We’re always announcing new lows for Donald Trump and today’s Twitter tantrum was even worse than usual, given the fact that Trump is supposed to be playing diplomat in the UK for the next few days. There are rigid standards in the world of international diplomacy, where everything is carefully choreographed and calibrated. Naturally, Trump is oblivious to this and managed to offend any and all sensibilities in London before he even got on the ground, with his imbecilic rant directed at Mayor Sadiq Khan. Therefore, it does make sense that if he has a moment of relative normalcy, this is hailed as a major achievement.
Trump toured Westminster Abbey today and a journalist actually praised him for being “appropriate.” My God, how the bar has plummeted. Now, if Trump just acts “appropriate,” it’s a banner headline and the press is ready to have an orgasm. RawStory:
As Trump participated in a World War II remembrance at Westminster Abbey, Daily Beast world news editor Christopher Dickey lauded Trump’s image.
“I think President Trump looked distinguished and somber in Westminster Abbey,” Dickey said. “That was a good image for him.”
Dickey noted that Trump “may destroy it this afternoon in Tweets.”
“But right now, I think we have to say that he looks good,” he continued. “And he looks appropriate, which is the most important thing. Given the occasion and given the setting there at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior.”
“Donald Trump Acts Appropriate, Film At 11:00.” Don’t be surprised if you see a teaser like that in the near future — with journalists breathlessly intoning, “President Trump had his shoes tied, and his fly up and he managed not to call the Queen, or anybody else, names for at least an hour. This is such an encouraging sign for British/US relations. Over to you, Jack.”
“Thank you, Marsha. Yes, the president actually shook hands and smiled when meeting officials today, which we take as a sign that he’s abandoned his mob boss and talk show host routines, which are his standard bill of fare. However, it’s not all said and done. The president may choose to suggest to the Queen at dinner tonight that he should be king, because after all, she’s a woman and old, and should go knit with Crooked Hillary.”
If you think the foregoing is exaggerated, you must not have caught Trump’s performance on Twitter, as he slammed London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
….Kahn reminds me very much of our very dumb and incompetent Mayor of NYC, de Blasio, who has also done a terrible job – only half his height. In any event, I look forward to being a great friend to the United Kingdom, and am looking very much forward to my visit. Landing now!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 3, 2019
Khan has been “foolishly nasty” — “Yeah, Sadiq. Nice city on an island you got here, wouldn’t wanna see anything happen to it. Ya know, Atlantis was an island and it disappeared one night.” Strike that, Trump isn’t hip enough to have ever heard of Atlantis or whatever happened to it. But the tone is accurate.
Mayor Khan replied that “childish insults” should be “beneath the dignity of the president of the United States.” We would agree, normally, if we had an adult in office. That has not been the case for a few years now.
Meanwhile, Melania is either trying to channel Mary Poppins or Lady Diana, perhaps both. Maybe someday it will dawn on her that the true fashionistas of the world, such as Diana or Jackie Kennedy, rose to those heights because they were women of substance, whose style and grace emanated from within — charisma doesn’t come off a hanger.
The Trumps will not be doing a sleepover at Buckingham Palace, however, as is the custom for a visiting American president. This trip is the bare minimum, with Trump not being allowed to address Parliament, nor stay at the palace. The official reason is that there are renovations going on in the area where the guest rooms are, so as not to make it seem like the snub that it is. They managed to find room for Bush and Obama.
No, the Trumps will be crashing at Winfield House, the residence of the American ambassador to the Court of St. James and owner of the New York Jets, Woody Johnson. It’s on 12 acres of land, which is expected to provide a good buffer zone from the 250,000 protesters out in the streets, with the Trump blimp flying aloft. Wouldn’t it be hysterical if the blimp could be positioned to hover over Trump in his sleep, and be the first thing he sees waking up?
Oh, one last thing. At the banquet tonight, the Queen and Trump are supposed to toast one another. I can’t even begin to speculate how that’s going to turn out. If I had to lay money down this instant, I’d opt for 3/4 wedding toast, 1/4 game show host, and let’s hope he doesn’t start swearing or slurring his words. That Adderall is murder.
But let’s face it, if he just doesn’t go to sleep at the table or try to jump out of a cake, the dinner will be hailed as a resounding success and the press will glow.
It’s just another classy outing with the Trumps, America’s favorite crime family. God save the Queen, seriously. I feel for the lady, hosting these tramps.
Pat the 72 year old infantile jerk. Way to go, press.
Isn’t this stunning, when the best thing you can say about Trump is that he acted “appropriate” — for a few minutes? My God, this gets more incredible by the minute.
But wait for the banquet tonight. I just have a feeling in my bones that that’s going to be a farce.
Haha, nothing new, I am SO TIRED of him! Every day, Trump news, Trump! Trump! Trump! AARRGGGHHHHHHHH! I am not saying this towards you, his stupidity has to be shown to all, I just cannot wait for the day when he is gone.
Pete Buttigieg said it best: “It’s the nature of the grotesque that you cannot look away.” Plus, it is good to have a heads up on how he’s cratering the economy, which will happen when these tariffs kick in. I don’t want to see hard times come upon us, but that may be the only thing that wakes up his base, when the prices at WalMart double.
Ok, so he didn’t trip over his too-long tie – he couldn’t of course trip over his dick if he wanted to given Stormy Daniel’s description of it. Maybe they put what they told him was a bulletproof vest on him and only after he was out of the car informed him it was wired to jolt him with a taser level blast if he acted up.
It had to be tough for him I admit walking through the ranks of the Grenadier Guards – all those taller than him guys who have had to prove for real they are tougher and braver than he’s ever been in his wildest fantasies. OTOH he probably laughed to himself and kept muttering “suckers – I outrank you” under his breath.
I have little doubt he will shit all over everything before his visit is complete. I shudder to think of the kind of mess he will make at Normandy on Thursday. Given it’s June 3 and the anniversary of the opening of the Battle of Midway I’d rather him be out in the middle of the Pacific in that lonely spot of ocean, and whatever carrier he was on suddenly having “unexplainable” communications problems. If he happened to throw a tantrum and fell over the edge while furiously trying to tweet I wouldn’t mind one bit.
Now, Denis, don’t put up images of Trump’s sudden demise, that’s a no no around here. But I agree with what you have to say about Normandie. Trump probably has no clue of the significance of not only that situation, but of WWII in general. You remember when Sarah Palin had to be tutored on basic American history?
I can’t believe the dogs that the GOP find to put on their ballot and the dummies that go and vote for them. It has always bemused me but never so much as this fiasco we have now. I thought the GOP bottomed out with Nixon, and then I thought the same with Bush, and now — I don’t want to think what they’re dig up next.
And as I told you in another thread, I cringe at the idea of Trump getting reelected because of what it will say about America. If decent and intelligent people are in the minority in this country (which is how his reelected will be interpreted, and correctly so, by the world) then I just don’t know how we could have lost our way this badly.