Trump Critics Said They’re Preparing to Flee Over Trump ‘Retribution’ – But Are They?
“I’m out of here. I mean, I’m already working on a foreign passport with a completely different name.”
It’s pretty standard ahead of presidential elections to hear public figures, including celebrities, media, types, and even some politicos, vow to leave the country if whoever the Republican nominee is gets elected.
Sadly, they rarely, if ever, follow through on their declaration because they never meant it in the first place, of course. But it sure sounded good to their followers at the time.
This year, we saw among others Barbara Streisand, Cher, and Sharon Stone say they’d make a mad dash for the border in the event Donald Trump won, but as of this writing, they remain in the United States and have provided no updates on whether they plan to pack up and leave.
Another person who pledged to leave America if Trump was elected to a second term was disgraced ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, who in September said in an MSNBC interview that not only was he making plans to head out of the country but that he was also looking at possibly doing so under another name:
“I’m out of here. I mean, I’m already working on a foreign passport with a completely different name,” Cohen told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace when asked what he thinks will happen to him if Trump retakes the White House.
“I don’t know how it’s going to work, as far as dealing with my wife and my children,” he continued. “I certainly don’t want them moving to where I’m looking to go.”
Watch:
Michael Cohen says he has no choice but to flee the country if Donald Trump wins the election and that he’s already working on getting a foreign passport with a new name. pic.twitter.com/TacYwc2rsJ
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) September 25, 2024
But after Trump emerged as the winner last Tuesday, Cohen was singing a decidedly different tune in an unintentionally hilarious TikTok livestream:
“I said I was leaving and then the following day—get that through your dumb heads—the following day I turned around and I say there’s no chance in the world I’m leaving my country, thank you very much,” Cohen said during a livestream this week.
“I’m not leaving anywhere, you leave,” Cohen added. “This is my country.”
Watch:
Ok this is the funniest thing I've seen in a long time.
Michael Cohen is trying to explain his plans to leave the country after Trump won and is getting increasingly mad as livestream viewers add a Turkey filter to his face.pic.twitter.com/kkLuqt0Gfm
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) November 8, 2024
Meanwhile, the Washington Post recently touched base with other Trump critics to find out what their future plans are. The anonymous figures the paper talked to said they were getting things together just in case Trump decided engage in payback but were holding off on leaving the country for now:
A retired U.S. Army officer who clashed with senior officials in Donald Trump’s first White House looked into acquiring Italian citizenship in the run-up to this month’s election but wasn’t eligible and instead packed a “go bag” with cash and a list of emergency numbers in case he needs to flee.
A member of Trump’s first administration who publicly denounced him is applying for foreign citizenship and weighing whether to watch and wait or leave the country before the Jan. 20 inauguration.
And a former U.S. official who signed a notorious October 2020 letter suggesting that emails purportedly taken from a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden could be Russian disinformation is seeking a passport from a European country, uncertain about whether the getaway will prove necessary but concluding, “You don’t want to have to scramble.”
In an article that focused on what they believed was a plan by Trump to exact “retribution,” NBC News also talked to a few unnamed sources who were weighing their options:
For some who’ve run afoul of Trump, the election results have sparked fresh worries that he may enter office looking for retribution.
[…]
Another ex-Trump administration official who has publicly derided Trump said that while they’re remaining in the U.S., others are “conferring with counsel and trying to figure things out like what are the immigration laws and policies in places they might consider going.”
“It’s unreal,” this person added. “It’s unreal that in this day and age in this country, we’re having these thoughts and concerns.
While it remains to be seen whether any of these people ultimately put their money where their mouth is (and you can best believe we’ll know it when and if they suddenly show up on MSNBC and CNN while sitting in another country after Trump’s inauguration), it’s quite fascinating to see the mainstream media suddenly so concerned over the idea that the executive branch could use its power to go after its political enemies.
Now if only they’d demonstrated that same concern over the last four years.
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Turkey filters are far more effective than Covid masks… 🙂
Attention critics…Trump isn’t seeking retribution.
It is the garbage talking.
Actually he has a secretary of retribution
On X: @ivanraiklin
I support and encourage this concept.
Fly and be free
But bet they won’t, and join the resistance
“How can we miss you if you won’t go away?”
“Don’t let the door hit you on the ass on the way out.”
“Don’t let the door hit ya where the Lord split ya”
Feel free to add your own.
“If I promise to miss you, will you go away?”
Well, bye…
First of all. Does anyone think it would take Tulsi more than about 15 minutes to find Cohen if he fled?
Second, going to another country, changing your name, and trying to hide just means it’s easier for you to “disappear” with no one even knowing you did so. Better to stay here and try to keep in the public eye.
