Two Disastrous Trips For America: One To China-- Canceled-- And OneTo The U.K.-- Should Have Been Canceled

Mitch McConnell's wife/beard, Elaine Chao, a longtime spy for China and a member of the Trumpanzee Cabinet, had her trip to China abruptly canceled after myriad ethics questions were referred to officials of the State Department and Transportation Department. "Chao," reported the NY Times "had made a series of unorthodox requests related to her first scheduled visit to China as a Trump cabinet member, according to people with knowledge of the email. Among them: asking federal officials to help coordinate travel arrangements for at least one family member and include relatives in meetings with government officials... In China, the Chaos are no ordinary family. They run an American shipping company with deep ties to the economic and political elite in China, where most of the company’s business is centered." Acting as a giant money laundering operation, the company has financed Mitch McConnell's Senate career-- to the tune of millions of dollars (provided by the communist government) in return for his cooperation on Chinese interests.

Unfortunately an even more inappropriate trip-- Trump's state visit to the U.K.-- began this morning. Trump's first tweets, just before Air Force One touched down, were a childish attack on London's popular mayor, Sadiq Khan, criticizing his height and calling him a "stone cold loser." Apparently no one has gotten through to Trump that these trips abroad are so he can't represent America, not for him to represent his business interests and his out-sized ego. Theresa May cancelled a one-on-one meeting with the boorish pig while he was flying over the Atlantic.

Trump then proceeded to attack CNN, ininsuating people in the U.K. detest him because CNN feeds them fake news. Apparently he hasn't paid any attention to the local media, which is far more critical of him and his grifter family than U.S. media ever is. The Independent wrote that "We know Trump isn’t a joke-- he is responsible for rampant xenophobia, sexism and transphobia and the creeping rise of far right politics. His climate denial and persistent facilitation of the fossil fuel industry is a death sentence for communities in the global south. But if flying a balloon caricature is what gets under his skin-- then that’s exactly what we’re going to do. Trump has repeatedly shown that he doesn’t respond to reason, to facts or to science. What he does respond to is humiliation. Our balloon is part of a proud history of political satire in the UK that sends a clear, orange, message to Trump and his politics of hate that they are not welcome here."

Some people have asked whether a personal attack on Trump is fair. The same question that was posed after Tommy Robinson and Nigel Farage were doused in milkshakes during their recent European election campaigns.

The answer is yes. Trump is responsible for thousands of personal attacks and the power and politics of the far right is a dangerous threat to lives of thousands of lives here and around the world. Every policy signed that removes reproductive rights from women, every detention or deportation that separates a child from a parent, every climate denial shouted into the smoke of a February wildfire is an attack on millions of individuals.

The Stop Trump protests in the UK are about more than a balloon. It’s a gathering of those who want to stand up to Trump’s vile dialogue and politics, standing in solidarity with those most affected by them in the UK. For the thousands of us in the streets, there are thousands more organising and campaigning every day to create a future free from Trump’s hate.

...After Tuesday, we must continue to resist and undermine Trump and far right politics at every level. Balloons in the air, milkshakes in hand, boots on the ground: we will continue to organise for a radical economic, environmental and social movement that centres justice for everyone.

So today we’re asking just one thing of the public. If you hate the politics of Trump, and love the Baby Balloon, please do give what you can to help make him fly and to support the people who are standing up to his damaging policies.

The police prepared for over a quarter million people protesting Trump in London alone-- with sister protests in Manchester, Belfast, Birmingham and Nottingham-- as Baby Trump blimps and balloons fill the British skies. It was widely reported across Britain that UK political leaders had decided to boycott the Queen's obligatory banquet to honor Trumpanzee. Superficially, the royal family welcomed Trump the way they were supposed to but they still made it clear that they were only doing what they had to do. The Washington Post pointed out that "Some of the traditional trappings-- such as staying over at Buckingham Palace, a royal welcome at the Horse Guards Parade and a gold carriage procession down the Mall-- are notably absent."