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struggle4progress

(118,295 posts)
Sun Jun 2, 2019, 10:08 PM Jun 2019

Gaffes expected to accompany UK visit

By Amelia Adams • UK Correspondent
8:58am Jun 3, 2019

... Over the weekend ... In a move that has angered British MPs, Mr Trump backed his “friend” and current frontrunner for Theresa May’s job, Boris Johnson, telling a British newspaper Johnson would do “a very good job, I think he would be excellent” ...

... Trump also called for the Conservatives to involve Nigel Farage, Brexit Party leader, in future negotiations with the European Union. And he repeated his opinion that the UK should “walk away” if the government doesn’t get a suitable divorce deal ...

The Duchess of Sussex ... has previously spoken about her dislike for .. Trump ... When reminded of these comments last week .. Trump responded, “I didn’t know that she was nasty” ...

When .. Trump visited the UK .. last year, he side-swiped the .. Prime Minister by telling .. press she mismanaged Brexit, broke Royal protocol while meeting with the Queen, and shut down London as 250,000 protestors took to the streets to rally against his visit ...

https://www.9news.com.au/world/uk-news-donald-trump-official-visit-royals-queen-megan-markle-prince-charles-theresa-may/e593108f-066f-4194-b4d4-1948aa8478e1

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Gaffes expected to accompany UK visit (Original Post) struggle4progress Jun 2019 OP
That's a given NastyRiffraff Jun 2019 #1
Gaffes? What Trump does and says is way beyond mere gaffes. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #2
Every time he opens his mouth I can imagine defacto7 Jun 2019 #3

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)
2. Gaffes? What Trump does and says is way beyond mere gaffes.
Sun Jun 2, 2019, 10:11 PM
Jun 2019

He's a low-class boor who offends people intentionally to show how important and powerful he is.

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