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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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[–] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago

Trump protecting his own

[–] nick@midwest.social 273 points 1 day ago (4 children)

They’ll be appointed to government positions soon.

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 59 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 67 points 1 day 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 33 points 1 day 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 1 day ago

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

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[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day 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 1 day ago

Remember when pedos got beat down instead of protected?

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can someone Luigi this guy too?

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Prime target to get luigied

[–] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

They're headed to the state of Luigiana

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

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

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day 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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[–] intelisense@lemm.ee 162 points 1 day 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 121 points 1 day 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 1 day ago

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

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 day 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.

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes, those girls were about 15 and Trump used to try to catch them naked in the dressing rooms. And he bragged about it.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

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

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[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago

Lol, Trump rapes kids

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 16 points 1 day ago

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

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 73 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I thought Trump was supposed to be deporting criminal immigrants.

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

Make sure you read the trump thesaurus,

criminal: brown, black, non-english-speaking

[–] embed_me@programming.dev 21 points 1 day ago

Don't forget poor

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day 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 1 day 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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[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 77 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The brothers are outspoken supporters of Donald Trump, and several members of the US president’s inner circle have spoken out publicly against their treatment, including Donald Trump Jr who described their detention as “absolute insanity”.

Elon Musk responded to a suggestion from Tate that he would “run for prime minister of the UK” by saying “he’s not wrong”, while one of Tate’s lawyers, Paul Ingrassia, is the White House liaison official for the US Department of Justice.

According to Ingrassia, the Tate brothers were “sacrificed on the altar of the Matrix under the banner of egregious crimes they never committed”. The US vice-president, JD Vance, has appeared on a pro-Tate podcast.

what the hell is this?! will someone please reboot this fucking universe! I am disgusted to be alive right now.

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The world is rebooting at the moment. The old systems are breaking down, the new system is still being written and in the meantime all kinds of rogue elements run havoc.

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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

You want a reboot? Well, incedentally a lot of this shit is in America, a country that reportedly has more guns than people. Time to start using them.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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.

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 97 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 39 points 1 day 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 18 points 1 day ago

Best and brightest?

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[–] ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.ee 74 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Gross as fuck. Seem like Trump’s type of dudes - deviants and grifters.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Republicans are all about hating and abusing women these days. That and greed. The Tates will be hailed as heroes for their raping and trafficking, and for profiting off it.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

We don't want these cunts back.

[–] thingAmaBob@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day 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.

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I don't think our collective IQ was that high to begin with...77million idiots voted for trump a second time.

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[–] absquatulate@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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.

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[–] Whateley@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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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[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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[–] NeuronautML@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Romania denies any corruption, but assures the Tates pinky swear that they will come back to spend 15-20 years in jail, no problem. Our Romanian police correspondent could not provide more details as he said he had to go to the bank before closing time to make a deposit.

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

Idaho gonna hate Trump now for being a tater immigrater.

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[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day 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 13 points 1 day ago

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

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