If bail is supposed to be a disincentive to flee, what effect is $200k supposed to have on a "billionaire"? A pauper would get that high a bond in this case, and no pauper has access to a private jet.
We need Swedish day fine systems for all levels of government.
If a fine costs a month's wages for someone working minimum wage, it should scale up and still cost a month's wages for people who earn more.
That said, cash bail is an incredibly stupid system. If someone is a flight risk, put an anklet on them. If there's a sincere belief they may flee the jurisdiction, then they need to be deprived of their freedom to travel. And if they aren't any kind of flight risk get them the fuck out of jail. The punishment should not precede the trial.
Yeah, $200,000 is laughable for somebody like him. I feel like appropriate for someone from upper middle class.
Shouldn't this joke be treated like joking about bombs at an airport? At minimum adding a couple of zeroes to the bond?
This. Have we really not learned this lesson? We need to take what he says literally and seriously.
For real. He needs to be in custody right now to ensure he doesn't flee. And no I do not trust the secret service here.
How wild that would be. Withdrawal all his campaign donations and just up and go to Russia. He could put a spin on it and make his base extremely upset and violent because the evil left forced him to flee because it's all rigged.
They should have never allowed a bond to be set. He should have just been kept in jail until the trial. Any of us normies would have had to...
Rules are for poor people
He violated his bail conditions almost straight away, of course. Just as everyone expected him to.
https://www.meidastouch.com/news/trump-appears-to-violate-consent-bond-order-in-fulton-county
The question will be whether he gets locked up for that.
Who says he has to forfeit campaign donations? He can just have it all funneled to some Swiss bank account or Bitcoin. His followers are total morons and will gladly send whatever money they have, wherever he's located.
His spectacular lack of self-awareness means that everything he says is projection.
If he does flee can he please take elmo with him?
Bad nickname. Elmo is more of a man than Musk will ever be, and Musk is more of a muppet.
This probably isn't of interest in the GA indictment in which Trump is commenting about, but I'd have to imagine Jack Smith is taking notice that a criminal defendant accused of mishandling classified information is joking about flying to Russia. It's plausible that Trump has classified information at other properties. While less plausible as Trump is a total dope, it's technically possible he's got classified information digitized and ready to go with him to Russia. This should be setting off alarm bells everywhere. Anyone else with four major indictments with 91 charges would have been locked up in jail by now.
If he was locked up, his supporters would burn some parts of this country to the ground. I assume that's what is on the government's mind.
Ooh so scary, gravy seals in their depends
I wholeheartedly agree with this. Time to call their bluff.
Just imagine a charge of them on mobility scooters waving AR-15s. It'll be hilarious.
Now imagine their battle music is Flight of the Valkyries. On kazoos.
"Gravy seals" belongs right next to "Y'All Qaeda" as one of those perfectly pitched nicknames that both encapsulates and decimates the right-wing freak show.
Trump doesn't joke. He doesn't know how to.
Exactly. He is literally telegraphing his next moves.
Donnie, flee to Russia before it's too late
Before it's too late
Before it's too late
Donnie, flee to Russia before it's too late
Before they blow up your world
Next press conference he will be in an adidas tracksuit crouched awkwardly on the ground saying, “It was a joke comrade”.
Watch a good chunk of the American people vote for a convicted man who fled to Russia for 2024!
Trump: Haha jk jk… unless??
So he’s absolutely going to flee to Russia
“Jokes…”
Great opportunity to sentence the orangebutt in absentia for treason
I mean, him running away to Russia would split Republicans even more. He'd still have his dedicated followers, but it would cause even more of a fight regarding DeSantis and others.
I'm trying to decide which would be more chaotically beneficial for the rest of us, him going to jail or fleeing.
Good question. I'm not sure how truly attached his followers are to him, but if they are really that tied to him and his media ecosystem, I think it would be worse for him to be in Russia. It brings a whole new loyalty into the mix with those folks.
Who knows, maybe the US will get lucky and all of Trump's followers will follow him to Russia?
Don't threaten us with a good time.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-may-build-village-american-conservatives-1799809
I can live with Trump leaving and his moronic followers leaving as well. I'd prefer him in prison, of course, but exile until death is acceptable.
Why would he think Russia would want him?
Putin doesn't like him. He's nothing more than a useful idiot. The only purpose he serves is to sow discord among Americans, who despite all evidence to the contrary, firmly believe that Trump is "on their side" whatever that side happens to be. Usually some batshit opinion about abortions or "the libs".
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