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lunatica

(53,410 posts) Thu Oct 10, 2019, 02:35 PM Oct 2019

Trump's deal with Erdogan

Things have gotten so bad for Trump that even he is aware of it.

We all know he’s only interested in his money and growing it, but at this point something else has been added to his triangulating brain. That something is self preservation on a physical level.

I think this entire withdrawal of troops protecting the Kurds is about more than just Trump’s financial interests in Turkey. It’s about where he can escape to if he has to flee in order to save his own ass.

Just like that phone call to Ukraine’s President Zelensky this entire Turkey thing stinks of quid pro quo only the roles are reversed. Trump called Erdogan and asked if he could go to Turkey and be guaranteed no extradition to the US. Only this time it was Erdogan who said, “Yes, but I need you to do me a favor”...

Just a theory.

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Trump's deal with Erdogan (Original Post) lunatica Oct 2019 OP

Would not be surprising... Wounded Bear Oct 2019 #1

Yes, in the slimiest way possible. lunatica Oct 2019 #4

I've been thinking that he's going to flee... alittlelark Oct 2019 #2

An instinctual survivor thinks about all the contingencies lunatica Oct 2019 #3

I pretty sure that 45 has asked about what countries don't have extradition treaties with the US. alwaysinasnit Oct 2019 #5

Here's a list of no extradition countries. Turkey isn't on it lunatica Oct 2019 #6

Thanks! alwaysinasnit Oct 2019 #7

Wounded Bear

(58,656 posts)

1. Would not be surprising...

Reply to lunatica (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 02:37 PM

Oct 2019

Trump has been a bit of an escape artist most of his sorry life.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

4. Yes, in the slimiest way possible.

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 03:08 PM

Oct 2019

He knows all about Swamp.

alittlelark

(18,890 posts)

2. I've been thinking that he's going to flee...

Reply to lunatica (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 02:38 PM

Oct 2019

Btw - is Bill Barr still out of the country?

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

3. An instinctual survivor thinks about all the contingencies

Reply to lunatica (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 02:42 PM

Oct 2019

Trump is an instinctual survivor.

alwaysinasnit

(5,066 posts)

5. I pretty sure that 45 has asked about what countries don't have extradition treaties with the US.

Reply to lunatica (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 04:18 PM

Oct 2019

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

6. Here's a list of no extradition countries. Turkey isn't on it

Reply to alwaysinasnit (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 06:45 PM

Oct 2019

but I’m sure Erdogan would make an exception for Trump who has just given him carte Blanche to murder Kurds to his heart’s content. Besides in Trump’s estimation most of the countries below are shithole countries. And Trump has real estate in Turkey.

Countries with no extradition treaty with US

These countries currently have no extradition treaty with the United States:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Central
African Republic, Chad, Mainland China, Comoros, Congo (Kinshasa), Congo (Brazzaville), Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Kazakhstan,
Kosovo, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands,
Mauritania, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal,

Niger, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, São Tomé & Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia,
Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu,
Vatican, Vietnam and Yemen.

alwaysinasnit

(5,066 posts)

7. Thanks!

Reply to lunatica (Reply #6)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 08:50 PM

Oct 2019

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