Trump Thread

[rory_20_uk]

That is absolutely hilarious. Settle down David Lammy.

The Press seems to have got very het up about Protocol. And the UK really needs to remember that the protocol was created in the main when the UK was a (if not the) Great Power. People sucked up since they wanted something and now they mainly do it since it is quaint. Yes, most humans would be polite to a nonagenarian because of simple manners, but that is a slightly different issue.

This reminds me of when Europeans interacted with China. China thought that every other country was a mere vassal and eventually were proved otherwise at the point of a gun.

So the UK is leaving the EU. America needs a lot less from us than we need from them. So the President is a selfish, self aggrandising piece of faecal material. Germany, our other usual ally is pretending not to take over Europe, China has no love for us, Japan follows the USA not us any more.

If freedom to make our own destiny is what we want, part of that is our precious sensibilities will not be followed in the same manner they were 100 years ago.

[Pannonian]

The Press seems to have got very het up about Protocol. And the UK really needs to remember that the protocol was created in the main when the UK was a (if not the) Great Power. People sucked up since they wanted something and now they mainly do it since it is quaint. Yes, most humans would be polite to a nonagenarian because of simple manners, but that is a slightly different issue.

This reminds me of when Europeans interacted with China. China thought that every other country was a mere vassal and eventually were proved otherwise at the point of a gun.

So the UK is leaving the EU. America needs a lot less from us than we need from them. So the President is a selfish, self aggrandising piece of faecal material. Germany, our other usual ally is pretending not to take over Europe, China has no love for us, Japan follows the USA not us any more.

If freedom to make our own destiny is what we want, part of that is our precious sensibilities will not be followed in the same manner they were 100 years ago.

I never asked for it. And I've always treated people of that age rather more politely than Trump treated QE2. It's basic civility.

[rory_20_uk]

I never asked for it. And I've always treated people of that age rather more politely than Trump treated QE2. It's basic civility.

No you never did, and I never asked to have it taken away from me.

He treated her far better than he has treated most other people - he just sets the bar so low - did people really think he'd accept protocol where he was not the centre of attention? Of course not. He was always going to grandstand in petty ways like being first and keeping her waiting. That is just the type of person he has always been - it would have been newsworthy if he'd been civil.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

No you never did, and I never asked to have it taken away from me.

He treated her far better than he has treated most other people - he just sets the bar so low - did people really think he'd accept protocol where he was not the centre of attention? Of course not. He was always going to grandstand in petty ways like being first and keeping her waiting. That is just the type of person he has always been - it would have been newsworthy if he'd been civil.

Rory has the right of it. Trump used about as much deference with QE2 as he has with any other human being on the planet, and far more than he uses with most. I concur that, in such things, the bar is pretty low for DT.

[Husar]

Now I wonder what would happen if someone did what Fragony suggested, acted unpredictably outside protocol like Trump, and literally kicked him in the balls...

I guess a twitter tirade, sanctions and potentially war, but even if it were, say, Macron, Merkel or Putin? I guess we'll never know, but the mind wonders...

[HopAlongBunny]

Phew!
Well we can all rest easy now.
Both Trump and Putin are absolutely sure there was no Russian interference in the 2016 election:

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...eddling-722424

It's nice when two world powers can harmonize and agree with each other.

[spmetla]

It's such a strange world when the Head of State turns out to be a Benedict Arnold.

Several Congressmen and Senators have voiced their surprise and displeasure and will continue to do nothing to stop this nincompoop. I can only hope that the Republicans lose control of the House and Senate in November so that there can finally be some checks to his nonsense though they'll probably focus just on impeachment and social issues instead of reassuring our allies and trade partners.