A few days ago, the criminal Tate brothers were taken into custody in Florida on an extradition request by the UK on rape charges. The brothers, who have been accused on multiple sex trafficking and rapes over the years, are part of the MAGA-aligned toxic "manosphere" movement, which denies women equal rights and subjects them to abuse and worse. It's bizarre, but not that surprising given his father's character, to learn that Barron Trump was one of their online fans, and now it appears his defense of their behavior may bite him back. Some excerpts from Salon:
"On Thursday, federal marshals in Miami took the Tates into custody. In addition to the charges they face in the U.K., the brothers remain embroiled in grave human-trafficking and minor-exploitation proceedings in Romania and investigations in Florida about new allegations.
In the days since their arrest, their attorney Joseph McBride — who has also represented Jan. 6 defendants — has insisted the arrest is political persecution, and he has been amplifying supportive commentary online from media figures with close ties to the Trump administration. MAGA influencer and white nationalist Nick Fuentes wrote that it would be a “national humiliation” if Trump agreed to extradite the brothers to Britain over what he called “trumped up ‘Me Too’ charges.” Other far-right influencers reportedly joined in, but to no avail.
Trump’s refusal to intervene in the Tates’ extradition fight is a much-delayed correction. For years, the brothers were treated by the MAGA ecosystem not as alleged traffickers facing serious criminal scrutiny, but as useful avatars of male grievance and anti-feminist rebellion. That bargain is now boomeranging in the direction of a different Trump: Barron."
The article goes on to say that the Malignant Fascist's reversal on the Tate brothers was prompted by Andrew Tate's furious denunciation of the MF's war on Iran, at the behest of Israel according to Tate. But it turns out that the strange, reclusive youngest son of the MF and icy, calculating Melania, had a close personal relationship with Andrew Tate, along with other MAGA luminaries. Now, Dems are eager to investigate the ties between these serial rapists and the MF's regime and family.
"What has been less investigated, at least until this week, is how deep the personal relationships ran — specifically, the friendship between Andrew Tate and the president’s 20-year-old son.
According to reporting in the New York Times, Tate spoke with Barron Trump over a Zoom call last year with a mutual friend present, and the two discussed their shared belief that the Romanian case against Tate was an effort to silence him. That claim — the idea that a rape and trafficking prosecution amounts to censorship — the same framing Tate’s MAGA allies have pushed for years. [snip]
Barron Trump was not an unwitting bystander dragged into a media storm. He was an active participant in defending Andrew Tate, using his influence to validate an accused predator because it fit the edgy, anti-establishment aesthetic of the modern manosphere media. Now, as congressional scrutiny looms and the Tate brothers prepare to face trial in a U.S. federal court before being extradited to London, the president’s youngest son is left facing the stark consequences of his MAGA alliances." (our emphasis)
That the youngest son of an adjudicated rapist, felon and con man would follow the likes of the Tate brothers and come to their defense is not that surprising after all.
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