Trump Could Head to Scotland to Skip Inauguration

[babylonsister]

This would delight me. Just GTFO.

https://politicalwire.com/2021/01/04/trump-could-head-to-scotland-to-skip-inauguration/


Trump Could Head to Scotland to Skip Inauguration
January 4, 2021 at 7:33 am EST By Taegan Goddard

“President Trump could be planning a trip to Scotland to avoid attending his successor Joe Biden’s inauguration,” the Sunday Post reports.

“Prestwick airport has been told to expect the arrival of a US military Boeing 757 aircraft, that is occasionally used by Trump, on January 19 – the day before his Democratic rival takes charge at the White House.”

“Speculation surrounding Trump’s plans has been fuelled by the activity of US Army aircraft, which were based at Prestwick airport for a week and said to be carrying out 3D reconnaissance of the president’s Turnberry resort.”

[exboyfil]

1. I read extradition first

I guess just wishful thinking.

[panader0]

2. He's unwanted there too.

I have no doubt that the Scots will protest his presence.

[Towlie]

47. At first glace I though you wrote "he's wanted there too", which would have been even better.

 
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[Frustratedlady]

3. They don't like him, either! That's probably not a good decision.

Didn't he just lose a lawsuit against them? The Scottish powers that be will be more critical of him than any Democrat, and that's saying a lot.

I forgot to add: WTH is our military doing surveilling his property?

[DeminPennswoods]

11. Security preparation

I'm sure.

[Frustratedlady]

16. Isn't he building a housing area in Scotland? Wasn't that what the lawsuit was about?

I think he had several. One had to do with Scotland's plan to construct wind turbines within view of his golf course. I thought this last one had to do with the housing area he was trying to build.

Wish I could contact my relatives over there.

You are probably right. If anyone needs security, it's him. If anyone deserves security? Not him.

[DeminPennswoods]

17. Can't help you with that one

Only been casually following the Scottish golf course saga.

[Denzil_DC]

28. Trump resoundingly lost the court cases about the wind farm off Menie, Aberdeenshire, some years ago

Both his Aberdeenshire course and Trump Turnberry in Ayrshire have housing developments slated. The one at Menie has planning permission, the one at Turnberry has slim chances of being granted. According to a pal of mine high up in planning, without these housing developments both courses will likely never be profitable, not that this seems to matter much to Trump.

It would be a great time for Trump to visit as Scotland's entering advanced lockdown measures. On one hand, this would severely damp down any physical protests, on the other, he'd be holed up in a Shining-type scenario with only his personal Twitter account and the ghosts of those he's betrayed and killed for company.

There has been talk of raising an Unexplained Wealth Order to investigate the funding of his Scottish golf courses, so relocating here would likely excite the press again about all that:

Nicola Sturgeon: Donald Trump will face ‘accountability’

Nicola Sturgeon has said Donald Trump will face “due accountability” in Scotland if evidence emerges that his Scottish golf courses have been used for money laundering and fraud.

The first minister said she will not protect the “soon to be former president of the United States” from investigation by Scottish authorities if evidence of malpractice emerges when he becomes a private citizen.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sturgeon-insists-trump-will-face-accountability-if-evidence-backs-claims-over-golf-course-finances-jd0z6x0fw

See also this Twitter thread from November:

Link to tweet

Martyn McLaughlin
@MartynMcL

Thread: there's been interesting discussion in the Scottish Parliament this afternoon about the use of Unexplained Wealth Orders to investigate Donald Trump's deals to acquire his Scottish properties and ascertain the sources of the financing 1/

[Frustratedlady]

46. Thank you for all that information. My memory isn't shot, after all.

Isn't it amazing that almost everything he does, every deal, every decision is shady or suspicious? It seems to be a way of life for him, so there is little chance that he will ever change. I'll bet his dad was a real prize.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. How will Trump return from Scotland?

Can an ex-president still command the use of U.S. military aircraft? Or will he have to fly on his own dime?

Aren't we prohibiting people from flying here from Great Britain because Covid?

Maybe he could share a flat with Assange, and just stay there until his 2024 campaign.

[brooklynite]

8. Many countries have banned travel from the UK; the US is not one of them.

[dubyadiprecession]

13. Biden could complicate that matter for trump.

Then trump would have to stay in Scotland.

[DFW]

5. Maybe that's just to refuel

Next stop: Israel or UAE?

[Denzil_DC]

32. Prestwick has certainly been used as a refueling stop by US military aircraft in the past.

The costs of accommodation for crews at relatively nearby Trump Turnberry are just some of the financially dodgy aspects that have garnered attention in the past.

[malaise]

6. How would he return to the US

by commercial flight?

[2naSalit]

23. He has that old jet with his logo, remember?

I don't think he's going anywhere off the continent. He is a severe national security threat, I think he'll be kept sequestered and under watch.

[malaise]

37. You think he still has that?

[2naSalit]

49. You know, I don't know that for certain...

It may have been repo'd a while ago! Good point! Well, if he has to rely on our transportation resources to get a ride home, he probably will be restricted somehow.

I don't think he's going to have the latitude anyone imagines even before the 20th. He will force us to kick him out though. And that would make it easier to keep him under wraps.

