With the inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden inching ever closer (and it can’t get here fast enough), political commentators have begun to notice some curious signs. It looks as though Donald Trump has made plans to flee the country on January 20.
Officials at Prestwick airport near Donald Trump’s Turnberry Resort in Scotland have been told to expect the arrival of a Boeing 757, the type of plane usually used by Trump, on January 19. The Sunday Post reports that sources at Prestwick have further added to the theory noting that US military aircraft have also been surveying the scene since November, often a sign of an impending visit by a high-ranking government official.
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“There is a booking for an American military version of the Boeing 757 on January 19, the day before the inauguration,” a source told The Post. “That’s one that’s normally used by the Vice-President but often used by the First Lady. Presidential flights tend to get booked far in advance, because of the work that has to be done around it.”
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If true, the trip would place Trump in Scotland the day before Biden’s inauguration. Persistent rumor around the White House and Washington DC holds that Trump plans to skip Biden’s inauguration, as attending would be an admission that Trump lost the 2020 election. He has yet to concede the race to Biden despite two months passing since election day.
The news also comes amid US news reports that the District Attorney’s Office in New York City has readied a criminal prosecution case against Trump over his illegal business dealings in the state of New York. Furthermore, the revelation that Trump phoned Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on January 2 to pressure him to change the vote count in Georgia to award the state’s electoral votes to Trump. Doing so appears to violate state law in Georgia, which forbids a candidate to “solicit, request, command, importune, or otherwise attempt to cause another person to engage in election fraud.” Doing so qualifies as a felony. A group of Congressional Democrats have already called for Trump’s prosecution on the basis of the call.
Cam
Scotland has started investigating that golf course because they said it appears to be a business designed to purposely lose and launder money. So if Trump thinks he can flee to Scotland and avoid any penalties. Good luck with that.
AxelDC
Scotland has banned Trump from entering the country.
Roy Ajax
Once again Cam you don’t understand what’s happening.
MP’s in Scotland are urging the Crown office to investigate Trump’s cash purchase of the Scottish clubs using an unexplained weath order (UWO), however the MP’s do not have any power over the Crown office and it makes it’s decision independently.
A UWO would only investigate where they cash-money came from to buy the property.
To get a UWO the Crown office would have to prove 1) a person suspected of being involved in criminal activity, and 2) that person’s procurement of assets that are disproportionate to their income.
Even if the UWO is ordered, Trump could, and probably would, have it successfully reversed based on #2 alone.
Cam
@Roy Ajax
Still using this screename to troll? i’m surprised since you’ve been exposed on it.
Please, by all means, tell us about how the authorities in Scotland apparently AREN’T going to investigate an obvious money laundering property.
Roy Ajax
Cam
I just told you.
Cam
@Roy Ajax
Shhhhh, it’s ok sweetie, we all know you’re the same troll that’s always on here to defend Trump or deflect from the facts of the article.
Aren’t you precious still thinking you can pull the same troll crap under this tired old screename.
JoshGL
It’s a ruse. There will be a plane awaiting his arrival which will ferry him to Moscow.
Putin, however, has issued orders to redirect that flight to an undisclosed EU capital.
Kangol2
Don the Con is not going to go to Russia. He’s moronic but he isn’t that moronic. He has other options. Chief among them UAE, Israel, Qatar, and Turkey, though I seriously doubt he would pick anywhere other than the Emirates or Israel. Do not think that the deal he brokered between them does not have something in it for him, either. He will now face having to repay at minimum a $400+ million series of debts and loan guarantees, so UAE and Saudi Arabia will be able to help him and his spawn out with those debts and others they may have. Google Qatar and Kushner, and you’ll see that this isn’t their first time at this particular financial rodeo.
Derek Northcutt
Why doesn’t he just die?
Essie
Too ornery!!
d3clark
There’s no money in it for him.
nmharleyrider
Amen to that!
MISTERJETT
the country would be way better off without him in it.
AxelDC
Good riddance to foul rubbish!
Essie
He can’t flee the country on Air Force One because he will be flown on it to wherever in the U.S. (and only the U.S.) that Dumpster and his spawn and hooker want to go on Jan 20. Maybe Putin can have him picked up in Florida and flown away before the Prosecutor in NY can get at him.
I_am_that_guy
Once Biden is sworn in the aircraft will not necessarily be referred to as AF1. That’s the designation for the sitting President’s airplane, which is usually one of two very highly modified Boeing 747-200B tailcode 28000 and 29000.
MacAdvisor
Prior to Noon on January 20, President Trump can order the plane fly him anywhere he chooses, including outside the United States, assuming the destination country will take him. However, once noon strikes, Biden becomes President and can order the plane back or even to turn around, should it still be in the air.
Celtic
I will help him pack and make damned certain the door DOES hit him on his FATTTT ass on the way out. The man is like toxic vomit.
GlobeTrotter
I’ve been saying this for 4 years now: Putin has something (really BIG) on Trump, and after he leaves office, he will flee to Moscow to avoid criminal prosecution in NY. If I were Biden or the NY AG, I’d start making plans to secure Trump’s aircraft BEFORE January 20.
