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'If I were president, they wouldn't have sat me back there': Trump MOCKS Biden for being sat 14 rows back at the Queen's funeral
- and says there is 'no respect' for the US two years after leaving office
Jesus Christ on a pogo stick. EVERYTHING has to be about him. When you sleazed your sorry ass to the UK you embarrassed all of us - simply by donning that clownish looking tux. You also broke every rule of protocol and etiquette earning a face palm from HRM AND her family
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill sat 14 rows back in Westminster Abbey during the Queen's funeral
Biden sat behind the President of Poland Andrzej Duda, while Jill sat next to president of Switzerland
The first couple left London for the United States just two hours after the service finished
Trump took to Truth Social to mock the President's position - and said there is 'no respect' for the US
He insisted it was a good time for Biden to get to know 'leaders of certain Third World Countries
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11228909/Trump-MOCKS-Biden-sat-14-rows-Queens-funeral.html
regnaD kciN
(27,698 posts)in Sydney, Australia.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,902 posts)The southernmost city in the British Empire and about as far away from Westminster Abbey as you could get and still be in the UK.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invercargill
JI7
(93,899 posts)Leith
(7,864 posts)The royals hated him because he's a clod.
magicarpet
(19,408 posts)QE II just adored that tuxedo that made tRump look like a morbidly obese pregnant penguin.
But Her Majesty refused to let him have a ride in her horse drawn Golden Carriage. Although he begged her about 1,000 times. tRump ended up pouting, The Queen said no,.. forget it,.. that's final.
elleng
(141,926 posts)on another island, maybe St. Helena.
https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/articles/saint-helena-prison-island/
onecaliberal
(36,594 posts)Deuxcents
(27,684 posts)hlthe2b
(114,671 posts)viva la
(4,636 posts)(Especially among his fellow Republicans)
He's such a very twisted, dessicated person. The queen dies, the leadership of the world gathers to solemnly commemorate her, and all Trump can talk about is himself, and what's really true is-- the royal family despised him and his whole trashy crew.
Raven
(14,275 posts)Hassler
(4,961 posts)SWBTATTReg
(26,399 posts)so why is he moaning, because he's left out all by himself. Poor baby.
Grow up. Good grief, grow the f**k up.
For an older wealthy man (supposedly) he moans and gripes about everything. Me thinks that he's not as rich as he claims he is, that there's more to the story that hasn't come out yet about his finances, his wrong doings while as president, and all of the misdeeds that he did.
We'll see more of his misdeeds soon. The 1/6 committee is due to start up again soon, and they already have said that they have a ton of crap that will come out soon, being (1) still delivering stuff on what they didn't cover from before, and also, all of the new witnesses that have come out, and described more misdeeds and wrong doings.
I can't wait.
3catwoman3
(29,784 posts)Aha! Is he finally admitting he isn't? About time!
50 Shades Of Blue
(11,499 posts)And the rest of us can see it from outer space!
Botany
(77,850 posts)The service was not about Joe or Jill it was about the Queen, her family, and the nation.
I'm sure Joe and Jill could have gotten front row sitting if they wanted to but instead showed
what real class is all about.
llmart
(17,728 posts)would have been by him shoving everyone else aside and sitting his very large arse in one, or two which he would probably need.
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former9thward
(33,424 posts)The president of the U.S. does not take "what seats are open".`
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Violet_Crumble
(36,417 posts)It's not some free-for-all, and it's not all about the US President. Americans who think so need to get over themselves and their sense of entitlement. The heads of the 50-something or so Commonwealth nations were all seated ahead of the US President because the Queen was their head of state...
obamanut2012
(29,511 posts)Wtf did Time say that??? These affairs have a high level of protocol involved.
former9thward
(33,424 posts)The Secret Service would never allow it.
ecstatic
(35,134 posts)Seems like a major security issue, at the very least.
Ilsa
(64,565 posts)BeyondGeography
(41,198 posts)Meantime, Biden is in the process of taking out Putin, you corrupt little fanboy piece of shit.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Still cant get over the fact the United Kingdom refused to give him an invite to the biggest ceremony of the decade. I hope he chokes on his rejection.
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)...but whatever.
SYFROYH
(34,214 posts)PortTack
(35,824 posts)As a solely democratic site can we just not repeat what he says please
Earth-shine
(4,044 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,401 posts)UTUSN
(77,795 posts)spanone
(142,052 posts)Baggies
(666 posts)Id like to know more about how these things are decided than the brief explanation provided in the article. The POTUS was there which is the main thing. The UK is our closest ally.
Violet_Crumble
(36,417 posts)'Protocols dictate that, at the late Queens funeral, Commonwealth political leaders outrank those from the rest of the world, regardless of their importance. And so it was that Mr Biden found himself 14 rows from the front and nine behind Justin Trudeau, prime minister of Canada, the neighbour that the US normally looks down upon. On this side of the pond, the world order can sometimes turn upside down.'
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/queen-e2-80-99s-funeral-seating-plan-joe-biden-shunted-14-rows-back-behind-the-polish-president/ar-AA11Zozu
Baggies
(666 posts)Thats the basic information that was provided in the other article. TY!
Im actually thinking of something that explains in intimate detail who sits where and why. And I would also like to find out other explanations when protocol calls for someone to sit in a certain place, but that proves to not be advisable, and how things are to be rearranged should it happen that two individuals (lets say) need to be kept apart. I havent found anything quite that detailed yet, and might not, but it was worth a look.
obamanut2012
(29,511 posts)Exactly this.
gopiscrap
(24,778 posts)wasn't even invited what an asshole piece of shit
tavernier
(14,509 posts)but rather that his late arrival due to traffic didnt inconvenience anyone. The Bidens are normal people who do what they can to be good sports, not fussy primadonnas. Not surprised that rump would have wanted a seat in the hearse and a chance at the microphone to whine about his long ago election loss.
FakeNoose
(42,391 posts)
artemisia1
(1,908 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(181,997 posts)JI7
(93,899 posts)Retrograde
(11,450 posts)pushing aside the Archbishops of Canterbury and York if they got in his way, and then would get up by the casket and talk about how lucky QEII to have met him and his charming family.
treestar
(82,383 posts)the leaders of Commonwealth nations take precedence. So the US is not part of the Commonwealth, of course, and so has to sit behind those. Would have been the same for the Dotard, though I think they'd have done better not to invite him at all had it happened when he was in office. Scary to think how he'd try to get attention on such a solemn occasion.
Ilsa
(64,565 posts)bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)There's no chance in hell you were going to get preferential treatment you POS.
Mr. Ected
(9,714 posts)We'll have 20 years to life to chide him about it too.
Kid Berwyn
(25,073 posts)
May the free world view his incarceration on a 24/7 web cam.
whistler162
(11,155 posts)seat to the ringing of Big Ben
Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)Just like the Detroit Lions watched the Super Bowl on TV
Arazi
(8,887 posts)Jfc the guys a massive lunatic. Who thinks like this?
MissMillie
(39,700 posts)I know, that shouldn't be something that deserves any credit.
allegorical oracle
(6,584 posts)saying goes about narcissists: "They have to be the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral."
Kaleva
(40,431 posts)He lives in the head of many.
Hugin
(37,992 posts)It has been a lifetime goal of mine to not be in the front rows or the guest of honor at a funeral.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)
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