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Before the election, some liberal celebrities made the usual threats/promises to leave the US if Trump was elected, but that is like a baby threatening to hold its breath until it turns blue. These cry babies never leave.
Is there any user on this site who intends to leave the US before January 20, 2025? If so, where do you intend to go and will you return in January, 2029 after Trump leaves office? Even if his successor is another Republican?
We're considering an exit strategy, that's for sure. Not immediately but if we begin to see the Project 2025 come to fruition, we may very well leave. I love the US and don't want to leave my home and family, but I do not want to live in a dictatorship, certainly not one ran by a narcissistic autocrat. If I am wrong, good, if the Project was just a piece of propaganda even better. But the world that is laid out in that document is simply not one that I can live in.
Where will we go, initially I have friends in Europe, the Far East and Central America most are expats and all have said we're welcome in their home while we figure it out. Our goal would be duel citizenship even if we have to buy it and settle somewhere in Europe. We're both 55 figure we have another 30 years or so, and we'll keep our property here letting relatives use it. And when we pass it'll be a decent inheritance for the kids, homes in both the US and Europe.
As for coming back I seriously doubt that if the plan comes fully into play that we will ever see another election in the US, or at least not an honest and fair one. So the point is moot as to who the next winner is.
Kamala said use 51 votes why shouldn't republican use to pass everything?
@Kayleigh2005 Again that is simply not a country I want to live in. So yes, I am going to go... Have you actually read it? I have all 600 pages of it.
Thailand 🇹🇭 is for you 🤣
Someone said they all have aids there nasty people 💀
@Kayleigh2005 Since you obviously Don't know what I am talking about let me lay it out the 3 issues I have with Project 2025 are:
1 the removal of the checks and balances in the US and placing all power in the executive branch. It is a radical restructuring of the US government and essentially changes our president into a king in all but name.
2. The deploying of US military on US soil, the Posse Comitatus Act is there for a reason. I don't want to live in a country that sends its military might to go from door to door looking for undesirables.
3. The outlawing of porn, my company (the one I own) makes animated adult short films, create adult video games and owns an adult website, under Project 2025 I could be arrested and sent to prison for my companies activities. These are the issues to me. I know that there is much more involved but these are my personal concerns.
I know number one since a couple guys got into a fight explaining the nuclear senate option 🙄
Pass everything by 51 votes and a lot of people need round up
I don't care about porn but get rid of that too
Thailand is for you
Not in 4 years. It will take him 4 years to read project 2025.
@Notherndude84 Yah, but his VP helped write it.
@Avicenna I didn't specify a European citizenship. Just a duel citizenship.
Why I believe it may come about:
Project 2025 is a document published by the Heritage Foundation on their website, authored by many people in the incoming government including the vice president. It is not a "secret document" nor has any author denounced it. It is a 900 page document that is primarily fulled with pages of who wrote each section. It was written as a blueprint and instructions starting with day 1 of the new presidency.
It systematically and explicitly describes how to do just that. Centralize power on the executive branch giving step by step instructions.
@Staximus I hope you are correct. If so then no harm no foul. And like I said if things start rolling out as they are laid out, we will go. I did say IF we begin to see things go in that direction... I'm cautiously optimistic that the republic will prevail. But I am also practical enough to know that empires fall and sticking ones head in the sand is not productive.
Good for you and a good plan. I've told all my kids to live abroad.
Project 2025 has nothing to do with Trump. As a matter of fact they tried to stop Trump form being elected. They tried to stop him during the primaries and at the convention. That's because he does not align himself that that group. If he really planned on carrying out their agenda, ask yourself why they tried to stop his presidency. If his views aligned with theirs, they would have backed him.
That group is far right. Even the most conservative presidents didn't align with the entire agenda of that group.
@WindAtMyBack I know that Trump said he wasn't involved I also know that JD Vance was one of its authors.
