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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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[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 7 points 58 minutes ago

Can someone Luigi this guy too?

[–] thingAmaBob@lemmy.world 1 points 29 minutes 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.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 2 points 41 minutes ago* (last edited 37 minutes 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 exponentially as you approach 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.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 9 points 1 hour ago

We don't want these cunts back.

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 66 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 22 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour 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.

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

Yeah, I know. They're looking for an excuse to impose martial law.

[–] Whateley@lemm.ee 12 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

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.

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 63 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

I thought Trump was supposed to be deporting criminal immigrants.

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 5 points 56 minutes ago

Rape isn’t a big deal according to trump supporters

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 18 points 4 hours 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 3 points 1 hour ago

And they hate women with a vengeance, which will make them extra popular.

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 30 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Make sure you read the trump thesaurus,

criminal: brown, black, non-english-speaking

[–] embed_me@programming.dev 19 points 5 hours ago

Don't forget poor

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

Import, deport. What’s the difference?

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Idaho gonna hate Trump now for being a tater immigrater.

[–] _LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 6 points 4 hours ago

I(llegalTraffickingOf)daho

[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 67 points 6 hours 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 29 points 5 hours 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.

[–] serenissi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Remember kids, that's why boot security is important.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago

:(

Well said

I’m always so optimistic—[…]

(that’s where I’ll terminate that thought for now, too early for it)

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 17 points 6 hours 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.

[–] nick@midwest.social 241 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

They’ll be appointed to government positions soon.

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 51 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

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

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 14 points 5 hours 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 8 points 3 hours ago

Remember when pedos got beat down instead of protected?

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 61 points 8 hours ago (2 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 29 points 7 hours 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.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 11 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Wahots@pawb.social 1 points 48 minutes ago (1 children)

Iirc, there was supposed to be a fight scene, but Ford was suffering from terrible diarrhea on set, so they came up with this to keep it short, lol.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 42 minutes ago

I heard he'd forgotte his line and just improvised but the comedy went over so well they decided to film it again for realsies.

[–] intelisense@lemm.ee 146 points 8 hours 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?

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 hours ago

Lol, Trump rapes kids

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 109 points 8 hours 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.

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 5 hours 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 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour 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.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 27 points 7 hours ago

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

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 19 points 7 hours ago

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

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[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 86 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours 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

[–] Nay 3 points 3 hours ago

One has money.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 35 points 7 hours 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.

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[–] ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.ee 72 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

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

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[–] absquatulate@lemmy.world 33 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours 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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[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 25 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 hours ago

Only surprised it took this long.

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