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hlthe2b

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41. That article precedes this one. The issue is 1. not enough space for all the current leaders
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 08:33 PM
Sep 2022

who will want to attend and 2. the sticky wicket of excluding Trump.

Apparently, this is how the Brits have decided to deal with both, but they have to stick with the current leadership and their plus one only; otherwise, it would be a diplomatic slap if other former Presidents received a 'personal" invitation --and lay open the previous reasoning as a lie.

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Well tfg may have posted this on untruth social "the most extraordinary honor of my life." sdfernando Sep 2022 #1
You Got The Site Name Wrong ProfessorGAC Sep 2022 #10
Touche sdfernando Sep 2022 #13
Dump is the corpse at every funeral, and the bride at every wedding Blue Owl Sep 2022 #2
Fucking Trump ruined it for the Obamas to go. TheBlackAdder Sep 2022 #26
Predictably, Trump would have been the skunk at the garden party. sop Sep 2022 #3
+1 Jarqui Sep 2022 #5
Only The Current President & His Wife Were Invited SoCalDavidS Sep 2022 #6
I am trying to remember who attended wnylib Sep 2022 #19
I suspect this is a situation which involves a very tight seating-plan and no +1s. forgotmylogin Sep 2022 #32
Oh yes he would! 2naSalit Sep 2022 #9
They didn't even allow Trump and his uninvited entourage wnylib Sep 2022 #22
That's right, they did that! 2naSalit Sep 2022 #25
Besides being an unpleasant guest who wnylib Sep 2022 #31
Yes... 2naSalit Sep 2022 #35
He shouldn't be allowed out of the country, anyway. dchill Sep 2022 #4
+1 2naSalit Sep 2022 #8
he thinks he is the current potus..... getagrip_already Sep 2022 #7
THE QUEEN HATED RUMP Trueblue1968 Sep 2022 #11
so does their new King Charles III: hlthe2b Sep 2022 #14
Cut in front of her and then stopped, which forced her to walk around Rob H. Sep 2022 #15
I am sure that it was deliberate. wnylib Sep 2022 #27
Trump nearly knocked the Queen down. raging moderate Sep 2022 #49
HIS SUIT LOOKS LIKE IT'S MADE FROM ...... The Cheapest Polyester !!!!! Trueblue1968 Sep 2022 #21
All that polyester makes my skin crawl. sop Sep 2022 #51
I don't know, those jackets TxGuitar Sep 2022 #52
trump looks horrible Trueblue1968 Sep 2022 #54
Agree with McLemore's statement entirely. But I've heard that she told Hortensis Sep 2022 #28
Wish someone had yanked him out of her way using his stupid tie. Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2022 #30
The Slobfather was not invited to poppy Bush's funeral malaise Sep 2022 #12
As it should be. The Brits know a narcissistic, fraudulent, mob boss slobfather when they see one. Evolve Dammit Sep 2022 #16
Then I wish Dubya would denounce him more directly. ificandream Sep 2022 #18
Dubya is a shallow, drug-addled, entitled sociopath and I don't expect shit from him. He Evolve Dammit Sep 2022 #24
Pretty accurate assessment wnylib Sep 2022 #29
You're probably right there. ificandream Sep 2022 #44
Trump does not really want to go to the funeral nakocal Sep 2022 #17
Perhaps he should be told he's invited dflprincess Sep 2022 #38
He couldn't go anyway, even if he wanted to Mr. Sparkle Sep 2022 #20
The passports, including the only valid one, were returned. niyad Sep 2022 #33
Good! SheltieLover Sep 2022 #23
Excellent! niyad Sep 2022 #34
Well, Shithead will have to find some other way to get his name in the news that day. Initech Sep 2022 #36
Trump doesn't know what is coming. This one is a tiny ripple in a very small brook. More to come. Stuart G Sep 2022 #37
Other ex-Presidents could still be invited as private citizens mchill Sep 2022 #39
That article precedes this one. The issue is 1. not enough space for all the current leaders hlthe2b Sep 2022 #41
But the Queen knighted him... QED Sep 2022 #40
Yes... This picture confirms (circulating on Twitter--LOL) hlthe2b Sep 2022 #43
Perfect! QED Sep 2022 #50
Well they haven't done anything this major in seventy years. LiberalFighter Sep 2022 #42
Tweet from Aunt Crabby LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #45
Lovely parting shot, ma'am. catbyte Sep 2022 #46
Ohh... DemUnleashed Sep 2022 #47
Message reads: "To the Honorable Donald J Trump" lpbk2713 Sep 2022 #48
Trump response kwolf68 Sep 2022 #53
TFG says he would've gotten a better seat than Biden at the Queen's funeral. LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #55
Perfect response from MeidasTouch PCIntern Sep 2022 #56
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