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jmowreader

(53,206 posts)
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 05:16 PM Tuesday

"What would happen if Trump was kidnapped by an enemy of the United States?"

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 don’t negotiate with terrorists.”

Day 5:
“Hello President Biden? Look, we’ll give the motherfucker back for free. What do you say?”
“Nope. We still don’t negotiate with terrorists.”

Day 7:
“President Biden, I know that you are a good humanitarian man. My entire army has defected so they don’t have to watch Trump. What would it take for us to be rid of this worthless piece of shit?”
“Look pal, you took him. He’s 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 we’re quickly running out of eggs and tomatoes.”
“Nope. We don’t care what happens to him as long as it’s 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 you’re 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.”

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"What would happen if Trump was kidnapped by an enemy of the United States?" (Original Post) jmowreader Tuesday OP
O. Henry answered that question years ago in his short story "The Ransom of Red Chief." Ocelot II Tuesday #1
The Ransom of Red Chief comes up quite often in the comments jmowreader Tuesday #2
Yes... beat me to it. FalloutShelter Tuesday #3
Me too! Scrivener7 Tuesday #18
I was thinking about that story too. COL Mustard Tuesday #14
I think the one about the frozen leg of lamb was Roald Dahl. Aristus Tuesday #16
Yes, Mr. Google was my friend. COL Mustard Tuesday #17
I've got a hardback copy of Roald Dahl's ghost stories in my library. Aristus Tuesday #21
Can you share the name of the collection? COL Mustard Wednesday #33
Actually a collection Mr Dhal currated from a British library's collections IbogaProject Wednesday #40
Thank you. COL Mustard Wednesday #47
The one I have is also titled "Roald Dahl's Book Of Ghosts Stories." Aristus Thursday #49
I also love hoosierspud Wednesday #45
On the nose, Ocelot II peggysue2 Wednesday #43
Hopefully they would throw him out of the airplane. GoodRaisin Tuesday #4
Like in Grimm tv show when the king was pushed out of the helicopter !!!! We would be SO happy. Trueblue1968 Tuesday #11
"The Ransom of Red Chief", O.Henry Walleye Tuesday #5
Delish malaise Tuesday #6
I would be willing to chip in for them to doc03 Tuesday #7
We all get together and create a go-fund-me account to raise 2m ounces if they agree to keep him and Wonder Why Tuesday #8
Or a friend! John Farmer Tuesday #9
Who cares? lonely bird Tuesday #10
LOL popsdenver Tuesday #12
BINGO!!! niyad Tuesday #15
They'd return him D_Master81 Tuesday #13
Okay. Bye. QueerDuck Tuesday #19
President Biden, with a flourish, writes the sacred inscription "return to sender" sheshe2 Tuesday #20
"Dees ees Commander Hamoun-Raia-Hoda-Falafel...We have your pig Trump!" peppertree Tuesday #22
That actually sounds like something SomedayKindaLove Wednesday #46
Enemy"????? H2O Man Tuesday #23
What would happen? The biggest damn party since V-day in 1945. Bluetus Tuesday #24
Seriously though . . . Aussie105 Tuesday #25
This sounds like the MustLoveBeagles Tuesday #26
The Enemy of My Enemy (TACO) is My Friend. Bread and Circuses Tuesday #27
There would be long lines of traffic snaking through your town. love_katz Wednesday #41
Indeed, we do need to keep our hearts and laughter. Bread and Circuses Wednesday #48
Seize his properties due to national security. LuvLoogie Tuesday #28
I could see an ally of the US doing such a thing Kaleva Tuesday #29
Why would an enemy of the US want to take away what is tryng to destroy it ? JI7 Tuesday #30
Why would they kidnap him and take him away? He is worth more to them if left in place. Norrrm Tuesday #31
There would be massive demonstrations in the United States APPLAUDING the action!!!!! Jack Valentino Tuesday #32
Unfortunately, Biden would have paid the ransom and we would be stuck with him LeftInTX Wednesday #34
Anyone who would kidnap Trump would no longer qualify as an enemy of the United States. DFW Wednesday #35
In reality lakercub Wednesday #36
That would NEVER happen quakerboy Wednesday #37
They would automatically become a friend of the United States? Aristus Wednesday #38
This is priceless! love_katz Wednesday #39
Party time and we don't pay ransom. republianmushroom Wednesday #42
What I want to know is... WestMichRad Wednesday #44

Ocelot II

(130,572 posts)
1. O. Henry answered that question years ago in his short story "The Ransom of Red Chief."
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 05:26 PM
Tuesday

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)
2. The Ransom of Red Chief comes up quite often in the comments
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 05:29 PM
Tuesday

Strangely enough, I've never read the story.

COL Mustard

(8,230 posts)
14. I was thinking about that story too.
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 06:51 PM
Tuesday

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.

COL Mustard

(8,230 posts)
17. Yes, Mr. Google was my friend.
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 06:58 PM
Tuesday

I thought it was O. Henry but as you said Roald Dahl.

Now I want a Giant Peach.

Aristus

(72,206 posts)
21. I've got a hardback copy of Roald Dahl's ghost stories in my library.
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 07:27 PM
Tuesday

I think they would surprise people who know him only for his children's literature.

IbogaProject

(5,921 posts)
40. Actually a collection Mr Dhal currated from a British library's collections
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 02:14 PM
Wednesday
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.

Aristus

(72,206 posts)
49. The one I have is also titled "Roald Dahl's Book Of Ghosts Stories."
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 05:22 PM
Thursday

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...)

peggysue2

(12,533 posts)
43. On the nose, Ocelot II
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 02:36 PM
Wednesday

First thing that came to mind. Classic O Henry and much beloved.

The template fits.

Trueblue1968

(19,253 posts)
11. Like in Grimm tv show when the king was pushed out of the helicopter !!!! We would be SO happy.
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 06:34 PM
Tuesday

Wonder Why

(7,043 posts)
8. We all get together and create a go-fund-me account to raise 2m ounces if they agree to keep him and
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 05:47 PM
Tuesday

all his clowns forever.

popsdenver

(2,317 posts)
12. LOL
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 06:40 PM
Tuesday

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

D_Master81

(2,588 posts)
13. They'd return him
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 06:45 PM
Tuesday

The kidnappers would get sick of him talking about the ballroom and how great he was so they’d just bring him back and leave him on the doorstep of the White House

sheshe2

(97,654 posts)
20. President Biden, with a flourish, writes the sacred inscription "return to sender"
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 07:19 PM
Tuesday


🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

peppertree

(23,362 posts)
22. "Dees ees Commander Hamoun-Raia-Hoda-Falafel...We have your pig Trump!"
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 07:40 PM
Tuesday

"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?"

Bluetus

(2,822 posts)
24. What would happen? The biggest damn party since V-day in 1945.
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 08:13 PM
Tuesday

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)
25. Seriously though . . .
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 08:45 PM
Tuesday

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.


love_katz

(3,262 posts)
41. There would be long lines of traffic snaking through your town.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 02:18 PM
Wednesday

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?

Jack Valentino

(5,053 posts)
32. There would be massive demonstrations in the United States APPLAUDING the action!!!!!
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 10:40 PM
Tuesday

I would participate carrying a sign which reads "NO RETURNS AND NO REFUNDS!"


DFW

(60,210 posts)
35. Anyone who would kidnap Trump would no longer qualify as an enemy of the United States.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 03:33 AM
Wednesday

On the other hand, they might declare war if we refused to take him back after they realized their error.

quakerboy

(14,869 posts)
37. That would NEVER happen
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 01:14 PM
Wednesday

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.

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