As a convicted felon there are not many places that would take Cohen. Canada sure as hell won’t. As for the others worried about a DOJ investigation, anywhere you go has an extradition treaty with the US so you will just be sent back. The few that don’t might not be places you want to go to. Stop your foolish virtue signaling. It’s stupid
North CubaCanada may make a special exception for Cohen.He would have to provide extraordinary value in something for Canada to waive it’s law in this regard. Can you think of anything Cohen has to offer? I can’t.
Propaganda value. They could put him on TV, dressed up in Howard W. Campbell Jr.’s “patriot uniform.”
Probably won’t happen…But one can hope.
There has been a lot of Dem criminal activity. They know who they are and are trying to avoid being brought to justice.
Typical Dem voters have nothing to fear .beyond their own derangement.
Well, statistically, the odds are way lower that there is a gun in the house if there is a Harris/Walz sign still in the front yard. Years ago my neighbor told me that cameras wouldn’t keep someone from breaking into my house. I replied, “probably not, but they do make your house a more attractive target.”
Let’s once again not use the word the proggies want us to use.
It’s not “retribution.” It’s “criminal justice.”
It must grate with this guy seeing Trumps other lawyers being showered with positions of influence for their support these last couple years 😂
“It’s unreal,”
As unreal as the lawfare against Trump? As unreal as the democrat calls for censorship?
For all the leftist trash trying to leave: No one else wants you either. Oh, I’m sure they pretended to court you when you were a little bit useful but now? They’ve forgotten you even exist and would prefer not to be reminded.
“It’s unreal,” this person added. “It’s unreal that in this day and age in this country, we’re having these thoughts and concerns.”
No, it’s not “unreal.” “This day and age” is the perfectly predicable outcome of a situation in which an out-of-control political party acted as if it had a perpetual grasp on power and would never see a day of reckoning for its lawlessness, and then losing that grasp.
The out-of-control party thought they had that perpetual grasp on power. They believed Kamala was going to win and that it was Democrat administrations as far as the eye could see.
Fortunately, the majority of voters saw through the lies.
The U.S. got Trump and freedom…Democrats got bupkis.
Germany is in this state right now. Their coalition government collapsed LITERALLY the day after Trump’s election. Now they’re frantically trying to ban the new right party that has the loyalty of over a 20% share of the German electorate.
Do convicted felons have the right to holding a passport?
I thought they lost that right with a felony conviction.
Yes. It’s then up to the entry laws for what ever country they go to that determines whether they can get in or not (based on the severity of the law breaking).
A friend of mine fell foul of US immigration a few years ago when she didn’t declared a drunk driving conviction and she wasn’t allowed in to the US (as she didn’t have the required time available to her to attend an interview at the US Embassy).
I could be mistaken but a few years ago I believe I read that a Portuguese Citizenship application for the ‘wealthy’ is the least expensive in the EU at $500K. With basically unlimited travel and work options within the EU that gives basically the entirety of Western Europe for potential work and/or residence.
What about the fat Col. Vindman? I guess he’s not too eager to move either. Who would take him? Probably not even Ukraine. Could he even fit into a tank?
If it was a Stacey Abrams Tank.
I think Kamala fled the country. No one has seen hide nor hair of her since the election.
Kamala finally found a situation where she could not screw her way to success.
To be fair, we didn’t see much of her before the election.
It’s a lot like a self-cleaning toilet, innit?
Guilt signaling.
Move out of the U.S. ? Sure, you’re rich but can you afford the taxes?
I pay income tax in a foreign country. Do I still have to file a U.S. income tax return even though I do not live in the United States? (updated Feb. 26, 2024)
As a green card holder or U.S. citizen, you must file a U.S. income tax return while working and living abroad unless you abandon your green card holder status by filing Form I-407, with the U.S. Citizen & Immigration Service, or you renounce your U.S. citizenship under certain circumstances described in the expatriation tax provisions Visit Publication 519, U.S. Tax Guide for Aliens, for more information.
I wish they would leave.
I am guessing none of those virtue-signaling losers will leave the country because they didn’t when HW Bush, W Bush 1st OR 2nd term, Trump 1st term did, and they will find some excuse (to do RESIST porn or some such nonsense) no to with this Trump 2nd. They are all liars and fakes, so why would anyone expect them to keep their word—they never have!
Where do they think they would flee to?
That’s the key … but Cohen is a retard if he thinks that changing his name will render him unidentifiable or unlocatable. especially nowadays, with quick facial recognition and all – beside the fact that Cohen couldn’t disappear anywhere because of his big, fat mouth and idiot ways.
I could see many Hollywood stars flee the country if Trump gets ready to release the PDiddy list.