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I got an alert in my email yesterday that said someone upvoted a Quora answer I made a couple years ago. You might enjoy it.
https://www.quora.com/What-would-happen-if-former-President-Trump-was-kidnapped-and-arrested-by-a-nation-enemy-of-the-United-States-Would-the-White-House-do-anything-Would-it-be-a-problem-for-National-Security/answer/Jim-Mowreader?__nsrc__=4&__snid3__=96746812463&comment_id=506518569&comment_type=2
"What would happen if former President Trump was kidnapped and arrested by a nation enemy of the United States? Would the White House do anything? Would it be a problem for National Security?"
I answered:
Day 1:
Hello, this is the president of Berzerkistan. We have your former President Trump. He is alive and unharmed. If you ever want to see him alive again, deliver One Million Ounces of Gold to the Prime Minister of Vietnam. After the gold is safely in our hands, we will return Former President Trump to you.
Hello, this is President Joe Biden. It is the policy of the United States never to negotiate with terrorists. We will not pay a million ounces of gold to get Donald Trump back.
Day 3:
Hello President Biden? This is still the president of Berzerkistan. Your Former President Trump is truly a pain in the ass, but we still have the upper hand by retaining him here. As a gesture of goodwill, we now demand One Thousand Ounces of Gold for his safe return.
Good morning, President of Berzerkistan. We still dont negotiate with terrorists.
Day 5:
Hello President Biden? Look, well give the motherfucker back for free. What do you say?
Nope. We still dont negotiate with terrorists.
Day 7:
President Biden, I know that you are a good humanitarian man. My entire army has defected so they dont have to watch Trump. What would it take for us to be rid of this worthless piece of shit?
Look pal, you took him. Hes yours.
Day 9:
I beg of you, President Biden. PLEASE come get this bastard. The little prick has started holding MAGA rallies in the town square. Only five people in the entire country speak English so no one knows what the hell he is saying, but were quickly running out of eggs and tomatoes.
Nope. We dont care what happens to him as long as its in your country. Deal with the mess you made yourself.
Day 11:
Look asshole, I gave you guys plenty of chances to take this worthless fuck. Now youre going to pay the penalty.
You and whose army? Remember, yours all left the country in the middle of the night thanks to you taking Trump for yourself.
Day 13:
A very large box arrives at the FedEx terminal in Baltimore, MD. It is addressed to President Biden. When opened, Trump is in there. He was shipped with fifty pounds of whatever passes for a Big Mac in Berzerkistan, and a 55-gallon drum of Diet Coke. President Biden, with a flourish, writes the sacred inscription return to sender on the box and puts it back on the plane himself.
Day 15:
The president of Berzerkistan files charges against President Biden in the International Criminal Court, alleging that the return of Donald Trump to Berzerkistan violates the Laws of Land Warfare, nineteen different environmental laws and four laws banning crimes against humanity. President Biden relents and offers to pay return postage if they address the box General Delivery, Point Barrow, Alaska.
Ocelot II
(130,572 posts)A couple of feckless criminals decide to kidnap the son of a wealthy man and hold him for ransom. Turns out that the kid is such a brat that the criminals have to pay the father to take him back.
https://www.classicshorts.com/stories/redchief.html
jmowreader
(53,206 posts)Strangely enough, I've never read the story.
FalloutShelter
(14,477 posts)I went right there.
Scrivener7
(59,534 posts)COL Mustard
(8,230 posts)I love O. Henry. My favorites are "The Gift of the Magi" and the one about the woman who killed her husband with a frozen lamb roast.
ETA: That one was not actually by O. Henry but I still love the story line.
Aristus
(72,206 posts)n/t
COL Mustard
(8,230 posts)I thought it was O. Henry but as you said Roald Dahl.
Now I want a Giant Peach.
Aristus
(72,206 posts)I think they would surprise people who know him only for his children's literature.
COL Mustard
(8,230 posts)Im always looking for new things to read.
