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Trump Admin Returns Russian Dissident Asylum Seekers to Putin

>Activists warn Russian political refugees against seeking asylum in the US

>Immigration and Customs Enforcement had put them on a circuitous route: after being picked up from an airport in Alexandria, Louisiana, they made stops in the Caribbean before moving onwards to Cairo, Egypt.

>From Cairo, a plane took them to Moscow.

>The episode has caused panic among Russian dissidents and exiles. Many of them fled the country in the years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Thousands sought refuge in the U.S., telling immigration authorities that they fear imprisonment or persecution

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-admin-returns-russian-dissident-asylum-seekers-to-putin

@politics #USPolitics

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[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 40 points 6 days ago (1 children)

He's a Russian asset. In case there was any doubt.

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago

Always has been.

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Putin gets to keep Edward Snowden but Trump can't hang on to some draft dodgers?

What is this? A Mortal Kombat fatality? That's usually what I think of when a man reaches in to another man and pulls out his spine.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Trump doesn't want to trade anything for Edward Snowden, because Snowden doesn't pose any kind of future threat to Trump's regime. Nobody's cared about Edward Snowden in nearly a decade.

These dissidents are actively proselytizing against Putin's regime, so he's eager to have them publicly humiliated and then squelched.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 33 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Sorry for off-topic...

I might be ootl, but is this what the daily WH press pic looks like nowadays? Trump insisting on wearing that stupid cap all the time, in a suit, looking frail and old. JD Vance looking like one of a pair of bodyguards. The oval office just overloaded with ... items.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Vance looking like one of a pair of bodyguards

If my dog looked like JD Vance, I'd shave his ass and train him to walk backward.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago

Actually that's exactly what Vance looks like.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 6 days ago

I'm guessing his hair is thinning drastically and he wears the hat to hide it.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

"The current political direction is brought to you by our sponsor [whoever just stuffed his purse]."

Making cheesy shows for TV is all he knows. So of course it's all he does.

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

This is a death sentence for them.

[–] Binturong@lemmy.ca 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This is worse than a death sentence for these people. What a hideous betrayal and completely unsurprising coming from deeply demented Shitler, who can't get its tongue far enough up Putin's pooper. This regime can't topple itself fast enough.

[–] REDACTED 15 points 6 days ago

"Little Big" in shambles. They made an anti-war song and fled to US.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 13 points 6 days ago (2 children)

With Trump being the best dealmaker in the world I am hoping the USA got back something better in return. What...?

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Come on now! USA doesn't need anything in return for handing over dangerous criminals to their closest ally!

/s

[–] hector@lemmy.today 7 points 6 days ago

His payment is russia not releasing evidence of his fuckeries, be they of underage kids or whatever else.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

He got the treat giving putin 2 blowjobs next time they are together, instead of just the usual one bj.

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm expecting an executive order to take down the Statue of Liberty any day now.

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So shocked it hasn't been painted gold yet to serve as a beacon to the most winning country ever.

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Maybe he'll just rename it 'Statue of America' and sandblast the poem off.

[–] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 days ago

Let's not limit this to Russian Political refugees. Just don't anybody go to the US for any reason.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 2 points 6 days ago

Yep. Of course he did.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

I'm sure they'll be fine. /s

[–] EricBono@sfba.social 80 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@politics There's nothing and no one he will not betray.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Not true. Pick any dictator. They're his idols.

[–] Einstein@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

He would if given the opportunity, just like those dictators would do to him given the chance.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago

He has never gone against Putin except tough talk with no action behind it.

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Yeah they’re gonna get killed unfortunately :(

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I'm still wondering if Dumb Dumb Donnie thinks asylum seeker means they came from an insane asylum?

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

He really is that stupid, so it's certainly a possibility.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 days ago

He doesn't think. He just blithers and emits brain farts.

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[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (13 children)

I worry that he's just the worst president in US history so far. When somebody eventually takes the title from him, they're going to have to invent whole new categories of heinous, unpresidential shit to do. It'll take a real trailblazer.

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