I’m discovering Donald Trump very academic … Every time he comes on TV, I really feel the sudden urge to enter the backyard to learn a e-book. But there’s no avoiding him this week as London braces itself for Trump’s second official state go to.
Traditionally, US presidents serving a second time period – akin to Trump – are not supplied a state go to to the UK. Instead, they’re invited for a cuppa and a cucumber sandwich with the monarch, as occurred with former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush.
Ridicule: A memento plate of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein in a London retailer forward of the US president’s go to to the UK.Credit: Getty Images
However, in February, to sweeten commerce deal talks, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer handed Trump the celebrated invitation from King Charles throughout a White House assembly.
Starmer, whose ballot scores are limbo low, hopes to reset his prime ministership with a giant announcement on a UK/US nuclear deal, and Trump hopes to distract Americans from the Epstein recordsdata. For each males, this entire state go to is a weapon of mass distraction.
Still, I’ve little doubt Trump views this state go to as a gathering between monarchs. It more and more seems to be as if the American War of Independence was all for nothing as a result of America now has its personal king. The egotistical autocrat presently filling the White House with gold bling, imprisoning and deporting folks with out trial and sending troops to wage warfare on political opponents, seems to be under-dressed with no crown, ermine robes and a sceptre.
Watch these euphemisms. When the King says, “We should do that once more someday”. It really means “by no means, ever darken my palace door once more.”Credit: AP
But in contrast to the sycophantic flunkies who encompass Trump stateside, his welcome right here in Britain won’t be so heat. Protesters are rolling out, not a crimson, however a barbed wire carpet. Overnight, posters have appeared at bus shelters, studying “Stupid, callous, fragile, racist, narcissistic POTUS”. For these not aware of Mary Poppins, there’s extra succinct slogans akin to – “Trump, the rapist”.
The “Stop Trump” coalition has organised a “Trump Not Welcome” demonstration in London on Wednesday, accusing the US President of “denying local weather science” and “siding with warfare criminals – in Israel, Russia and past”. A spokesperson says that there’s a transparent and rising hyperlink between the worldwide far proper within the US and UK. “The demonstration is an opportunity to indicate the world that Britain rejects hate, division, and authoritarianism.”
My associates are already practising their chants. “Say it loud, say it clear, Donald Trump’s not welcome right here,” and “Hey ho, hey ho, Donald Trump has acquired to go”.
