U.K. government turns into circus just in time for Trump visit
Is it just me, or is Boris Johnson's hair style similar to that of Agent Orange?
I was mentioning the resignations on the 'state visit' thread - it's possible that May be might out by the end of the week....
Oh, and given that Elizabeth and Philip didn't attend Prince Louis' christening (too much excitement in one week), that Royal cup-of-tea appointment will be very brief and polite if it's still going ahead at all.
Whenever the Spanish King sought a new jester, he would send his emissaries to the British court to contract one. Wonderful this British thing.
Una manzana está esperando el autobús. Llega una banana y le pregunta:
«¿Hace mucho que usted espera?»
Y la manzana responde:
«No, yo siempre fui manzana.»
alex4855 said:
Whenever the Spanish King sought a new jester, he would send his emissaries to the British court to contract one. Wonderful this British thing.
Was that before or after 1588?
ridski said:
Una manzana está esperando el autobús. Llega una banana y le pregunta:
«¿Hace mucho que usted espera?»
Y la manzana responde:
«No, yo siempre fui manzana.»
tjohn said:
alex4855 said:Was that before or after 1588?
Whenever the Spanish King sought a new jester, he would send his emissaries to the British court to contract one. Wonderful this British thing.
Before and after - unending supply available.
Se aproxima un pasajero al avion. La azafata se asombra a la puerta de entrada, y nota de que el hombre no logra pasar ni entrar dado a que carga un palo paralelo al cuerpo del avion. Cuantas veces trata, no puede entrar al avion. El capitan sale, ve el espectaculo y tomando el palo lo invierte perpendicular a la puerta para poder asi entrar al avion.
El pasajero responde: "Ingeniero Eh?"
Totally living in a parallel universe...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/12/how-trumps-nato-summit-meltdown-unfolded
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/12/trump-looks-forward-to-not-meeting-anyone-in-britain-england. Satirical review of the visit in pretend-first-person perspective
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-13/donald-trump-unpredictable-at-nato-summit-analysis/9989288. NATO impact from another perspective
Not sure if you've seen this editorial:
"Over the century there have been US presidential visitors to Britain whose policies were destructive, with whom we did not agree and whose presence here as guests was difficult to navigate. Mr Trump, though, is different. He is unique in his egotistical disrespect for international order and agreement, his overt malice towards long-term allies and institutions, his shameless disregard for truth, and his clear willingness to make trouble and do direct harm to European nations like ours. This puts him into an altogether different category from his predecessors. All these, from Wilson onwards, professed and – less consistently – practised support for international order and rules in which the US was a leading partner and indispensable bulwark. Mr Trump does not."
For the past few hours I've been fuming over the arrogance and rudeness displayed in the post-NATO press conference and the Sun interview. It wasn't just the usual slightly petulant expression. There was something else... and then it struck me: mansplaining to female heads-of-state how to run their countries and manage their foreign policies, praising a reigning monarch who rules by right of inheritance on 'how she represents her country' - she's old enough to be his mother AND she's been ruling said nation and managed as Head of Commonwealth of Nations most of Trump's life! She literally owns the nation, it represents her. 
(Who cares if he likes Boris Johnson, or thinks he'd be a good PM?? The Brits don't - they think he's a laughing stock and shocking embarrassment, and they're glad he's finally gone! Why on earth would you, as a guest, stir political trouble against your hosts while you're still at the beginning of your trip?? Are you trying to be an assassination target??!!?!)
The sheer pettiness of acting out because these women don't need to take his advice, already have strategies and plans in place that won't be shifted just on a whim to account for him or his tantrums. I so hope Prince Philip is present at tea, and I so hope something sparkling is murmured.
This article summarises some local (not UK) discussion I was listening to/reading while figuring out why I'm so angry
We travelled to Denmark on election day in 2016, and landed to the news that DJT was elected. When my DK nephew asked Tabby for her reaction to the election, she responded: 'We are F...ed'.
I was praying that it wouldn't be as bad as it seemed. I was wrong, it is much, much worse.
"Mr. Murray and others behind the inflatable “Trump Baby” have called the balloon a “symbol of resistance” aimed at giving Mr. Trump a clear message that he is not welcome in Britain.
“The only way to get through to him is to get down to his level and talk in a language he understands, one of personal insults,” Mr. Murray said.
Tens of thousands of protesters are expected for a 2 p.m. demonstration against Mr. Trump’s policies.
Adam Cottrell, one of the protest organizers, said, “He mocks and insults anyone who doesn’t support him so now he can see what it feels like.”
Trump's tenure in the White House degrades America day by day. America is globally humiliated, demeaned and marginalized by Trump's crassness, stupidity, pathological lying and the immoral, shameful, criminal kidnapping of thousands of children. The list is endless. Now Trump itches to get with Putin in Helsinki. Putin will play Trump like a top while we are left to wonder what part of the store he will gave away. After seeing the public garbage of this man, we know that anything Trump does in secret is never going to be good.
www.mediaite.com: Scottish Newspaper Prints Scathing Editorial Decrying Trump
The Scotsman, a national newspaper in Scotland, printed an unprecedented editorial that ripped President Donald Trump to pieces amid his visit to the United Kingdom.
