Now that Donald Trump is a convicted felon, his list of countries to visit has gotten much shorter.
Trump was found guilty on Thursday of 34 counts of falsifying records in an effort to keep adult film star Stormy Daniels quiet about an affair that occurred in the 2000s. That means certain freedoms Mr Trump once enjoyed may be out of his reach — and could have a serious effect on his ability to carry out his presidential duties, including traveling to foreign countries.
Nearly 40 nations – inlcuding Canada and the UK – have strict policies when it comes to allowing individuals with criminal records across their borders, and barring a special accommodation, Trump would be held to those same standards. It’s unclear if he would be allowed to visit if he wins the presidental election in November, but remains a felon.
Here are just five of the 37 nations that can now ban Trump from entry now that he’s a felon:
Israel
Despite Trump once retweeting someone who referred to him as the “King of Israel” and bragging that he moved the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Trump may not be able to visit the nation now that he’s a felon.
Israel reserves the right to refuse entry to anyone with a criminal record, including felonies. Border control forces in Israel have the authority to bar entry for anyone suspected of committing a crime or with a record, and Trump meets both of those qualifiers.
Canada
According to the Canadian government’s tourist hub, any “US Citizen or permanent resident that has a felony conviction on their criminal record may be deemed inadmissible to Canada for the purposes of immigrating, or even if they’re merely coming to Canada to visit.”
Canada even retains the right to bar individuals “arrested or accused of a felony crime … even though you have not been convicted,” meaning Trump would have faced issues visiting the US’s northern neighbor the moment he faced charges.
The government notes that “a felony will likely result in inadmissibility.”
Japan
Japan is fairly strict with its immigration and visitation rules, including laws preventing convicted criminals from entry.
Under Japanese law anyone convicted of a violation of “any law of regulation” of any country and has been sentenced to “imprisonment with or without work for 1 year or more, or to an equivalent penalty” can be barred from entry.
Japanese law does note that individuals convicted of a “political offense” are not subject to those rules. In Trump’s mind, at least, he could qualify to visit under those terms. It’s unclear if Japan would buy his version of events.
UK
Under UK law, a felon can visit Ireland and Scotland with some restrictions and requirements in place. However, Britain can bar access to convicted felons.
Unless an “Immigration Officer is satisfied that admission would be justified for strong compassionate reasons,” they can refuse access to any convicted, so long as the crime they committed would also be punishable by imprisonment in the UK.
China
China has strict policies when admitting anyone over its borders. Chinese officials conduct character assessments for anyone applying for a visa, and that includes a criminal history check, including felonies.
Even minor offenses can get someone barred from entering China, so Mr Trump may not be able to chide the Chinese in person if he were ever so inclined.
Full list of countries that restrict visits from felons
- Argentina
- Australia
- Brazil
- Cambodia
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Ireland
- Israel
- Japan
- Kenya
- Malaysia
- Macau
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Nepal
- New Zealand
- Peru
- Philippines
- Singapore
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
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Trump is guilty as sin, but he and the Republicans flooded the courts with judges for which McConnell denied Obama the RIGHT to appoint during his term.
Appeals after appeals and eventually if the case reaches SCOTUS, those corrupt judges of Alito, Thomas and Gorsuch will vote in Trump’s favor. Current SCOTUS will not allow an ex-President to do jail time NO MATTER HOW GUILTY he is.
So, if you think all men are created equal and nobody in the USA is above the law….wake up and smell the corruption
Ah Hitler/GermanSmith, any real decent American with a working brain knows Trump is innocent of an illegal criminal trial and illegal criminal conviction by the criminal junkie Democrats! They got away with horrible criminal activity against Good Officer Derek Chauvin and so figured they could do the same with Trump…
SCOTUS needs to fix both cases in a quick ’emergency’ action…
In the real stupid case that Trump gets elected even after his disastrous first term, his convictions, their plan to make USA another Russian like authoritarian fascist state (Project 2025) , I honestly doubt many countries would denied entry to the most vindictive person ever to soil the White House, no matter how many convictions he accumulates.
Well, I hope Canada and Mexico are ready for an influx of America’s intelligent people, because that will happens
That evil Hitlerite/Communist/criminal/traitor/liar/dictator/warmonger Jokementia Bribery needed less than a year to prove himself The Worst President in History… stealing that title away from Carter…
Now do you all see the reasons behind all of this bull? Democrats have to stop President Trump from meeting with foreign leaders so he can’t get them to talk to him in private. Wonder why? Smith was never legally authorized by congress only from Basement boy and DOJ. The judge in NY saying they don’t have to convict because he did nothing wrong but you must convict him to stop him from finding out all democrats threats and bullying of other countries. What exactly does President Trump know that has them all so scared? By the way any country that has allowed their criminal citizens into our country can’t play foul on President Trump. When a jury is told only have to have four yeses for any one of the counts to do the job of conviction of an innocent man is their job then kangaroo courts are all on board. Still want to know how much money or what higher position these people got for this bull. We all know that the appeal court is packed also for this purpose. They will uphold NY judges illegal act and we all know this. Seen where they say need the Highest Supreme Court to take this on. Got news for you all, basement boy disobeyed their orders so what makes you think they will do their job and stop the election interference and all the fraudulent charges? Anyone who thinks any of this is just to stop one Man from getting back in office is plain crazy. We can except murders and they won’t except a Man who has been wrongly convicted. If the countries see this as a plan to help basement boy, Kenya bum, Clinton crazy and the rest shouldn’t receive an ounce of money or help in any way shape or form. To late democrats for trying to say your butts from all the criminal activities you have committed and we the people want criminals held accountable not just opponents who have proof of your crimes. It’s just amazing how no riots started by republicans on the verdict right. Point proven who are the violent type and who believes in rule of law.
Trump brought some of this onto himself! He didn’t pardon Good Officer Derek Chauvin and prosecute the D.A. and judge who abused him and also prosecute evil murdering Officer Byrd. He also didn’t pardon all the Jan. 6th peaceful protestors who didn’t break/damage anything… those two successful evils convinced Democrats they could get away with still more evil without consequences!