In his first weeks in power, Donald Trump was busy managing his power around the world: threatening multiple trade wars, broke American foreign policy and suggested taking control of Gaza and turning into a resort.
But a team of US president still found the time to talk to the Romanian authorities about Andrew Tate And his brother Tristan, celebrities “Manusphere” subject to a ban on travel while waiting for the trial. USKK double nationals also face criminal and civil proceedings in Britain and the US.
American embrace Tates finally came to fruition on Thursday, when the brothers got their passports and took a a Florida’s private jetLanding to Fort Lauderdale, one of the closest Mar-a-stature airports, Trump’s resort.
The signs of growing connections between Trump’s circle and Tates – arrested in 2022 and then accused of rape, humans and organized crime – became visible as early as 2023.
That year, Andrew Tate claimed that he “talked to Barron”, referring to Trump’s 18-year-old son, after custody in Romania. “I’m very close to Trump’s family. I know them well. I spoke with Barron after the incident, “he said after the Romanian authorities put him and his brother in home custody.
The first lady’s office did not immediately respond to the request for comment on the request.
A few months later, when Tate posted a video of how “locked in my house” in Romania, Trump’s eldest son, don Jr responsible on x: “Absolutely crazy.”
After the US elections in November, Tristan Tate made an emphasized claim of the influence of the brothers in helping Trump to win the Presidency. “What Andrew and I (mostly Andrew) have been doing for the last 4 years, ensured that the young men especially grow up immune to [‘woke mind’] virus, “he published on the X.
“Millions of young men in Europe and the US have a healthy gum of politics that would not have had Andrew Tate never appeared on their phone screens.”
For now, the release and flight of Tates is one of the signs of deep relationships between the team of US president and the group of mediators and influencers who helped him to boost him and bring him back to the White House.
In the last few years, Barron Trump has been attributed to his father’s main state in “Manusphere”, suggesting the subcast of performing for him during his presidential campaign.
A loose, but interconnected set of subcasters and internet influencers – the most prominent Joe Rogan – “Manner” has gained an impact among a large number of young men. The Tate brothers, who openly promote the misogynistic attitudes, are located at the far end of the group.
Andrew Tate, a 38-year-old former kickboxer, has lured millions of men in recent years to his YouTube channels, where he has promoted the version of manhood focused on richer, physical fitness and reciprocate against modern feminism. He has brought his popularity with the sale of access to the “Hustlers University”, which claims to teach subscribers to make money online.
After YouTube forbade Tate for hate speech in 2022, he moved to Rumble’s right hand, as well as X, which returned him after Elon Musk bought the company. Dad has almost 11 million followers on X.
Last month, Alina Habba, Trump’s personal lawyer, turned to the presidential advisor, she appeared at a Podcast With Andrew Tate, in which she said she was a “big fan” and “she just had to meet him.”
“I agree with everything you say and I have your back here in the United States,” Dad said. “You are under siege and I see it and I just keep fighting.”
Habba compared Tate’s custody to Trump’s legal problems, portraying two men as victims. “I sympathize with you because I think you’re going a lot of the same,” show me a person, I’ll find a crime, “which President Trump has passed,” she said.
In the meantime, attempts behind the scenes were taking place to ensure the edition of Tates. Richard Grenell, president’s special envoy who is often shipped to problematic parts of the world, was a central figure in an effort, because US officials made it known that they wanted the brothers to recover their right to travel, four people said with the knowledge of the matter.
Grenell denies that he explicitly pressed Romania to return Tates’ passport. He told the Financial Times that his meetings with Romanian officials had been limited to the rapture of Foreign Minister Emil Hurezeanu at a conference in Munich earlier this month. Hurezean said the local media Grenell mentioned Tates.
Two officials said that the members of Trump’s administration also called a government in Bucharest before the safety conference in Munich, to pray on behalf of Tates.
Grenell earlier this month said, “I never met with [Romanian foreign minister]. He saw me in the hall and asked for a meeting. I didn’t know who he was. . . I didn’t have a substance conversation with him. “
He added, “I support my dad brothers as visible to my publicly available tweets.”
Andrew Tate posted on x earlier this month: “Tates will be free, Trump is the president. The good old ones came back. And it will be better than ever. “
Trump claimed on Thursday that he did not know “nothing” about Tates, while Andrew Tate, when he arrived in Florida, said that the brothers were “mostly misunderstood”.
Four British alleged victims of Andrew Tate on Thursday said they were “in disbelief and felt again traumatized by the news that the Romanian authorities had pressured Trump’s administration” to allow him to travel to the United States.
The UK in the UK Keir Starmer, who was sitting next to Trump on Thursday in an oval office, said justice must be served. “There is an English element here, so it is obviously important for justice to be executed, and in my opinion trade, in my opinion, it is a security risk. And so we will make up for the story,” he said.
The legal troubles of the brothers may not be done. Romania said their cases remained active, while Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said his office would “conduct a preliminary investigation into these individuals.”
“Florida has a zero tolerance towards trade in people and violence against women. If any of these alleged crimes launches the jurisdiction in Florida, we will consider them responsible,” he said.
The brothers plan to travel to Romania in late March to meet with the prosecutor, their lawyers said.
The intervention of Trump’s administration in favor of Tates reflects the president’s mentality “Now against them,” said Gabriel Kahn, a media professor at the University of South California.
“What they do shows that they take care of their own,” Kahn said. “But also to advocate the values of what these brothers dad products – which is directly in the most toothened corner of the manner.”
“[Trump] It consistently approaches this cultural moment from the perspective: Who is on my side and who is against us? “
Additional reporting Stefania Palma, Felicia Schwartz and Steff Chávez in Washington
