Trump: The Satire and Humour of a State Visit


Phew. Today Donald Trump leaves England. Over to you Ireland. Our news broadcasts can return to normal, good riddance to those damn helicopters. Hello boring Tory Leadership contest.

I now understand why there's wall to wall coverage of Trump on US networks. Their President is so clueless, you can't believe your eyes and ears. Get's real boring after a while though.

 Twitter has been a howler. I've had four days of unbridled mirth, until tears ran down my cheeks.  It began before Trump even arrived, with a giant penis someone carved in their lawn near the airport.

 The President of the United States bowled into Stanstead Airport in a huff by all accounts. London's Muslim Mayor had penned an opinion piece: Sadiq Khan brands Donald Trump 'a 20th century fascist ...

 POTUS retaliated by calling Khan 'a stone cold loser'.

 But Good Queen Bess II of England, the absolute showstopper during the most controversial State visit in the history of the British Isles, soothed The Donald's troubled brow.

Trump eschewed the golden carriage because it can't 'defend against rocket-propelled grenade attack'.
 
Usual mode of travel for State Visits

But Royal bling, pomp and circumstance, bagpipes and sumptuous food, mesmerised The Donald and soon had him purring. Her majesty had morphed into a Trump Whisperer.


It’s clear the only person on earth Trump is scared of upsetting is the Queen. Can we make her UN Secretary General until he leaves office.
Queen Elizabeth used her speech to gently remind Trump that the original purpose of international instututions, e.g. NATO and the UN, were set up to safeguard the hard-earned peace and they were as important today as we face the challenges of the 2lst Century. 
Did the Donald get that? Probably not.

Of course that droll British humour, aimed at the absurdities of everyday life, but which can be devastating to a fragile ego, had a field day with POTUS's attire. It spurned a number of memes.



And of course it didn't not stop there. Apart from the 'Baby Blimp' @ByDonkeys trolled Trump unmercifully with his pet 'hates' - Obama and McCain. 
Projected on the Tower of London

Projected on Madam Tussauds
But nothing surpasses Marina Hyde's piece in today's Guardian newspaper for harshness :
  Countless moments would have been best served by silence. Sarah Huckabee Sanders scowling out of an upper window of Buckingham Palace like Mrs Danvers. A close-up of Trump’s preposterously ill-fitting attire for the state banquet, a far more disrespectful act of tailoring than even the time the late Alexander McQueen sewed the words “I am a cunt” inside the lining of a suit for Prince Charles. Any footage of Melania Trump, whose miserable countenance seems living testament to the old adage that when you marry for money, you earn every penny.

 As for 'meddling in British domestic politics', Trump did not disappoint. Boris Johnson, the 'marmite' - you either love or hate him - figure of British politics was virtually annointed as the next British Prime Minister by The Donald. That went up like a lead balloon and dismayed both conservatives and progressives. 

 Boris' bacon was partially saved by other 'pressing business' that prevented him from meeting Trump. Yeah. I bet. This State visit has been planned for at least six months, if not over a year. It takes a week just to set the Buckingham Palace Banquet table for god sake. 

 Boris and Donald could have arranged to meet any time over the 3-day visit, but Boris knew better. It's not in his best interest to be seen cannoodling with The Donald if he wants to win the next General Election. There are not enough Tories to clinch it for him.

 Trump apparently overlooked the fact that Boris branded the then President-elect “unfit” to lead America, and said 45 betrayed “a quite stupefying ignorance that makes him frankly unfit to hold the office of President of the United States." The arch opportunist soon did a screeching U-turn.

Unlike Hillary Clinton, Kamila Harris and the Duchess of Sussex, Trump does not find Boris "nasty". In fact he loves Boris. Misogynist? Nah.

 Not satisfied with his bungling so far, Trump added insult to injury: he invites Nigel Farage to meeting at US Embassy. Of course The Donald can see who the heck he wants, but this incendiary figure incenses both sides of the political divide on Brexit. 

 Then, Dear Lord, Trump casts his little beady eye on the Holy Grail of the United Kingdom. Our beloved National Health Service. Who told him to do that?

 It began with old Woody, US Ambassador to the UK. He said on Andrew Marr's Sunday show that "Our NHS" would be on the table for trade negotiations. Trump should have rowed that back and kept that dirty little secret.

 But he didn't.

 At the Joint press conference with Mrs May, he doubled down on Woody's statement. EVERYTHING, and most definitely the NHS, is on the table for negotiation. The Tories cringe and go into meltdown. "Not on my watch" squawked the current Health Secretary and contender for the Tory leadership position.

 Realization dawned on The Donald this morning. He'd put his big feet into a hornet's nest. Too late. 



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10:35 AM - 5 Jun 2019 
 
The Final Salvo


I kept hearing that there would be “massive” rallies against me in the UK, but it was quite the opposite. The big crowds, which the Corrupt Media hates to show, were those that gathered in support of the USA and me. They were big & enthusiastic as opposed to the organized flops!
The Repost:  An empty Mall, the street leading to Buckingham Palace. POTUS was not passing that way; his helicopter had already touched down somewhere at the back of the Palace just in case any of those pesky protesters threw milkshakes at the Beast, his rocket-repelling motor that is.
Road to the Palace


Overall Trump's visit was a huge success for the British Establishment. They got him in and got him out without suffering major embarrassment. Unfortunately he'll be back again before the year is out. Groan. -------___ Most recent post: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex: Race and Royalty

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