IbogaProject
(5,921 posts)Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories is an anthology of 14 classic supernatural tales curated by Roald Dahl himself, who selected them from hundreds of stories he read at the British Museum Library, believing they best captured the "spookiness" of the genre. Published in 1983, the collection includes works by authors like E.F. Benson, Edith Wharton, and J. Sheridan Le Fanu, and features Dahl's own introduction on the art of the ghost story.
COL Mustard
(8,230 posts)My local indie bookstore will get an order soon!
Aristus
(72,206 posts)It was published in 1983, collecting previously written and printed stories. It was published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux of New York City. Took me a while to track it down. (I've got a big library...)
hoosierspud
(244 posts)"The Last Leaf."
peggysue2
(12,533 posts)First thing that came to mind. Classic O Henry and much beloved.
The template fits.
GoodRaisin
(10,924 posts)Trueblue1968
(19,253 posts)Walleye
(44,862 posts)malaise
(296,199 posts)doc03
(39,089 posts)keep him.
Wonder Why
(7,043 posts)all his clowns forever.
John Farmer
(404 posts)Anyone who kidnaps Trump is a friend.
lonely bird
(2,945 posts)They would change the nuke codes.
Beyond that? Fuck him.
popsdenver
(2,317 posts)If Trump was "Kidnapped", and the ransom was a million ounces of Gold, everyone here would automatically know that somehow Trump had engineered the whole thing for his biggest grift of all time......LOL
niyad
(132,508 posts)D_Master81
(2,588 posts)The kidnappers would get sick of him talking about the ballroom and how great he was so theyd just bring him back and leave him on the doorstep of the White House
QueerDuck
(1,738 posts)sheshe2
(97,654 posts)🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
peppertree
(23,362 posts)"If America no pay $300 trillion, we will cut of his - how you Americans say? - wee-wee, and mail it back to you in peeces!!"
Biden: "He's bluffing."
Joint Chiefs Chairman: "But how can you be sure, Mr. President?"
Biden: "How could they ever find it?"
SomedayKindaLove
(1,183 posts)Biden might say 😂
H2O Man
(79,061 posts)Bluetus
(2,822 posts)I am going to the gym 3 times a week these days because I am going to outlive that motherfucker and I am going to party for a week. And if I die after that party, I'll be a happy man.
Aussie105
(7,930 posts)The USA and its demented proxy Israel take out the top hierarchy in the Iranian government with extreme prejudice, kills innocent Iranian citizens and do untold damage to infrastructure, and . . . what next?
Is Iran planning some tit-for-tat reprisal action on US soil?
Kidnapping Trump would be a blessing in disguise, really.
MustLoveBeagles
(16,460 posts)International version of Ruthless People.
Bread and Circuses
(2,074 posts)Ill invite them over for a Potluck !
love_katz
(3,262 posts)People would be lined up for miles, bringing their best homemade food to your potluck. We would do anything to persuade them to keep him. Best party, ever!!!!!
Well, we can dream, right?
Bread and Circuses
(2,074 posts)LuvLoogie
(8,817 posts)Sell them to get ransom money.
Kaleva
(40,366 posts)In an effort to come to our rescue
JI7
(93,630 posts)Norrrm
(5,078 posts)Jack Valentino
(5,053 posts)I would participate carrying a sign which reads "NO RETURNS AND NO REFUNDS!"
LeftInTX
(34,317 posts)DFW
(60,210 posts)On the other hand, they might declare war if we refused to take him back after they realized their error.
lakercub
(670 posts)The United States has been kidnapped by an enemy of the United States.
quakerboy
(14,869 posts)No enemy of the United States wants Trump anywhere but in charge of running the United states. Leaving him in place is the way that they can most harm the US and gain the most profit at the expense of the USA.
Aristus
(72,206 posts)love_katz
(3,262 posts)I SO wish that this was actual truth.
Point Barrow, Alaska.
republianmushroom
(22,336 posts)WestMichRad
(3,264 posts)What do you have against the good folks of Point Barrow, AK?