https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-conviction-countries-banned-canada-uk-b2555313.html
Donald Trump’s felony conviction now means he’s banned from a host of countries including Canada and UK
There are 37 countries that bar felons from entering, even to visit.
So, how does this work for international relations then? Trump is still a felon even if he wins the elections or tries some "me pardons me" manoeuvre of shorts? In theory, many say that he cannot pardon himself for state crimes, such as the one in NY for campaign fraud. This is going to be an interesting situation - many countries will simply say no to him entering.
Donald J. Trump is now a felon in New York State, and presidential pardon power does not extend to state cases
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I'll play devil's advocate here. While Trump can't pardon himself from this, supreme court could complicate things and just end democracy in US as we know it. And those muppets in US have some weird enough ideas to keep rest of us on our toes.
I just watched that new "Civil war" (movie), and honestly, as horrible as it was, it was something everyone is secretly just waiting. Hopefully it won't come to that. But if it comes, i would find it kind of liberating that rogue wanna be dictators like trump might split the country instead of ruling it.
Next to watch is "The Apprentice" biopic, that trump team tries to block. Freedom of speech doesn't mean anything to them.
Of course, at a certain point Trump may be able to do nearly anything. He is already filtering a number of Civil Servants that will be removed (e.g. someone who posted a pro-democrat stuff in their Facebook) to be replaced to pre-selected people who will not oppose to even his wildest dreams.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/12/20/trump-civil-service-00132459These days, though, Stier is increasingly preoccupied with what he sees as a fundamental threat to that work: former President Donald Trump’s sweeping proposal to convert thousands of career civil servants into political appointees if he wins a second term in the White House. That plan — which has won the support of powerful, Trump-aligned conservative think tanks such as the Heritage Foundation and the America First Policy Institute — is modeled on an executive order from Trump’s first term that redesignated 20,000 civil servants in policy-related positions as “Schedule F” employees, thereby allowing them to be fired unilaterally by the president.
There is a good reason why the Civil Service is not dependent of the flavour of the moment in most countries in the world. You need a state to have a state.
The trials are the occasion to at least show him for what he is.
