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In the midst of a considerable amount of legal woes, Trump appears to be spending his Sunday focusing on what's most important to him presently . . . golf.

"I can’t go. I have to stay around and fight off the Crazed Radical Left Lunatics," Trump says

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[–] deconstruct@lemm.ee 37 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Trump wasn't labeled as a flight risk, even though he should be.

So what's keeping him from traveling abroad? Bail bondsman conditions? Advice from his lawyers?

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago

Advice from his lawyers?

When has that stopped him from doing anything?

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Part of being arrested is they confiscate passports. The only way he can enter another country is if they give him asylum

[–] spider@lemmy.nz 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They should promise to give him asylum, then put him in an asylum.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

this would require letting him into the country. Not recommended.

Though. if they want him... they can have him.

[–] Chozo@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think he meant a mental asylum.

There is this guy who seems more grounded than Trump

[–] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 12 points 1 year ago

Maybe for normal people. He didn’t surrender his passport.

[–] Dressedlikeapenguin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've not heard that he surrendered his passports yet

[–] Chozo@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I doubt they need to physically take his passport. I'm pretty sure that can be revoked by the DoS at any time. Also with how public this is, I doubt any airport would even allow Trump onto the premises at all, for fear of what may happen if they somehow let him escape.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He does have a private jet. It’s not like Trump is going up to the ticket counter at American Airlines and asking for a ticket, then proceeding to go through TSA for an x-ray or a pat down.

[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

That is also true, but he would still have to file a flight plan. Otherwise those pilots might as well get asylum too, they would never fly again in the US if they took off without filing an FAA flight plan.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

The feds did not do this, it was reported. Didn't hear about Georgia, so maybe they did it there.

[–] TheJims@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Scotland doesn’t want him there. Why would they?

[–] sndmn@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

He's out on bail in four different jurisdictions. I'm sure one of them has a "no international travel" condition.