Trump Crony To Brits: Hold Your Nose-- Trump Is Coming

Do you remember when Señor Trumpanzee insisted he wouldn't come to England unless he got to ride around with the Queen in her gold coach? He's made all kinds of crazy demands since then-- much to the delight of the Brits, who clearly don't want him. His latest is that Theresa May ban the planned anti-Trump demonstrations. England is no more likely to ban any demonstrations that they are to let the notorious pussy-grabber alone in a coach with the queen. The International Business Times reported over the weekend that the disgusting and widely abhored Trumpanzee "is refusing to visit the UK unless Theresa May can ensure that he is not met with protests." He's also whining about bad press coverage there, although it's unclear if one of his threats (promises?) is an insistence that media coverage of him be censored. He's such a revolting pig. Who-- but fellow fascists-- would even want him in their countries?

May told the US president that that was how the UK media operated and she could do little to change it.

Trump went on to say that he would not visit the UK unless there were guarantees that he would not be met with protests.

Advisers who had been listening to the phone call are reported to have been "astonished" at the demands.

Trump's complaints and demands are the latest indicator of the increasingly fractious "special" relationship between the UK and US after Trump pulled out of a visit to Britain.

The president had been billed to open the new US embassy in London in February but cancelled the trip citing his displeasure at its "off location" in south London.

The old embassy in Grosvenor Square was deemed a major security headache that could not be fixed, which meant a new building had to be put up somewhere else in London. It was eventually decided to relocate it to a more secure location, just a few miles away in the Vauxhall area.

Trump has stoked anger in the UK ever since he came to power nearly a year ago.

He attacked the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan in the wake of terror attacks in London, prompting the mayor to call for any visit by Trump to the UK to be called off.

Public disdain for Trump escalated further when he turned his anger on May.

She condemned him as "wrong" to retweet posts by members of the far-right group Britain First.

Trump tweeted back: "Theresa May, don't focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. We are doing just fine!"

The prime minister called his bluff and, supposedly he's going anyway, at least according to The Sun, which speculated that over a million people are expected to hit the streets and give Trump the biggest protest since Charles I tried to destroy parliamentary governance and had his head chopped off by the New Model Army... in 1649.



The aim of one anti-Trump group is the "most incredible protest in our history" and top the million demonstrators who protested the Iraq War in 2003. Conservative media figure Piers Morgan, who had just interviewed Trump said he's like a "bull in a china shop" but warned the British public to hold your nose and allow the visit to help with bilateral trade talks. Morgan, a Celebrity Apprentice contestant, was fired by CNN. He told the BBC over the weekend that "We’ve got to be careful. We’ve given state visits to Vladimir Putin, President Xi, Robert Mugabe and Bashar Al Assad. Are we really saying Donald Trump is the one we end up banning? This is a man who this week has gone on a remarkable charm offensive to Britain, he’s said every time we need him militarily, he’s going to be there. He said on trade, he’s going to do a great new trade deal. Hold your nose if you don’t like him and put Britain’s interests first."

A Defeated Theresa May, Her Government And Career In Shambles, Blames Trump, Cancels His Visit

Brits, especially Londoners, love a good march and mass demonstration. It's an excuse to get out doors and mingle and express one's political passions. There was never any doubt that a state visit by Trump would trigger headline-grabbing loud, massive protests. He may have pictured himself riding around imperiously with the Queen, waving from her golden carriage, but his security detail was probably preparing for the worst possible situation that's ever confronted an American president traveling abroad.

Now it looks like Trump will be the only president in over 6 decades not to meet Queen Elizabeth. It was obvious that after Trump's ugly, denigrating tweets against London's popular mayor after the terrorist attack, that a face saving way to dis-invite him would have to be found... quickly. The unexpected catastrophic losses last week for Theresa May's Conservative Party can be traced to many causes... and utter disgust for Trump is one of them. Sunday Jeremy Corbyn tweeted what most Brits think of the cancellation of Trump's trip to their capital. (Remember, way back in February, 312,000 Brits signed a petition demanding that Trump to be barred from even entering the U.K.)

The cover story is that Señor Trumpanzee called Theresa May and told her "he does not want to go ahead with a state visit to Britain until the British public supports him coming." That's likely to mean never. The scripted dance had him telling her that "he did not want to come if there were large-scale protests and his remarks in effect put the visit on hold for some time."

The call was made in recent weeks, according to a Downing Street adviser who was in the room. The statement surprised May, according to those present.

The conversation in part explains why there has been little public discussion about a visit.

May invited Trump to Britain seven days after his inauguration when she became the first foreign leader to visit him in the White House. She told a joint press conference she had extended an invitation from the Queen to Trump and his wife Melania to make a state visit later in the year and was “delighted that the president has accepted that invitation.”

Many senior diplomats, including Lord Ricketts, the former national security adviser, said the invitation was premature, but impossible to rescind once made.

Trump has named Woody Johnson, a Republican donor and owner of the New York Jets, as the new ambassador to the UK but has yet to nominate him formally. A large number of US ambassadorial positions remain unfilled worldwide largely due to the Trump team failing to make any formal nominations.

The acting US ambassador to the UK, Lewis Lukens, a career diplomat, clashed with Trump last week by praising Sadiq Khan, the London mayor, for his strong leadership over the London Bridge and Borough Market terror attack.

His remarks came just days after Trump criticised Khan for his response to the attack, misquoting the mayor’s message to Londoners not to be alarmed by the increased presence of armed police.

Khan’s office pointed out Trump’s error later but the president responded by accusing London’s mayor of making a “pathetic excuse.” Khan then called on the UK government to cancel Trump’s invitation. No date had been fixed for the visit.

...The Foreign Office was disappointed when against its pleading Trump went ahead earlier this month with his plan to pull the US out of the Paris climate accord. The UK had lobbied hard for Trump not to take the decision, which has led to a wider break between the EU and the US.

May's office is now denying that Trump's visit is cancelled or postponed, just that no date has been set. And if no date has been set, how can it be postponed. If no date is ever set, how can it be cancelled. And maybe everyone will get lucky and he'll be impeached before anyone tries setting a date.