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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,111 posts)
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 08:01 PM Oct 2021

British officials kept putting off Trump's UK visit and would 'pretend not to understand' when he br

brought it up, book says

Former President Donald Trump was obsessed with making a state visit to the UK early on in his presidency and repeatedly brought it up to British officials. But every time he did, they would change the subject or pretend they didn't understand him.

That's according to a new book by Fiona Hill, who served as senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council under Trump.

In "There Is Nothing For You Here: Finding Opportunity in the 21st Century," Hill wrote that Trump became fixated on making a state visit after then-British Prime Minister Theresa May visited the White House in January 2017 and "immediately invited" him to the UK.

But British officials kept putting the visit off for the next year or so by "never formally extending the invitation" and "coming up with various excuses about timing," Hill's memoir said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/british-officials-kept-putting-off-trumps-uk-visit-and-would-pretend-not-to-understand-when-he-brought-it-up-book-says/ar-AAPaGhX

Can't say I blame them.
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British officials kept putting off Trump's UK visit and would 'pretend not to understand' when he br (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2021 OP
A British "Stiff upper lip" is much better than... Enter stage left Oct 2021 #1
Not to mention... vanlassie Oct 2021 #2
And when he went, it walked in front of the Queen. QED Oct 2021 #3
Exactly. He was, and still is, a fucking embarrassment A HERETIC I AM Oct 2021 #5
Look at the Queen's expression...TFG's depends must have been full. nt Tommymac Oct 2021 #7
Yeah....She knew what was walking next to her.... A HERETIC I AM Oct 2021 #9
230 lbs of shit in a 5 lb bag. harumph Oct 2021 #12
230?!? A HERETIC I AM Oct 2021 #13
Well, he is known for wet beds. Allegedly. marble falls Oct 2021 #4
I remember Bercow stating that Trump should not be allowed to address parliament tymorial Oct 2021 #6
Yes - a refresher Myrddin Oct 2021 #10
Dotard never got his ride in the gold carriage. keithbvadu2 Oct 2021 #8
Dim the Frustrated Despot Kid Berwyn Oct 2021 #11
Would you let in a dog that wasn't housebroken? gratuitous Oct 2021 #14

A HERETIC I AM

(24,320 posts)
5. Exactly. He was, and still is, a fucking embarrassment
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 08:20 PM
Oct 2021

A tactless, classless, clueless, pedestrian rube and known to be one by all the people he so desperately wanted to impress.

Remember the black tails with the ill fitted waistcoat he wore to the state dinner?


What a fucking nitwit.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,320 posts)
9. Yeah....She knew what was walking next to her....
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 10:21 PM
Oct 2021

And I’ll bet she wasn’t too pleased with it, either.

At the very root of it, Trumpy thinks he DESERVES to be President.

He d e s e r v e s. it. He thinks the presidency is his because it SHOULD be, for fucks sake.

I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again;

It will be decades before our country will recover from what this man has wrought.

tymorial

(3,433 posts)
6. I remember Bercow stating that Trump should not be allowed to address parliament
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 08:24 PM
Oct 2021

He had to apologize because the government and the speaker from the house of lords lost their shit.

Anyone from England recall this?

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