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Andrew and Tristan Tate have left Romania for the US after officials lifted their travel ban.

The brothers, arrested in 2022, face charges of rape, human trafficking, and money laundering but were granted temporary permission to travel.

Romania’s government denies US interference, though reports suggest Trump’s envoy discussed their case. The Tates, also wanted in the UK for past allegations, must return for a March court hearing.

Prosecutors accuse them of exploiting women through the “loverboy” method and profiting millions from forced pornography. Both deny all charges.

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[–] nick@midwest.social 264 points 5 months ago (4 children)

They’ll be appointed to government positions soon.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 65 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I remember when I thought Tony Abbott appointing himself 'Minister for Women' back in 2013 was the height of absurdity.

Now the Tate brothers will likely have some position in the US government.

We live in 'interesting' times.

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 32 points 5 months ago

We live in ‘interesting’ times.

The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.

[–] Embargo@lemm.ee 11 points 5 months ago

He was also the minister of indigenous affairs. Pretty wild for a horrible racist.

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[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 60 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They will be leading the new government department called RAPE (Republican Advocacy for Patriarchy Enforcement)

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Named official envoy to... Romania, so that he can go back and pick right up where he left off, except now he'll have diplomatic immunity.

[–] nick@midwest.social 11 points 5 months ago

Remember when pedos got beat down instead of protected?

[–] intelisense@lemm.ee 160 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I'm absolutely disgusted by this. These guys were trafficking and raping young women (kids?) and Trump thinks this is not only OK but to be encouraged? And Romania... WTF?

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 119 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Trump is looking for his new Epstein. Remember, he partied with both Epstein and Maxwell, flying over half a dozen times on Epstein's private plane, "The Lolita Express."

Like with anything the GOP accuses Dems of, the sex trafficking ring was projection.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 30 points 5 months ago

Which pizza parlor do you suppose they do their satanic rituals in?

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago

I'd be cool with him getting the Epstein treatment.

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget that Trump and Epstein used to fly on Trump's private jet as well, along with the young contestants of Trump Beauty Pagents, who Trump says he liked to "surprise" by opening the door of the changing rooms at the pagents.

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[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 15 points 5 months ago

He still needs some quality people and can give them a governmental position. They fit right in.

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 months ago

Lol, Trump rapes kids

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 95 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

"Travel" 😉 I'm sure they'll be back for the trial

I don't understand this.

Venezuelans escaping from a communist dictator: ❌ Fuck them, send back to their country where they will be tortured and imprisoned

Same for Haitians

A serial rapist that boasts and is proud to be a serial rapist: ✔️ Yes please, we like people like this

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 36 points 5 months ago

I don’t understand this.

Republicans and Trump are evil pieces of shit, which means they will do the absolute worst thing possible every time.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 17 points 5 months ago

Best and brightest?

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 86 points 5 months ago (1 children)

These creeps are going to be appointed to the cabinet aren't they?

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 26 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's all to make people be angry, rage and riot so trump can justify calling either rrhe military, or his Nazi goons to attack citizens as a display of his power.

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[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 73 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I thought Trump was supposed to be deporting criminal immigrants.

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 32 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Make sure you read the trump thesaurus,

criminal: brown, black, non-english-speaking

[–] embed_me@programming.dev 21 points 5 months ago

Don't forget poor

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But the tates love minors, and committing sexual crimes, so it's something trump loves and wants more of.

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 5 months ago

And they hate women with a vengeance, which will make them extra popular.

Rape isn’t a big deal according to trump supporters

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[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 40 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Can someone Luigi this guy too?

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[–] absquatulate@lemmy.world 31 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Can't say I'm surprised. There were credible rumous that the US pressured our gvt to release them. Word on the street is that they "traded" handing these two over in exchange for the US shutting up about the arrest of the russian puppet candidate. These both happened in the same day, so there may some truth to that. Honestly this wouldn't feel like that bad of a deal - one manchurian candidate for two instagram pimps. It's immoral, cowardly and corrupt, but these are the times we're living in.

Just remember this every time a US official blabbers stuff about other countries' election interference.

[–] blattrules@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Wait…they arrested trump??

[–] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago

Trump protecting his own

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The US is trying desperately hard to achieve scumbag singularity. PeRsEcUtEd white South Africans? Bring em on! Scumfuck manosphere influencers? Let's bring them home! Rich assholes no longer welcome in their home country? Yeah, will that be cash or check?

Though, the thought occurs that the scumbag concentration increases on a curve that's inverse of the square root of distance from the White House. Maybe all these assholes will just gel together in DC like some Sci Fi mutant scumbag blob and we can just, like, cast fire on it or cut the city adrift into the Atlantic to go become some old sailor's myth like the Flying Dutchman or Belgium.

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They'll probably head up HUD- Building future slums to pump out more poor traumatised girls for their sick shit.

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

We don't want these cunts back.

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)

National IQ in the US is about to drop a couple of points.

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[–] thingAmaBob@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

Well fuck this all to hell. They both deserve to be underneath the jail and there is so much evidence to prove their guilt. Just disgusting.

[–] Whateley@lemm.ee 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It'd be a real shame if the Uber they pick up at the airport spun out and hit a bridge embankment before bursting into flames with the driver miraculously escaping unharmed.

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[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Idaho gonna hate Trump now for being a tater immigrater.

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[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can talk about Trump liking them because they are fellow child-rapists, but the reality is, that isn't enough. Trump doesn't care about anyone but himself. For his administration to go to the effort to help this scum escape prosecution, there has to be something in it for Trump or someone high up enough in the administration to convince him it should be done.

The tricky part is figuring out which of the many child-rapists in the current regime was the one who cared enough.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

It is Musk, either because he is a fan or his early 20s geek squad shitheads are.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 8 points 5 months ago

Deport the illegal aliens!

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Yikes. Not great to see.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago

Only surprised it took this long.

[–] underwire212@lemm.ee 7 points 5 months ago (7 children)

If it makes you any consolation, these people are absolutely miserable on the inside. I recently read a transcript of one of them speaking with an officer and I had to stop counting the amount of psychological red flags. They are suffering on the inside. I mean they need to be in jail too because their actions are affecting others too, but at least I can sleep at night knowing they’re fucking miserable.

I'd prefer them to be suffering on the outside as well.

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