Trump (cont): Nothing to see here, nope not a Russian in sight

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Sorry for the rubbish title but I couldn't see a new thread!

Aha! thanks

I have to admit whenever I see the big NK displays I do wonder how much of it is fake - polystyrene tanks and the like!

Apple doesn't fall far from the tree....

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Meanwhile, Ivanka posts about the important of libraries, while her father is busily cutting funding so libraries are closing.

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They're both equally awful in their own, different ways.

People have clearly not learned from the Trump fiasco.

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Apparently Trump wants to play at being a princess on his state visit here. Is it too late to say we've changed our minds and don't want him?

www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/trump-demands-gold-plated-welcome-xjnffdq32

From the Times :
President insists on a carriage journey down The Mall to Buckingham Palace
Donald Trump waving from the Queen’s royal carriage is not a scenario many would have foreseen a year ago, but it has become a very real prospect, forcing security services to plan an unprecedented lockdown.
The White House has made clear it regards the carriage procession down the Mall as an essential element of the itinerary for the visit currently planned for the second week of October, according to officials.
Security sources have warned, however, that the procession will require a “monster” security operation, far greater than for any recent state visit.
One source said that Mr Trump’s decision to opt for the carriage, rather than the bullet and bomb-proof car that was used by his predecessor presented a range of fresh headaches.
The source said: “The vehicle which carries the president of the United States is a spectacular vehicle. It is designed to withstand a massive attack like a low-level rocket grenade. If he’s in that vehicle he is incredibly well protected and on top of that it can travel at enormous speed. If he is in a golden coach being dragged up the Mall by a couple of horses, the risk factor is dramatically increased."

Maybe we can get Katie Price to babysit? About the same ranking on the yikes-o-meter I think.

If he’s in that vehicle he is incredibly well protected and on top of that it can travel at enormous speed. If he is in a golden coach being dragged up the Mall by a couple of horses, the risk factor is dramatically increased.

Now I'm thinking maybe the golden coach isn't such a bad idea after all

I'd take a day off work to go and protest at a Trump procession. I seriously hope they are not entertaining his ridiculous demands.

I shall be there also, front and center. Mooning.

That's if we're all still alive by then!

Is it so very wrong to kinda wish that someone would take a pot shot at him in the carriage?

I forgot to add the accompanying picture of Trump's tasteful vehicle of choice.
Mind you, the idea that we'll be there to protest instead of fighting over the last roasted rat in a post-apocalyptic wasteland seems optimistic at the moment.

Oh heavens, Just Say No.

Tell 45 that if he's in the coach on the Mall, there can't be any spectators.

If he's in the car, he can have spectators.

Oh, but he can have a special photoshoot of him in the coach in the garden of Buckingham Palace. He can even bring his own people to stand in shot and cheer him.

I can't imagine the security people would be willing to risk the queen ( or whichever royal draws the short straw) and he'll be told no way.

Ha I just saw that gold carriage thing on Twitter, he really is a fucking narcissist isn't he?

Seems apt today!

I wonder how many people will line up along the route with tomatoes.

What will he do if we say no? Cancel the visit?

Not seeing a downside.

But seriously, an attack, which would probably also kill the Queen, would create a casus belli the like of which we've never seen. (It's almost irrelevant whose attack actually succeeds: so many groups rubbing their hands and salivating at the prospect of disruption as an opportunity for their particular nastiness and power-grab.)

And really, what does the UK get out of this visit? The value was a bit dubious even when May issued the invite. By now it's completely clear that he's not all there, and that there's no influence to be bought because he changes tack hourly. Aligning ourselves with 45 as an individual has no upsides for us. Even where we agree with the US on things, and want to work with the nation of American, no good can come of making that personal to 45.

May invited him, it's her problem. Poor old Queenie having to entertain the bugger.

Can't they send him off to Blackpool or Alton towers for the day?

I'd imagine that by October, he'll be in some serious trouble, and the UK would be wise to steer clear until they know what's going to happen. No point trying to make a deal if there'll be another President in office. God only knows who it will be. (PLEASE not Ryan, PLEASE not Ryan)

The picture is something to behold.

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