down, so I can kick them even more?"

If he is being serious, please take all the MAGA Kool aid drinkers with you.

Of all the times for that treasonous orange shit to lie, why did it have to be this one?

My question would be, "why wait?"

Wonder what Venezuela has to say about that.

I've heard this before. What a baby.

Interpol being notified? Escaped felons should be

Is that a promise?

I bet he'll run for president there too, and then fail, and then flee to another country that's most likely allied with Venezuela.

Any way to make that legally binding?

In context it was more of a stupid joke:

he'll have to go to venezuela because its safer now that they sent all their criminals to the US

So there's Epstein's second "island", I see.

Yes please. Unfortunately, he's lieing his ass off as usual.

lol, adding more reason to vote against himself every day. Gotta love it

Did he too old to remember he's a convicted criminal?

Do it!

(he won't do it)

Cool story bro.

I wonder if Venezuela is actually a good choice for him or if he just wants to be associated with actual nazi commanders?

They wouldn’t want him, either.

I wish. But didn't he say the same thing prior to losing to Biden? Didn't happen then and won't happen now...

If he takes his cult members with him, that would be great as well

Lol Venezuela would promptly send him back after he serves his life sentence for trying to overthrow their government.

And what, become a cowboy!

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