@Staximus alright, I'm going to say this again. If Project 2025 begins to be implemented I want to go. I am not convinced that it will, I certainly hope that it won't, but I am planning for the worst, hoping for the best. Its the same as my go bag, I made it hoping I never have to use it. But its there just in case. Same here.
... Project 2025 is the Heritage Foundation's plan to move the Overton window away from the left. Trump has nothing to do with it.
@thenerdone I know that Trump has disavowed the project. I also know that he has surrounded himself with its authors and supporters.
How about facts - dems lost pushing P2025 and I sure hope u keep talking about it til 2028.
Facts
Only 6 days since Trump was elected and this has happened.
https://youtu.be/3ich3LP9c74?si=mJCaXA1SEFc_zrIu
- Stock market at all time high
- Crypto at all time high
- caravan of immigrants, half turned around
- Russia wants to talk
- China wants to be friends
- Terrorists in the mid east wants to talk now
- Europe wants US oil
- No inflation means a 20% raise
@Kayleigh2005 You are correct. I am cautiously optimistic and hope that things go well. As I stated in the initial statement "if we see..." if we do not then its just a plan. I'm not jumping on a plane tomorrow, I am just making plans in case.
Hopefully things do go well. And we go into a time of prosperity. I'm open to that as well. Im not a dyed in the wool Democrat Im actually very independent and get my news from both left and right media. I try and stay informed and try and read information from all sides of an argument.
I hope they take the late night TV hosts with them
Future MHO right here!
No.
Frankly, it’s not a feasible option. I’m not about to up-end my entire life I’ve built with my partner, quit my schooling, and leave all I know.
I’m not happy he was elected, but honestly and realistically, he’s most likely not going to follow through on most, if any, of the doomsday stuff he spewed.
He is a lot of talk and that’s mostly it.
His election does possibly jeopardize my right to marry as a lesbian woman. But, I’m not about to drop everything in my life and leave a place I love, and let him win again.
I don’t think he’ll have the time or political resources to challenge same-sex marriage in 4 years. Even his religious supporters would be nervous about wading into something like that.
Gay/lesbian couples will definitely have to listen to a greater amount of homophobia in the next 4 years.
@Notherndude84 I’m hoping you’re right. And I know you’re right about the increased homophobia
Angry MAGA jerks will still hate you, they will likely feel more emboldened. I also hope my optimism proves true.
My partner and I would love to attend your wedding. 👰👰
@Notherndude84: Since when is Trump against homosexuals?
Trump probably doesn’t hate the LGBTQ+ community. He was however elected by old racist Christian conservatives who would love to see the community wiped out.
Those promises are never serious. Not a single person will leave based solely on the election.
I would like to make those promises enforceable. I would love to say arrivederci to Whoopi and Rosie O'Donnell.
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As someone who doesn’t live in the US I find it funny when people there assume life is better elsewhere
Every country in the world deals with the same brand of bullshit every day
You just don’t see it because the news doesn’t reach you
But the US propagates its news all over the world, so even though I've never even been there I was “forced” keep up with all the politics and the celebrity gossip and the sports and any other newsworthy thing that comes out
So yeah, leave if you wanna leave, but don’t expect sunshine and rainbows
For people who want to leave... do you think these countries will care about your feelings?
It's not easy to just up and move without transferable skills to maintain your current lifestyle. Do you have transferable skills?
Do you know or have been studying the language?
Do you think there aren't negative people who won't like you and you won't like in other parts of the world?
You won't have the same privileges being a foreigner, do you think you'll actually be higher on the pole in someone else's society?
There's more but if you have not thought thoroughly maybe you should before you make a major life change. Do what you want but just be smart.
That sentiment isn't exclusive to democrats. Quite a number of Republicans expressed the same sentiment should Trump lose.
Regardless...
I've had the thought of moving to Czechia for a few years. I bought property near my grandma's cot there. For the moment, I don't feel it's the right time. I don't think Trump will be the deciding factor in this.
