Donald Trump on his Truth Social platform joked about leaving the US to live with Putin in a “gold domed suite” after his bond was set at $200,000 following his indictment for alleged election interference in Georgia.
Donald Trump sparked a row on Monday after he said he would leave the United States and go live in a ‘gold-domed suite’ with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The former US President’s statement came after his bond was set at $200,000 following his indictment for allegedly scheming to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia.
“The failed District Attorney of Fulton County (Atlanta), Fani Willis, insisted on a $200,000 Bond from me. 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,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
“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!”, he added.
Though Trump’s post was understood as a joke, witnesses or victims in the case assumed he was trying to provoke the court to see how much he could get away with, the Huffington Post reported.