Donald Trump says he will flee to Venezuela if he loses election [Newsweek]
Donald Trump says he will flee to Venezuela if he loses election [Newsweek]
Trump told Elon Musk in an interview that they could meet in Venezuela as it is "a far safer place to meet than our country."
Headline slightly sensationalised compared to article content. But he did say he’d go to Venezuela if he loses.
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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.
Also every American country (North and South) have international extradition laws, aka they would ship his criminal ass back to prison where he belongs)
Venezuela does not, there's not even a US embassy there.
Thought they did, maybe not. Stuck a deal for extradition / swap with the U.S. just last year apparently though. https://www.npr.org/2023/12/20/1220615028/biden-venezuela-fat-leonard