The more I think on it the more I conclude that the move would serve me best when I retire.
Liberals 😆 they're full of shit and mentally ill. I don't know why these demorats keep supporting their delusions. I really feel majority of liberals are mentally unstable
I disagree with the majority part. Though I agree that moving because a republican is elected is dumb.
I used to be a democrat, and can confirm that the democratic party is not what it used to be. It’s unfathomable how much they contract themselves and are hypocrites
Trump himself probably isn’t. However Trump owes a debt to religious conservatives in the Bible Belt who live nothing more than oppressing gay people.
Where tf are you getting this from?
Conservative politicians hate LGBTQ+ people, they always have.
Oh I bet. I bet there’s no gay people in red states. According to your statement republicans have been trying to overturn Obama’s approval of same sex marriage.
No, what’s really going on. Is that you’re confusing conservatives being against gay people pushing their ideals onto others, mainly on little children. They need to keep that shit to themselves.
The same way gay people don’t like religious people forcing their beliefs onto them, some of them need to do the same. Stop pushing your gayness onto others. Simple
It’s funny how religious conservatives can’t help but put their religion in the public square and force everyone to listen to it. If LGBTQ+ people share their views they clutch their pearls and say “think of the children” as if they’re trying to convert them into being gay.
The Christian church is so stupid and backwards, won’t listen to science, reason or logic. You bimbo’s believe Bronze Age superstition and try and pass it off as reality.
@Notherndude84 "If LGBTQ+ people share their views they clutch their pearls and say “think of the children” as if they’re trying to convert them into being gay."
LBGTQ+ is not an idealogy to share views.. It's simply a lifestyle people choose to follow based on how they feel.. And considering how much exposure they have when they aren't even 5% of the population as a whole really shows how they are being shoved into the public's face..
I didn’t say LGBTQ+ is an ideology. The American Nationalist Christian church is.
@Notherndude84: Damn you’re deranged….
“Sticks and stones pal”
Nope, grow up & move on….
I believe it will be a bumpy ride though definitely won’t amount to anything ‘too extreme’. Here is some comfort:
Just calm down, Be the change you want to see in the world by building safe spaces in your community & helping thy neighbor & being the American you wanted to be under Kamala Harris and Tim Walz & Be kind to one another & Educate on Unions and all the things that make Americans above Country not belittled by it…. Thank you, God Bless You!
2021 Slimmer Majority got Millions of Americans: Chips And Science Act for Technology Based Manufacturing Jobs (Microchips To Out Compete China), Pact Act for Millions of Veterans to receive the benefits they deserve for putting their life on the line every day for our freedoms, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (Helps rebuild our Infrastructure), and so much more. Don’t forget the expansions to Affordable Care Act/Obamacare & Expanding Environmental Protections (including clean water initiatives & beginning the forgiving of Student Loan Debt.
Although some might say they will it shows just how stupid some are. Like me stick around as watch the fun for the next at least 2 years and either it will end up in 4 years a total disaster or he will surprise us and become a great leader (I say that very cautiously)
It's possible we will take a cruise before Jan 20th and enter foreign waters.
but pack up and leave for good as if Hitler took charge... no, although there are good reasons to leave the USA... there is good reason to stay. 1/2 the country should jsut turn the news down, switch channels and figure out what THEY are going to change in their lives, if anything. Possibly take some medications to calm down...
One reason to stay is looks like he's already promoting changes in USDA by promoting an organic farmer... imagine that... not big ag but organics! if we actually made effort to reduce the poisons in our food supply, like our lovely and smart friends in Europe, maybe we wouldn't have so much diseases... like skin rashes and such. takes time to heal the land and cleanup the food supply.
It's a dream, but it's possible. Else... Italy still sounds good...
I wouldn’t mine exchanging place with Jean Celine 😂
In a free society, I don’t see anything wrong with someone moving somewhere you feel more comfortable, as long as you do do legally. The reasons I have so far seen leftists give for wanting to leave the US range from dumb to completely delusional, though.