Rumor has it that a few years ago before he became president, Trump was completely broke and in debt to the tune of several hundred million dollars. He was very desperate for a loan to keep his affairs liquid but no bank would lend him additional money because of his poor credit worthiness and his history of mismanaging all his businesses into the ground. Besides he already had several outstanding bank loans that he either defaulted on or could no longer pay. In desperation he turned to the Russian oligarchs he knew from his business dealings in Moscow, who agreed to co-sign a $400 million loan from Deutsche Bank. That was the only condition under which the Deutsche Bank would agree to the loan, i.e. if a rich co-signer stepped in as guarantor. Anyone who knows anything about Russia, knows that all Russian billionaire oligarchs are answerable to Putin. They are like a mafia and Putin’s the mafia boss. Putin therefore had a very keen interest in Trump becoming his puppet president, and he instructed the Russian secret service and propaganda machinery to engineer a Trump presidency. This is exactly what happened. They used internet propaganda and platforms like Julian Assange to so badly discredit Hillary Clinton that Trump won by a landslide. Once in office, Trump was beholden to Putin which is why to date he has criticized everyone else under the sun except for Vladimir Putin. This is also the reason why Trump put up such a vigorous fight to prevent the release of his tax returns, which reveal the Russian source of his funding.
So there you have it ladies and gentlemen – from 1997 to 2001 the United States was effectively a vassal state of the Russian empire. Who’d a thunk it?
KyleMichelSullivan
Cute story, and there is probably some truth to it, but your timing is way, way off. The Orange Bastard wasn’t elected till 2016 and sworn in January the following year. He did not win by a landslide; Hillary got 3,000,000 more votes but an antiquated electoral college installed him.
There was a lot of GOP election fraud in 2016, with assistance from Russia and the MSM, which they tried to replicate in 2020…but too damn many people were too damn mad at that SOB, so it didn’t work. That’s why they’re so shocked he wasn’t re-elected and are insisting their conniving voter suppression worked.
Truth is, McConnell, Graham, Collins and a couple other Senators and Representatives were only put in through fraud. We need to clean our system up. End the Electoral College. Ban Gerrymandering. And enforce laws against elected officials using their positions to expand on their wealth, like Perdue and Loeffler have done.
GlobeTrotter
Sorry, my bad! I meant from 2017 to 2021 the US was a vassal state of Russia.
The story might be cute, but it’s the rumor making the rounds here in NYC where Trump was born and based for the greater part of his life. Everyone here seems to have a story to tell about Trump, but most are in full agreement that the $400 million loan Trump got from Deutsche Bank was co-signed by Russian oligarchs. That’s the reason Mueller and the feds were all over the Deutsche Bank, to find the origin of that loan as well as the co-signers. Turns out there’s nothing illegal about getting a loan co-signed by Russian billionaires. Doesn’t look good when running for president though, which is why he never released his tax returns.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
Not only does the scenario you described make sense it also makes me believe that Putin has something on no less than half (but not all) of that GOP senate. I do believe the rumors about the same sex tape involving Lindsay Graham and with the way Ted Cruz has dropped to his knees for the past two years they just might have something along that line on him as well.
What I find interesting is how Rubio hasn’t opened his mouth as to which way he is going to go and it is hypocrisy at its worst. The exile Cuban community of Miami is what it is, a Cuban Mafia that Castro threw out once he took power. Those Cubans are quick to hold up some now nearly dead factory owner whose factory was confiscated and this and that. But what they don’t tell you is the Cubans whom fled with the real money and power and more or less help Batista stay in power were also the same Cubans whom were in cahoots with the American Mafia (Meyer Lansky, Lucky Luciano, Sam Giancanna…etc) whom controlled the casinos and shared the loot. They fled to Miami with their dictatorial powers and have not nor will not allow any descent from anyone. The ONLY way they have maintained power is by demonizing the Cuban government and the Americans turning a blind eye to their handling of those who dared speak out against whom was running Miami. That Cuban cartel now runs Florida. There is not one agency south of the Georgia line that their isn’t a Cuban in charge of it. They are no different than their island brethren and Rubio’s silence on a clear coup proves it. How can a so called freedom/democracy loving (or so they claim) be silent on an attempted coup? Did they not understand the man tried to bully an election official to lie to steal an election? Its time for those freeloaders whom get automatic welfare, housing, medical care and many other things before Mexicans and Central Americans to fess up, are they Cuban or American first.
I_am_that_guy
Scotland is, like all countries in the UK (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland) on Covid19 lockdown.
Most public venues are closed and there is a strict stay at home policy. Arrivals must self-isolate for 10 days (with very limited exceptions).
There is no way that Nicola Sturgeon (head of the local Scottish devolved parliament) is going to allow Trump to blatantly breach regulations. She’d be up the creek in terms of electability at the next election as the Scottish Tory party would bring that up at every opportunity.
