Donald Trump faces travel ban to 37 countries
Donald Trump faces travel ban to 37 countries
Former president and convicted felon Trump could have difficulty entering nations including the U.K., Ukraine and China.
Trump got his travel ban.
This is so sweet.
*They’re all shithole countries anyway. -T
I'm amused at the fact that Australia doesn't allow convicted felons to enter.
Also doesn't Trump say that USA is #1? Why would he ever want to leave?
Asylum in Russia.
Russia is notably not one of the countries which would disallow a convicted felon from entering.
Australia has received too many convicted felons already, after they entered about 200 years ago.
including canada and the UK! hahahahah
As a brit I don't see this being enforced in the UK. The gov would be too scared that trump or an ally would come to power and we can't risk effecting the special welationship 👉👈
I’ve never had the use of two emojis make me this uncomfortable.
Quick, remind me which country Trump's Aberdeenshire Golf course is in again?
Norway
Don't worry, Canada will do like it did for GWB and give him an exemption if it comes to that
Which means he can't go to his own golf resort in Scotland.
You've got to love the irony here. He complained for years that people entering at the southern border were criminals and shouldn't be allowed in and now essentially other countries are saying the same thing about him.
Damn, a former president is banned from entering more countries than I am. That's fucking wild and make me feel slightly better about some of the places I'll never see again.
Which ones and why?
I sense a fun story and I'm here for it.
Right so can you guys please not vote for this guy now fuck my life 🤦♂️
Best I can do is a historic number of people voting for him a 3rd time, still losing the popular vote and standing a decent chance at winning anyway
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This comment made all the dopamine leave my body at once. Now I look like Voldemort in death fetus mode, except fat and hairy
Unfortunately there are too many stupid Americans, sorry.
Unfortunately the verdict will do nothing to sway his supporters away from him.
I’m signed up to his mailing list for fun. He described it as the darkest day in American history. I’d say roughly half of the country agrees with that assessment.
Saaaad.
Unfortunately it's incredibly difficult to get people to leave cults.
Voting for him is voting against your own self interest.... it's like some oddly bastardized form of the Heaven's Gate mass suicide, but slower and more political.
Now that I think about it...That comparison does feel insulting to Heavens Gate. Their leader believed in what he was preaching and he actually seemed more competent and less malicious since he killed himself too. So I guess a cult that performs a mass suicide is less harmful than trump at this point. I hate this reality so much.
Based on data from the World Population Review, here is a list of countries that do not allow convicted felons to enter:
- Argentina
- Australia
- Canada
- China
- Cuba
- India
- Iran
- Israel
- Japan
- Kenya
- Macau
- New Zealand
- South Africa
- Taiwan
- United Kingdom
- United States
The good news for Trump, is that the UAE is not on the list.
So if he does leave, he can't come back?
I'm pretty sure it's accepted pretty universally that countries must accept citizens back. Reason being, if they don't, the rejected person becomes another country's problem, and that is bad for relations.
I hope because of some weird loophole he has to live in an airport like Tom Hanks
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So, for arguments sake, he wins election. He can't enter those countries as a nations leader?
Dear God it'll be like Kristi Noem who can't enter half her state because the Indian tribes said so.
Pretty sure diplomatic immunity is a thing that would come into play.
Diplomatic immunity is the inability for someone visiting as a diplomat, which would include a US president visiting another country, to be held to a crime or civil penalty, with countries welcome to expel them for abusing this. I don't think that applies.
But a US president who is also a felon could technically be denied correctly by immigration officials, but could reach out to the prime minister to get this fixed, probably in advance.
Diplomatic Immunity is granted by a host country and by the country the diplomat came from. It's not automatically extended. The US historically automatically grants a President diplomat authority but a country can refuse even the highest ranked ambassador if they so choose.
I might be mistaken but whether or not Trump would be admitted to a country with one of these policies it would likely go to a individual vote or decision making authority of whatever governing body runs the country whether or not to grant him a personal exemption due to his political position.
It is also worth mentioning that Trump made some really petty and genuinely awful political decisions that created a lot of hardship for some of the countries on this list. A lot of his wheeling and dealing has been picked apart in courts and actually caused the US some issues since in international trade courts. It may be entirely possible that a country with a grudge would disallow a US president entry which could be quite the setback for the US in multinational bargaining and soft diplomacy.
His ban status will change if he wins. Indian Prime Minister Modi was banned from traveling to US but that changed the moment he was elected as PM.
yep. a great example is the current president of the Philippines.
Wanted by interpol for millions (billions?) in theft and such, has international arrest warrants out for him, but they couldn't touch him when he visited New York.
His mother didn't join him though, because his immunity doesn't extend that far.
Wait we don't allow people with felonies to enter? Quick! Get trump to leave the country!
I know it doesn't work that way but God would it be funny.
Donald Trump faces travel ban to 37 countries
That's 3 more countries than his 34 felony counts!
Gotta pump those rookie numbers up.
Is he still able to vote?
Wait, are criminals not allowed to vote in the US?
Jesus fucking hell, that is not ok.
It depends on the state
Yeah, it varys from pretty fucked up to unreasonably fucked up depending on the state. Some states, you're not able to vote while serving your term. In other states, you lose your right to vote for life.
In some jurisdictions, in some contexts, and for different lengths of time some criminals are denied the right to vote.
https://www.aclu.org/issues/voting-rights/felony-disenfranchisement-laws-map
Land of the free, baby!
Headlines are saying "yes", as long as he's not in jail on election day.
Soooooooooooooooo, hopefully no.
Are felons not allowed to vote?
Depends on the state. Some states permanently revoke a felons right to vote. Some for the time that they're actively in prison. Some do not revoke it at all.
https://www.aclu.org/issues/voting-rights/felony-disenfranchisement-laws-map
Not sure why the UK is included here - the travel ban is:
- has been convicted of a criminal offence in the UK or overseas for which they have received a custodial sentence of 12 months or more
- is a persistent offender who shows a particular disregard for the law
- has committed a criminal offence, or offences, which caused serious harm
Two of those look like something for the Home Secretary to decide, and good luck expecting the Home Secretary to make any sense.
- is a persistent offender who shows a particular disregard for the law
Yup that one right there. Textbook example
I am a convicted felon who has visited the UK. I was never questioned about it. I entered just like everyone else without it ever being brought up.
I’m sure it’s different everywhere. I once looked into visiting Canada and recall having to fill out a form or something, but never actually went.
Russia, maybe he goes to Russia. Putin and Trump now have the same enemy. Free western democratic justice system.
Huh. Argentina. Lots of his kind from the fatherland down there. And now he can't join them.
Is Italy one of them, by chance?
No 😔
In a row?
But he can still visit Daddy Putin, right?
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