Like what examples?
@DrPepper12: You see some right on this very thread.
I see these threats by certain people on the left, they are empty threats and nobody is going to listen or care. I don’t doubt that many look into immigration to Canada or elsewhere, when they find out that relocating is an expensive and time consuming process they abandon the idea. The individuals making these threats seem to think that you can simply drive to Canada and live.
I simply won't come... I didn't get my work visa :D
They should keep their promises and leave, but I doubt they would.
Nope. Only if he and his becomes actively hostile to my loved ones rights and well being. I'll make damn sure they get out.
1. Nope. You and yours/me and mine refers to people, not thoughts.
2. My friends are the only ones currently around me one could see as crazy.
3. Lazy thinking on a lazy attempt at a logic trap. There's no way to know what the correct answer is because the asker can shift it to anything else to try and push their own point across.
So are we done here or you gonna keep trying a pointless argument?;
Trump threatened to leave in 2020. He never did. Seems everybody throws that out when they lose.
Who would take him 🤣🤣
I am unaware of anybody, that kept their word and left the USA.
Exactly! It’s just a stupid threat they make every four years.
Nah I already live on the border of another country so I can leave real fast if need be
I will be staying in the USA very happily!! I voted for Donald Trump and believe our economy is about to get much better.
This is the only reason I voted.
nope, my next overseas vacation will be in 26, a 2 week river cruise.
The Richy Rich that are threatening to leave the US. Won’t leave their mansions and their lavish lifestyles. Besides, they are not affected like the actual working class. Since their fortunes most likely was created from the working class. Actors, entertainers politicians etc.
They have nothing to lose. Unless they are lawbreakers and don’t want to get caught!
No. You stay and fix what's broken, not flee the duty to repair.
They better not return, if they are ashamed from their most powerful president!
I wouldn't leave the USA unless it was to go live on a Lunar or Martian colony.
Well, last time, Cher said she was moving to Jupiter but, she's still here!! As far as I know, the ONLY one that DID move was Rosie O'Donnell!! So far, nobody misses her!
The important thing all of us non Americans and Americans can do now is just think 2028 election 2028 election I do love the year 2028 for a presidential election democrats woooo hooo democrats wooo hooo- I'm not American 💙 no need to mention the inauguration or the second term Republican, let's all just talk about a 2028 presidential election for Democrats ahahahahaha laughter 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol I love when foreigners naively cheer on the worst possible outcomes for my country
That's right sir 😀😂 and on the plus side, I vote Left wing in my native country aka (the Australian equivalent to the Democrats) and even preferences afterwards the further left parties (your version of green or third party ) cheer cheer 🥳🎉🥳🎉🎉
You can't blame a 30 year old me for wanting the cool parties - progress, left wing, progress, socialism, spreading the wealth not the STDs) 😳😲😀😆
Entitlement mentality is a worldwide epidemic.
Let's just remember I've got pale dreams 🤍 I love how I'm a daydreamer
There’s nothing cool about the American left tho they’re just a bunch of whiners that like cultural degeneracy, finding everything offensive, calling everybody they disagree with a racist and just completely ruining American culture.
Not me. I feel like a weight’s been lifted off my shoulders
the lengths ignorant people will go all because they don't wanna accept the truth
Considering leaving GaG, to many Americans on here and y'all be nasty as fuck, it's really coming out now.
With things now finally looking up, why would anyone want to leave the U. S?
They won't leave. Lol
None of them are leaving.. LOL.. They're all staying put..
Nope! I'm celebrating
I'm staying where I'm
I would hold the door for them.
Leave? I'm going to have a barbeque
Elon Musk transgender child plans to.
I'm waiting for all the celebs to peace out.
They won't but we wish they would.
😅😅😅😅
nope
Yes especially with project 2025 looming.
Also trump has a history of conning people.
Trump Taj Mahal he still owes people money from 30 years ago.
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