MacAdvisor
I agree Trump could not enter Scotland, but he could arrive at a US military base there. How he would get off the base and out of US territory is another question. The only thing that makes any real sense, give the restrictions in Scotland and the rest of the UK, is for the plane to be redirected to somewhere else once it is airborne. However, for a sitting US President, on board a US military plane to travel somewhere for the President to claim refuge would be shocking. It would certainly end any doubts as to his loyalty and destroy his elected political supporters. Moreover, I have some doubt if the Secret Service detail would permit the plane to travel to territory hostile to the US with the President on board. Upon arrival, I have even graver doubts the detail would allow him to disembark. If Trump was within a few hours of losing office, I suspect there would be some delay that would keep the plane in the air away from its destination until power transferred and the plane was recalled with Trump and family still on board.
GlobeTrotter
I doubt that Trump would use a government aircraft to fly to Scotland or any other destination after he leaves office. He’s well aware that once Biden’s sworn in, he becomes commander of all aircraft owned by the US government. Let’s not forget though that Trump owns his own private jet.
woodroad34
Trump will not be safe in Scotland as they are investigating him for bank and/or tax fraud. Also, I believe they have extradition agreements with the US. In addition, he’s being forced out of Mar a Lago because he’s in violation of his agreement with the City. And then , of course, there’s the COVID ban on travel into Scotland…especially a ban on Americans coming into the country—his legacy of inadequacy.
toddlicious
Just leave already and take the rest of the enabling retrumplicans with you! Bye Felicia!
KyleMichelSullivan
The sooner he’s gone, the better.
My bet is, Scotland’s a feint. I’d say Saudi Arabia’s more likely. Prince Bonesaw owes him a favor…
MacAdvisor
Saudi is possible. The US does not have an extradition treaty with the Kingdom.
Kangol2
If he thinks Scotland is going to be a safe haven Don the Con has got another surprise coming. If he flees, which isn’t out of the question, he’d probably choose safer options like UAE (where he’d face no restrictions), Israel (which is very grateful to his many actions on its behalf), Qatar (which allegedly lent his son in law millions of dollars), or Turkey (whose leader is a hug fan). The EU, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc. are essentially out of the question, and the UK, though now no longer part of the EU, is as well. Also, Bolsonaro would probably protect him if he headed to Brazil, but Bolsonaro also recognized Biden’s victory, etc. No Mexico (a refuge for many leftist politicians), or most of Latin America, Africa, or Asia either. He couldn’t bear living in any country in those regions.
I think Don the Corrupt Racist Treasonous Con will stay in Florida but he’s liable to various state prosecutions, beginning with New York and now Georgia, as well as federal prosecution if he doesn’t pardon himself before he leaves office. Were he not so grossly narcissistic and deranged, he’d pardon his entire family, make a deal with Pence to have Pence pardon him, and then take his chances with the state prosecutions. At least with Florida they cannot seize his home, unless Florida changed that law.
Sanjo
Trump doesn’t have a home in Florida. He owns a club, Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach.
HankHarris
Please, just GTFO.
Hdtex
I am hoping to see him goose-stepped out of the White House by the Secret Service.
Openminded
Everybody assumes this is Trump’s doings. Maybe Biden has planned this as a quick way to get rid of Trump. It may not even have Trump on board. It may be loaded with CIA, expecting to confiscate a 747 full of evidence from the golf course. I’d think Trump would take his own jet out of the country if he had plans of leaving.
BillyElliotwannabe
If Trump comes to the UK and enters the country, without following correct protocols for an ordinary person entering a country, is. Passing through Customs and Immigration, and presenting a passport, He will be deemed to be an illegal immigrant, and spend his time in the UK at “Her Majesty’s pleasure” while he awaits deportation, probably to JFK airport in New York, where he will be met by New York state police/ FBI.
moretruth
Scotland is in lockdown. trump couldn’t get in there if he wanted to.
JRinDallas
All I can say is that if Trump does flee, change the locks. Fast.
Openminded
Too funny.
How ironic would it be if he got caught up in a Biden border lockdown that prevents him from returning to America?
malerntogo
Give me a break people! There is no way tRump is fleeing the country once he’s out of office. This is just another trick from a “Flim Flan” man. A bait and switch. A “medicine man” selling his yellow “juice” in the hopes that he can throw Democrats off of his plan. Just because someone files a flight plan to land in Scotland doesn’t mean the plane will actually take off.
My theory is he will attempt to “blanket” pardon his entire family and himself, from Federal charges January 19th. He will then resign his Presidency and Pence will take over for one day. Pence will then pardon tRump just in case the Supreme Court decides tRump cannot pardon himself.
Of course we all know Presidential pardons only work on Federal crimes, not State crimes, so somewhere down the line when State crimes have been proven and tRump and his family are sentenced, THEN let’s discuss he and his family leaving the country!
Truly a great argument at that point!
BaltoSteve
Puhlease, he is not going to run to Scotland. The USA and Scotland have extradition treaties in place. IF he were to run anywhere, it would be to Indonesia. Indonesia and the USA do not have extradition treaties in place, and the Trump organization has two “Luxury” properties there.
PoetDaddy
If the orange Don wants to flee the country, let him go. Just don’t let him come back. Ever. Unless it’s to face criminal charges. Also make sure he takes that loathsome family of his with him.