There’s little argument that Donald Trump is the most persecuted man in modern American history, but despite a series of politically-motivated indictments filed against him, the former president has not lost his sense of humor.
Trump announced on Monday that he’ll be arrested in Atlanta on Thursday, the day after the first Republican primary debate — last week, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis charged him with 13 felonies for his efforts to challenge the state’s 2020 election results, including racketeering, conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree, filing false documents, false statements and writings, and conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee set Trump’s bond at $200,000 on Monday and that’s what prompted a snarky clap back from the nation’s 45th president.
“The failed District Attorney of Fulton County (Atlanta), Fani Willis, insisted on a $200,000 Bond from me,” Trump wrote. “I assume, therefore, that she thought I was a “flight” risk – I’d fly far away, maybe to Russia, Russia, Russia, share a gold domed suite with Vladimir, never to be seen or heard from again. Would I be able to take my very “understated” airplane with the gold TRUMP affixed for all to see. Probably not, I’d be much better off flying commercial – I’m sure nobody would recognize me!
It remains to be seen if the left will get their much-coveted mug shot — Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat said prior to Trump being indicted that he will be subject to “normal practices,” including fingerprints and a mugshot if charges are filed.
In an earlier Truth Social post, the leading Republican presidential candidate was clear that this is all about “election interference.”
“Can you believe it? I’ll be going to Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday to be ARRESTED by a Radical Left District Attorney, Fani Willis, who is overseeing one of the greatest Murder and Violent Crime DISASTERS in American History,” he wrote. “In my case, the trip to Atlanta is not for ‘Murder,’ but for making a PERFECT PHONE CALL! She campaigned, and is continuing to campaign, and raise money on, this WITCH HUNT. This is in strict coordination with Crooked Joe Biden’s DOJ. It is all about ELECTION INTERFERENCE!”
Those on the left tasked with selling a feeble, cognitively challenged 80-year-old Joe Biden as the better choice for America took Trump seriously about absconding to Russia, proving that they would not know sarcasm if it sat in their lap and called them daddy:
Holy crap. Donald Trump just ranted about him being a flight risk and flying to Russia to share a “gold domed suite” with Vladimir Putin. The Russian asset is making his loyalty known. He’s not hiding it anymore. pic.twitter.com/bqpyIttm5E
— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) August 22, 2023
Oh it’s just Trump casually admitting that he’s a flight risk….prob nothing that Fani Willis, Jack Smith, Alvin Bragg and all the judges involved need to see here pic.twitter.com/qOes5SoqSU
— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) August 22, 2023
Here is a sampling of other responses to the story, as seen on “X,” formerly known as Twitter:
Trump, a flight risk? The 200K bond is ridiculous and political! #TRUMP2024ToSaveAmerica
— TheLeoTerrell (@TheLeoTerrell) August 22, 2023
He’s the first flight risk I know of that actually has his own plane … lol.
🙂I wonder some time … do you think there is a Trump Cave somewhere ?
🙂
Maybe the Plane turns invisible… 🙂
Maybe the DA is jealous cuz she only has a broom 🙂
This is stuff from comics :)…
— Ron Hartley (@RonHartley13) August 22, 2023
Just another way of trying to humiliate Trump.
— Ronald Rosquist (@RonaldRosquist) August 22, 2023
It’s all about the process … dragging him through a process aka malicious prosecution: persecution
— defundthemob (@defundthemob1) August 22, 2023
Trump should be released on his own recognizance in Fulton County. He’s a 77 year old with no prior convictions, and happens to be the most recognizable figure on the planet (not a flight risk).
$200,000 bond is just punitive.
— Eric Matheny ️ (@ericmmatheny) August 22, 2023
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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