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Cha

(297,561 posts)
3. Brilliant Kristol! Stupid trump threatening to
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 11:21 PM
Oct 2020

get votes.. what a Moronic thing to say.. admitting he's a criminal.

2naSalit

(86,767 posts)
4. I wish the asshole wouldn't tease us like that.
Sat Oct 17, 2020, 12:37 AM
Oct 2020

But then, his leaving may just mean he's on his way to The Hague.

ffr

(22,671 posts)
6. It's going to be close with all of the restrictions and disqualifications republicans
Sat Oct 17, 2020, 01:01 AM
Oct 2020

across the country are placing on votes cast. I hope everyone who did mail-in has the ability to check the status of their ballot and can either EV or vote on election day if their ballots are disqualified.

Take no vote for granted. We're in the home stretch. Time to suck it up and kick it in to the finish line. We can rest when the polls close.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,856 posts)
8. Ukraine and their recent "White Lives Matter"...
Sat Oct 17, 2020, 01:10 AM
Oct 2020

.. parades will probably take him.

No extradition treaty with us.

Trump can use the phony excuse that he's investigating supposed Democratic corruption there with his allies and family, then stay.

cstanleytech

(26,318 posts)
10. He was probably already making plans to flee the country long before Biden even
Sat Oct 17, 2020, 01:17 AM
Oct 2020

announced that he would be running.
In fact I am willing to bet that on Trumps last official day in office that we will see him boarding a flight to flee to Russia and probably taking along as much classified intel as he can lay his grubby hands on to pay for sanctuary.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,856 posts)
12. Either that, or try to remain President until he died.
Sat Oct 17, 2020, 01:33 AM
Oct 2020

Then trying to pass the position to a son, like a king.

I worked with a guy who actually argued that we needed to return to rule by kings, claiming that our "democratic experiment" had failed and that type of governing lasted much longer in Europe, proving the "stability" of it! Yes, he voted for Trump in 2016!

cstanleytech

(26,318 posts)
13. Maybe but he has to know that is impossible now so he is probably going with plan B which is
Sat Oct 17, 2020, 01:38 AM
Oct 2020

to leave as fast as possible but the problem is he has limited liquid assets.
Sure he has real estate but that is likely to be seized even in other countries that are friendly with the US so if he does flee to Russia like I suspect he will need something to bargain with which is why I think its a good bet that he will probably grab as much classified intel as he can.
Edit: I know if I was a spy in Russia though right now working for the US I would be very nervous because one of the best things that Trump could trade would be the names of all the assets that the US has inside Russia.

HubertHeaver

(2,522 posts)
16. Nightmare: He will take the family on a Christmas trip
Sat Oct 17, 2020, 01:59 AM
Oct 2020

to the Ukraine after 15 Dec, on AF1. He will have with him the nuclear football. He defects.

cstanleytech

(26,318 posts)
17. The football is not the concern as the codes can be changed rather the real concern should be things
Sat Oct 17, 2020, 03:28 AM
Oct 2020

like the names of human assets the US has worldwide as well as information on classified technology that is being or has been developed.

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