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Subject: Re: [OT] Can Trump come to Canada
Date: Sun, 25 May 2025 20:49:21 -0400
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On 2025-05-25 8:18 PM, shawn wrote:
> On Sun, 25 May 2025 17:35:07 -0400, Rhino
> <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
> 
>> Apparently someone at CP24 (a cable news station which used to be local
>> to Toronto but now seems to be national) got to wondering if Trump would
>> have any obstacles in coming to Canada as a convicted felon and asked
>> around. He's expected to come to the G7 meeting in Alberta next month.
>>
>> In a nutshell, felons are NOT normally allowed into Canada but there is
>> an exception for people travelling under a diplomatic passport.
>>
>> https://www.cp24.com/news/canada/2025/05/23/can-trump-visit-canada-for-the-g7-if-hes-a-convicted-felon/
>>
>> However, once he is no longer president and is travelling under a normal
>> passport, he will likely be barred from entering the country.
>>
>> This seems like a plausible answer to the question. Nelson Mandela spent
>> 27 years in prison for crimes he admitted during his trial yet I seem to
>> recall he made a visit here as President of South Africa. I don't know
>> if he ever visited privately after his presidency; I don't recall any
>> such visit.
> 
> Did Trump ever visit Canada before he first became President?

I really don't know. If he did, I don't think it made the news.

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Rhino