Liberals Claiming They Are “Fleeing Trump’s America” in for a Rude Awakening

When President Trump won the election in 2016, many liberals and celebrities said they would leave the US.

They called the country a dictatorship and pronounced the death of democracy because their preferred candidate did not win. Of course, very few of them left, and millions of migrants tried to enter, because America is the greatest country on earth.

The same happened when he won reelection in the 2024 election. In addition to their previous reasons for leaving, they added that the election was stolen, even though four years earlier they claimed an election cannot be stolen.

In 2025 and 2026 they are all clamoring about fleeing because they want open borders, free welfare for illegals, and they oppose ICE deportations.

This is ironic since ICE deportations are designed to get people out of the country, and these people oppose the deportations but are ready to self-deport.

If they could just encourage their illegal friends to use the Trump self-deportation app, there would be much less chaos on US streets.

They also want to leave because of voter ID requirements that they claim will be the death of democracy, the same democracy they declared dead in 2016 but which had apparently recovered in 2020, despite the fact that it was the most contested and controversial election in history.

If liberals truly want to escape their homeland, the good news is that the way has been paved for them. The State Department has reduced the fee for renouncing U.S. citizenship from $2,350 to $450, an 80 percent decrease.

Now Queers for Palestine, pink-hairs for Iran, and the “I stand with Maduro… Afghanistan or Yemen” crowd have the option of teaching the Trump administration a lesson by renouncing their citizenship and going to live under those wonderful regimes.

People who believe they would be freer in Iran, richer in the People’s Republic of Canada, or safer in migrant-infested Western Europe can leave for just $450.

Liberals claim no one can afford the $130 cost of a U.S. passport, every ten years, required for voter identification, so that financial burden will be removed from them.

Maybe conservatives should set up a GoFundMe for those too poor to renounce citizenship and call it the Liberal Relocation Fund.

Trump has made it easier for them, but if they did leave, they would be in for a rude awakening.

The first problem one would encounter if they renounced their citizenship is that they would become stateless, and they would have no right of residency in the US.

They would have to find some other country willing to take them. But if they entered another country and were rejected, that country would likely deport them to the United States as the country of their former citizenship and last legal origin.

So not only would they be stuck in the US, but they would be a stateless alien with no legal status, subject to detention or deportation.

The US has the authority to deport illegal aliens to third countries willing to accept them, and ironically that may be exactly what this person was seeking all along, a country willing to take them.

If Canada refuses to accept them, the list of such countries is bleak, beginning with El Salvador and followed by Guatemala, Honduras, Uganda, Belize, and Paraguay.

For those planning to “flee” the United States without renouncing their citizenship, they will discover that no country on earth has open borders.

All require visas, residency permits, and work permits for foreigners to live and work there. The socialist utopias of Cuba, Canada, and Scandinavia provide socialized or free medical care only to citizens and legal long-term residents, and many other countries extend those benefits only to citizens.

The same liberals who call Republicans Nazis for not extending welfare benefits to illegal aliens will find that other countries apply the same restrictions to foreigners who arrive without legal status.

Overstaying a visa or working without authorization can result in detention and deportation.

Immigration is also not simply a matter of showing up. More than half of the world’s countries naturalize only a few hundred people per year.

Even wealthy, developed nations impose years-long residency requirements, language tests, financial self-sufficiency thresholds, and background checks before granting permanent status, let alone citizenship.

Europe has been broadly tightening immigration policies. Restrictions on skilled worker visas, tougher rules on citizenship-by-ancestry programs, and rollbacks of golden visa schemes are narrowing the legal avenues Americans can use to live there.

Companies in the EU must first prove they were unable to find a local candidate before sponsoring a foreign worker, making job sponsorship for Americans competitive and difficult.

Health insurance is typically mandatory just to obtain a visa. As of October 12, 2025, U.S. citizens entering any of 29 European countries go through the EU’s Entry and Exit System, which collects biometric data including fingerprints, facial images, and passport details. Americans may stay no more than 90 days in any 180-day period without a visa.

Many countries in Asia, including Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore, and the countries of the Middle East, accept immigrants only as temporary guest workers and are highly restrictive on naturalization.

China naturalizes exceptionally few people: the 2010 census found only 1,448 naturalized persons in a country of 1.34 billion, with no clearly defined eligibility criteria and broad discretionary authority exercised by state officials.

Japan granted citizenship to roughly 8,800 people in 2024, the majority of them ethnic Koreans and Chinese with long-established community ties, with no fixed screening criteria, no appeals process, and no dual citizenship permitted.

Qatar limits eligibility to individuals with substantial investment or exceptional talent, and even then the process can span several decades, with foreigners generally unable to pass citizenship to their children.

Saudi Arabia requires at least ten consecutive years of lawful residence, fluency in Arabic, and good conduct, with naturalization still rarely granted. Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Singapore all prohibit dual citizenship outright.

Thailand is often cited as a retirement destination, but the details are more restrictive than advertised.

The standard one-year retirement visa requires 800,000 baht, roughly $22,000, deposited in a Thai bank account and renewed annually, with mandatory 90-day address check-ins with immigration authorities.

Working of any kind, including online work, is technically illegal on the visa, and fines accrue immediately for missed reporting deadlines.

Before leaving Thailand, retirees must obtain a re-entry permit or the visa is automatically canceled.

Funds must originate from abroad, and immigration officers verify international transfer codes on bank statements. Staying 180 days or more per year may also trigger Thai tax obligations under rules that are now being enforced more strictly.

Nearly all countries require voter ID, 176 countries and jurisdictions as of 2021, including 46 of 47 European nations, along with visas, residency permits, and work permits for foreigners.

By the standard American liberals apply to the United States, democracy is dead everywhere. Protesting those laws would be restricted or illegal in more than 100 countries, and noncitizens in those countries have even fewer protections than citizens.

While the way would be plagued with difficulties, conservatives should not only applaud the courage of liberals who want to flee the US but also help them do so.

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