Posted on 02/21/2017 6:49:39 PM PST by markomalley
Trump needs to let the UK know they need the US a lot more than we need them.
No, that would open Trump up to allegations of meddling in the internal affairs of the UK.
Trump should just boycott a visit to the UK until the snotty immature UK Parliament cleans up its act. Anything other that that is either casting pearls before swine, or runs the risk of blowback and (more) negative publicity and MSM criticism.
“Why? The US contains just as many anti Trumpets, certainly more in absolute terms. The government invited him and these opposition MPs are in the minority and don’t reflect public opinion, which supports the state visit.”
Why go? And risk that the welcome is not fitting the President of the US. Or some other diplomatic slight.
The risks outweigh the return, by alot.
You are always going to get anti-American trolls turning up to protest a US Presidential visit in a foreign country. The only countries were that wouldn’t happen are probably repressive dictatorships that would crush any protest with force of arms, and which no democratic leader worth a damn should be going anyway.
I’m not talking about that, I’m referring to the discussion as to whether or not Trump gets proper welcoming “a full state visit” from the UK gov.
Really if there is any question about it by MP’s etc, then the visit should be scrapped.
“Trump needs to let the UK know they need the US a lot more than we need them.”
Yup.
That’s no surprise. Remember when one of them called Bush “chimp” on air and giggled about it?
When President Trump speaks in England he should highlight his Scottish ancestry and do what he can to identify himself with the average UK citizen. He should say things like “I know that I have said things that have ruffled a few feathers here but, being half-Scottish, my habit of bluntly speaking the truth is somewhat genetically hard-wired.” Another would be “Despite my earned and acquired wealth I guess I am still just a dressed-up chav who is tired of the aristocratic class stealing from the hard-working poor.”
And were probably against BREXIT. Didn’t Trump support it? They are probably still angry about that.
America still needs allies though, and we are one of the us’s largest foreign investors. It makes no sense to F Britain off just because some lefty twats are whining about Trump’s victories. I’m sure you wouldn’t have been happy for the us to have been judged on the basis of Obama.
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