[malaise]

50. Good

Every time I see your fork in him I laugh

[2naSalit]

51. I love that one!

I have come to appreciate that cartoonist more I can say.

[tinrobot]

36. What makes you think he's returning to the US?

I suspect he'll be hopping on an Aeroflot jet at around noon on the 20th.

[malaise]

38. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Love it

[Maxheader]

7. Whatever, just be off the premises...

By the appointed time....fuktard....

[dubyadiprecession]

9. Good!

Who wants to see him at President elect Biden’s inaugural anyway??

[GoCubsGo]

14. I do.

"Normal peaceful transfer of power" aside, I want that motherfucker to have to sit through the whole goddamn thing--while the whole fucking world watches his humiliation. He shouldn't be allowed to run away and hide. Fuck that shit.

[dubyadiprecession]

29. He can't be made to show up...

It’s really a formality for him to be there.
Besides whether he is there or not, he still won’t be happy.

[GoCubsGo]

35. Sure, but that wasn't the question.

You asked who wants him there. I do, and the fact that he won't be happy is the point. I want to revel in his misery.

[dubyadiprecession]

43. I wasn't asking, it was a rhetorical question.

[GoCubsGo]

45. A question is something that has been asked.

Regardless of whether or not it was "rhetorical." Just sayin'. I get that you don't like my answer to your "rhetorical" question. That's fine. I won't further waste my time with arguing semantics over it. Good day.

[dubyadiprecession]

55. And a good day to you as well, sir.

[Yeehah]

10. I hope so

but the authorities need to keep track of his whereabouts for when the arrest warrants are issued.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

12. Can New York have Trump extradited from Scotland if he is charged with a crime, or will they

have to offer a substantial reward in order for interested bounty hunters to bring him in?

[greatauntoftriplets]

15. The Scots hate him, too.

I reach out to them in solidarity if he is planning to inflict himself on them. Scotland is cold in winter.

[snowybirdie]

18. Scotland

is mighty cold in January. Couldn't think of a better place. Bet Melina heads to FL. or NY instead.

[LiberalBrooke]

19. Fine with me. I do not want him anywhere near Biden's inauguration.

He is incapable of acting like a well mannered adult and would only turn it into a spectacle.

[Ilsa]

20. This is my preference as well.

Let fly-hair Mikey turn over the keys.

[cbdo2007]

21. If he is anywhere out of the country....he is planning to flee.

It was one thing when he was talking about going to FL but if he is in Scotland when he becomes a private citizen again it will make it even easier for him to run on the 20th. He must really know what is coming his way and knows he can't stop it on the 20th. He has probably been tipped off that they have an iron clad case against him.

[2naSalit]

24. Do you really think...

A major national security threat will be freely waking off the continent?

[cbdo2007]

26. He won't be a "major national security threat" on the 19th and half the day on the 20th.

Then he'll just slip out the back door at Noon on the 20th at one of his resorts and make a run for it. It isn't hard to get away with lots of cash and criminal friends out there to help him.

[2naSalit]

30. He will never be anything but a national security threat for...

The rest of his wretched existence.

[cbdo2007]

41. AGREE! But not until he is out of office...until then he is still untouchable.

[tinrobot]

42. I wonder if he'll slip out the back door in a white Bronco.

If he goes to Scotland, people will be watching and expecting this. The press will be all over it, and there will be security in place until at least noon on the 20th.

I doubt it will be easy for him.

[Kid Berwyn]

39. Halfway to Moscow.

Lots o’ golf, there.

https://www.top100golfcourses.com/golf-courses/continental-europe/russia

[eShirl]

22. Better git while the gittin's good.

FLEE!

[Baclava]

25. Buh-bye, not far enough for the blizzard of lawsuits coming, I hear the caves of Bora Bora are nice

[Tanuki]

27. One last chance to generate some funds at taxpayer exoense for his failing golf resort.

He'll charge his secret service detail top dollar for rooms and meals.

[marie999]

31. He may go to Scotland, but as soon as Biden takes the oath,

he should have the plane return to the US. He should then tell Trump that a military plane will bring him back to the US and no place else.

[marmar]

33. Where's the Loch Ness Monster when you need it?

[underpants]

34. He just wants to take the plane and be a pain in the arse

and his property there is far enough away.

[GemDigger]

40. Better use his own plane. nt

[gratuitous]

44. So he's going to stamp his tiny feet and flounce off to Scotland

And he'll order the flight crew to slam the door real hard to show how mad he is and how unfair everything is to him.

[First Speaker]

48. Well...first Rudolf Hess, now him...

[doubleplusgood]

54. +1000

[GopherGal]

52. Scotland is announcing a lockdown

Not sure if they're allowing Americans into the country in the first place.

Quite ironic if COVID restrictions cramp his post-presidential plans.

[Vivienne235729]

53. It would be nice to get him the fuck out of here. But I doubt that.

It would not surprise me that they make multiple plans just for safety purposes. He isn't going to have the security like he did when he was in office. He will still have SS detail but not like a sitting president. Personally, I hope he goes to Russia. It is where he should be if not in jail.