The piece holds nothing back as it describes Trump, packing a punch from the first paragraph:
Donald Trump, due to arrive in the UK later today, is a racist, a serial liar, and either a sex abuser or someone who falsely brags about being one in the apparent belief that this will impress other men in a metaphorical “locker room”.
alex4855 said:
Se aproxima un pasajero al avion. La azafata se asombra a la puerta de entrada, y nota de que el hombre no logra pasar ni entrar dado a que carga un palo paralelo al cuerpo del avion. Cuantas veces trata, no puede entrar al avion. El capitan sale, ve el espectaculo y tomando el palo lo invierte perpendicular a la puerta para poder asi entrar al avion.
El pasajero responde: "Ingeniero Eh?"
A passenger approaches the plane. The stewardess is amazed at the entrance door, and notices that the man can not pass or enter because he carries a stick parallel to the body of the plane. How often you try, you can not enter the plane. The captain comes out, sees the show and taking the stick reverses it perpendicular to the door to be able to enter the plane. The passenger answers: "Engineer Eh?"
joanne said:
For the past few hours I've been fuming over the arrogance and rudeness displayed in the post-NATO press conference and the Sun interview. It wasn't just the usual slightly petulant expression. There was something else... and then it struck me: mansplaining to female heads-of-state how to run their countries and manage their foreign policies, praising a reigning monarch who rules by right of inheritance on 'how she represents her country' - she's old enough to be his mother AND she's been ruling said nation and managed as Head of Commonwealth of Nations most of Trump's life! She literally owns the nation, it represents her.
(Who cares if he likes Boris Johnson, or thinks he'd be a good PM?? The Brits don't - they think he's a laughing stock and shocking embarrassment, and they're glad he's finally gone! Why on earth would you, as a guest, stir political trouble against your hosts while you're still at the beginning of your trip?? Are you trying to be an assassination target??!!?!)
The sheer pettiness of acting out because these women don't need to take his advice, already have strategies and plans in place that won't be shifted just on a whim to account for him or his tantrums. I so hope Prince Philip is present at tea, and I so hope something sparkling is murmured.
This article summarises some local (not UK) discussion I was listening to/reading while figuring out why I'm so angry
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-11/carmels-poem-about-domestic-violence-resonates-with-women/9980640
For some time, I've been stewing about the way he treats female heads of state. I never understood his refusing to shake the hand of Angela Merkel. And I am thoroughly enjoying the protest in London, a city I would love to call home.
As Emily Latella would say:
"Never mind".
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/13/trump-theresa-may-interview-reaction-718706
LOST said:
As Emily Latella would say:
"Never mind".
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/13/trump-theresa-may-interview-reaction-718706
What a two-faced ******* coward that shithead is.
A girl after my own heart. I've posted the same thing about Trump:
"Christine, who didn’t want to give her last name but said she was an American who had lived in the U.K. for 40 years, was holding a stick with a Trump head on it sucking on a pacifier. She was stunned by a question asking what it was about Trump she opposed.
“Are you serious? How about dividing the nation? All the nations,” she said. “He doesn’t have one good attribute, I can’t even think of one.”
On Fox News, no less. Maybe Trump will see it (not that it will make any difference.)
ridski said:
LOST said:What a two-faced ******* coward that shithead is.
As Emily Latella would say:
"Never mind".
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/13/trump-theresa-may-interview-reaction-718706
The Sun is owned by Rupert Murdoch, whom Trump talks to almost on a daily basis. Trump called The Sun interview "fake news."
LOST said:
alex4855 said:After 1492
tjohn said:Before and after - unending supply available.
alex4855 said:Was that before or after 1588?
Whenever the Spanish King sought a new jester, he would send his emissaries to the British court to contract one. Wonderful this British thing.
Poor guy. Prophetic comedy.
cramer said:
ridski said:The Sun is owned by Rupert Murdoch, who Trump talks to almost on a daily basis. Trump called The Sun interview "fake news."
LOST said:What a two-faced ******* coward that shithead is.
As Emily Latella would say:
"Never mind".
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/13/trump-theresa-may-interview-reaction-718706
Uh, yeah, I know.
I just woke up to the news that he’s claiming to have been misunderstood. It’s just about 4:30am here, and I need a shower already because I feel like I’m walking through a sewer...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44827396 BBC comment on the morning’s joint press conference. I love the pic of him clutching May’s hand and her really not wanting to touch him but appearing polite.
I bet his hands feel weird - girls, you know what I mean. *shudder*
joanne said:
I just woke up to the news that he’s claiming to have been misunderstood. It’s just about 4:30am here, and I need a shower already because I feel like I’m walking through a sewer...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44827396 BBC comment on the morning’s joint press conference. I love the pic of him clutching May’s hand and her really not wanting to touch him but appearing polite.
I bet his hands feel weird - girls, you know what I mean. *shudder*
Two or three fingers? He is right handed I think?
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If that doesn't make Trump feel right at home, I don't know what will.