The United Kingdom, Canada, and other nations could potentially deny entry to former President Donald Trump if his felony conviction stands. Nearly 40 nations, including Canada and the UK, have strict policies regarding individuals with criminal records. Unless granted special accommodation, Trump would be subject to these standards.
Canada’s tourist hub states that US citizens or permanent residents with felony convictions may be deemed inadmissible for immigration or even visiting. UK law allows felons to visit Ireland and Scotland with restrictions, but Britain can bar access.
Other nations like Israel and Australia have laws regarding felons visiting, which may be interpreted differently if Trump wins the election.
Trump will be appealing, but if he wins the presidency before a potential overturn, countries with strict criminal record policies may need to make exceptions for official visits.
The conviction’s impact on Trump’s presidential campaign is uncertain, but establishment Republican Karl Rove believes it could cost Trump key swing voters in crucial states.
“If he is found guilty, let’s not underestimate that there is a problem,” Rove said. “Think about this. Those numbers, like 11% less likely to vote for him, think about Michigan where they’re, in the RealClearPolitics average, Donald Trump is up by one half of 1% — or Pennsylvania, where he’s up by 2%, or Wisconsin, where he’s up by 3/10 of 1%,” Rove continued. “So in a close race, like we’re likely to have, having 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11% of the electorate less likely to vote for you is a problem.”
Despite this, Trump’s base remains loyal, raising $53 million in campaign donations within 24 hours of the conviction.
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And this will last two seconds because he will cut funding for anything they need. Other countries speaking big but with no ability to make good on their threat.
It’s ok. Trump will just cut all of their funding.
This entire article – especially its headline – is ridiculous. Any country that the American president wants to visit will make whatever exceptions are necessary to let it happen. It won’t be difficult. The only issue is a country that really doesn’t want him and can use the conviction as a lame excuse that everyone will see right through.
Someone is very confused about the makeup of the United Kingdom.
Britain is not a country, it’s an Island containing England, Scotland and Wales.
Is Kim’s North Korea on the list? His “good friend” certainly won’t bar him.
I’m literally embarrassed for YWN. Are you stupid? You think Canada and England, etc., would bar the president of the U.S. entry even for a personal visit? Are you frigging retarded?
ramateshkolnik:
Speaking of confusion, “Modern Hebrew” is pretty confusing, like your screen name. In “Modern Hebrew”, that’s “Ramat Eshkol” followed by the Russian suffix “-nik”.
Anyways, “America” is often used as a reference to the United States of America even though “The Americas” are just landmasses and not countries, too. Same here.
if he wins the presidency before a potential overturn, countries with strict criminal record policies may need to make exceptions for official visits.
Nu, so what’s the problem? They’ll make an exception. It’s not as if that’s in any doubt. This article makes it sound like this would be some extreme burden on them, as if they’d have to jump through hoops to make it happen. That’s nonsense. In all cases the government of the relevant country would simply decide to allow the visit, end of story.