Trump told Elon Musk he would leave the country for Venezuela if he lost the election.
“Next time if something happens in this election, what we will do, it will be a horror show, we will meet in Venezuela next time because that will be a much safer place than our country,” Trump said. Okay? So, we’ll go, you and I will go, we’ll have dinner and have a meeting in Venezuela.
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Trump says he will flee to Venezuela if he loses election, invites Elon to visit him pic.twitter.com/z0gvN6ugI7
—Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 13, 2024
trump card His campaign will say he’s joking, but Donald Trump isn’t known for his sense of humor.
The real reason Trump fled the country was that he wanted to avoid prosecution in the federal case because the Erin Cannon case and the Georgia RICO criminal case were going to be overturned.
There has been speculation for years that Donald Trump would flee the country if he had no chance of returning to power and could face criminal prosecution. One way to stop Trump from fleeing the country is to confiscate his passport so he cannot leave the country.
If Trump does come to the point of facing a criminal conviction, it’s easy to see him trying to flee the country.
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