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In a unexpected, yet not surprising move, the Trump administration has reportedly piled pressure on Romania to lift restrictions on the Tate brothers.
You might remember the two Tates, Tristan and Andrew, as the misogynist online influencers who have been ‘detained’ in Romania since allegedly branching out into trafficking of minors, organised crime and money laundering. The uber-bro couple have been under ‘judicial control’, meaning they can travel through Romania “while adhering to the required legal conditions.”
The duo were put under house arrest in August last year when prosecutors launched a second criminal investigation against them, this time Andrew and Tristan were accused of human trafficking and forming an organised group to sexually exploit women.
They deny these allegations too, as well as those of rape and human trafficking that have been made against them in the UK, where police are seeking to extradite the dual UK-US nationals.
Seemingly with a pedigree to his liking, Trump has now entered the picture. According to The Financial Times, three people familiar with the case said US authorities initially mentioned the Tates case in a phone call with the Romanian government last week, and Trump’s special envoy Richard Grenell brought it up again when he met with the Romanian foreign minister at the Munich Security Conference.
A fourth person told FinTimes that a request was made to return the boys’ passports and enable them to travel while judicial processes are ongoing.
Grenell seems to be a Tate fanboy as he acknowledged: “I support the Tate brothers as evident in my publicly available tweets.”
Grendell tweeted that “Romania is the latest example” where “USAid programs were weaponized against people and politicians who weren’t woke.”
The USAid programs were weaponized against people and politicians who weren’t woke.
The Biden team spent US taxpayer money to support left wing programs and candidates around the world.
Conservatives around the world were targeted.
Romania is the latest example.… https://t.co/cmPqYojRzs
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) February 3, 2025
Andrew Tate is predictably a fan of the new US regime, and claimed in a long-winded tweet to have helped the “rightwing approach to politics” along thanks to his influence over “millions of young men in Europe and the USA.”
The mission was simple.
There were campaigners out there trying to convince people to vote Trump. This was super effective and they helped win this election.@Cobratate and I attacked the problem from a different angle, I am not sure who realises this but here is what we have… pic.twitter.com/sLoTKNwheP
— Tristan Tate (@TateTheTalisman) November 8, 2024
As said at the start, we really shouldn’t be surprised that the Trump administration is handing out favours to those who helped usher in the new America. The Tates have a lot in common with Trump, except that Trump’s already been found guilty of sexual abuse.
Too bad Jeffrey Epstein topped himself (allegedly); if he’d just ‘hung in there,’ Trump would likely have pardoned him as well under the administration’s new ‘support the worst’ agenda. Oh well, Harvey Weinstein is still alive.
Why stop at supporting alleged rapists when you can have a real rapist in the fold.
[Source: FinTimes]
