(Apologies for yet another Trump post.)

But given his court appearance Thursday, just funny how he’d start joking about this. I wonder if he actually would, and what would follow. I mean, how would he try to spin it?

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    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.

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      Yeah, $200,000 is laughable for somebody like him. I feel like appropriate for someone from upper middle class.

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    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…

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    His spectacular lack of self-awareness means that everything he says is projection.

    If he does flee can he please take elmo with him?

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      Bad nickname. Elmo is more of a man than Musk will ever be, and Musk is more of a muppet.

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    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.

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    Watch a good chunk of the American people vote for a convicted man who fled to Russia for 2024!

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      I think he has to appear in person for some of the formalities… but otherwise, possibly no?

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        That’d make for an interesting conversation when he shows up. “Welcome back to America, Mister President. You’re under arrest.”

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    Him and Snowden sitting around a table… Good I think Snowden would have to resist the urge to punch him.