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The Case for Political Exile for Drumpf
The Case for Political Exile for Donald Trump
The country needs a clean break, Napoleon-style. And, hey, Trump might like his own island realm and an imperial title to go with it.
Fortunately, history offers a solution that could work to everyones advantage: political exile. The U.S. Constitution, of course, has no mechanism for imposing such a sentence on a former president, but Trump himself might enjoy following one particular precedent.
Consider the charms of Bikini Atoll, in the Marshall Islands. It is currently uninhabited, so giving it to Trump would not involve having to expel any residents. True, it still has dangerous levels of radioactivity from the 23 nuclear tests conducted there from 1946 to 1958. But for Trump, who boasted that he was a perfect physical specimen after he survived his bout with Covid-19, and who has legendary disdain for scientists and their expertise, surely a little radioactive strontium and cesium would not pose a problem. Nor would the threat of rising seas to the low-lying atoll bother someone who thinks of global warming as a hoax. Trump, of course, would find it difficult to resist ruling a place named Bikini, and the tropical climate might remind him of Mar-a-Lago.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/11/13/donald-trump-political-exile-napoleon-436439
Hmmm. Bikini Atoll (without Internet) ... far, secluded and radioactive
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The Case for Political Exile for Drumpf (Original Post)
BlueWavePsych
Nov 2020
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TEB
(12,827 posts)1. Hoping exiled to Ny state prison
BlueWavePsych
(2,635 posts)2. Works for me ;)
magicarpet
(14,121 posts)3. A 3ftX3ftX6ft suite a Rikers would be just dandy.
keithbvadu2
(36,669 posts)4. Maybe he could be bitten by a radioactive spider.
Maybe he could be bitten by a radioactive spider.
BlueWavePsych
(2,635 posts)5. More likely a radioactive tick.
keithbvadu2
(36,669 posts)7. tick
BlueWavePsych
(2,635 posts)8. +1
MustLoveBeagles
(11,583 posts)11. LOL
Very informative, thanks.
2naSalit
(86,332 posts)6. GITMO...
The only luxury would be knowing he was on an island in the Caribbean. And that's too good for him, but it is big enough to hold all the culprits who need to see years inside a cell. And it would be hard for their flock to follow them.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,757 posts)9. Maybe his friend Kim Jong Un has a place for him?
Mopar151
(9,975 posts)10. Gitmo.
Checks the boxes