What's In It For The Royal Family To Legitimize Trump & His Family?.....

[global1]

I just don't get it. Are they doing it for their entertainment? We know that the Brits in general don't like Trump and don't want him in their country. So why would the Royal Family want to piss off their subjects with paying this much attention to the guy that they hate?

[Coventina]

1. I think they feel a sense of obligation. That's my take anyway.

[global1]

3. Obligation To What? An Illegitimate President And Con Man?....

All they had to do was just ignore him. Not invite him to the palace and treat him like royalty. I'm sorry - I just don't get it.

[Coventina]

9. Obligation for the longer-term relationship between our countries.

But I do agree with you, I think they should shun him.

But then, I am not a very diplomatic-minded person.

I do know that sometimes going the extra mile is required. But I don't see the benefit with Trump.
He will betray you no matter how kindly you treat him.

[LonePirate]

16. Yes, it's the historical and ongoing ties between the two countries which they are recognizing.

The same recognition/offer would have been extended to any US President.

[smirkymonkey]

19. It has puzzled me as well.

I can't understand it for the life of me. Trump has done nothing but shown the UK contempt and disrespect.

[elleng]

18. Yes, along with tradition.

[Kaleva]

2. It's their job as Head of State.

[DinahMoeHum]

4. I dunno, tradition probably. . .or something else. . .

[dewsgirl]

26. LOL

[lunatica]

5. Obviously they respect the office of the President and our country.

What else would it be? They have already made it clear they don’t like Trump in hundreds of little ways.

[global1]

7. There Are Very Few American's That Would Feel Slighted If ....

they didn't invite Trump.

[mcar]

6. They don't really have a choice

Whether it makes us vomit or not, Dotard is the "leader" of this country - a country that has very close ties with the UK.

[RedParrot]

8. PM May invited Trump for a state visit

The Sovereign is the titular head of the government. The speech she reads at the opening of Parliament was written by the government. Any remarks she makes during a state visit by any head of state is also written by the government. Parliament is supreme.

The Duchess of Sussex is not participating in any of the events, supposedly because she is home with her newborn Prince Archie. The Duke of Sussex, aka Prince Harry, is keeping a discreet distance from Trump.

[struggle4progress]

20. +

[BannonsLiver]

10. It's a state visit

Set up by the prime minister’s govt. As head of state the Queen is required to play a role in hosting foreign dignitaries including Fat Donny. In other words, it’s part of the gig.

In some cases the royal family will go above and beyond the protocols. They had a very warm relationship with the Obamas and hosted them at Windsor as well.

Their duties should not be mistaken for affection. Their role in his visit has been explained repeatedly here over the last week.

[gldstwmn]

25. They were obligated to entertain him but they wouldn't let him stay at the palace.

That says it all really.

[dewsgirl]

27. +1

[Proud Liberal Dem]

11. How are they "legitimizing" him?

Just because they don't like him and probably think he's a royal (pun intended) screw up doesn't mean that they won't try to be respectful to the office.


Unless, they're proclaiming him to be the next best thing to sliced bread, I'm not following.

[jberryhill]

12. By acting as if he is the president of the US

[zipplewrath]

15. Not for them to decide

He is the President as far as US law is concerned. They're not about to decide otherwise.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

17. He *is* POTUS

Shouldn't be but he is. What do you expect them to do?

[jberryhill]

24. Me? I was presuming that was the point intended by the OP

[hlthe2b]

13. DIPLOMACY. Hell the Queen attended lunch with Idi Amin (granted, 6 yrs before his monstrous

dictatorship emerged). The Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu, notorious for his repressive regime and later executed, visited the UK on a state visit with his wife Elena in 1978. It is said the Queen hid in the bushes to avoid further interaction after an unpleasant coach ride.

She's met with Syria's Assad, Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, Putin, Zaire's murderous Mobuto Sese Seko, and even more murderous, Indonesia's General Suharto.

I think she's "got this"...

[dewsgirl]

30. Queen hiding in the bushes...yikes, had to be one hell of an unpleasant ride.

[Tech]

14. They are really rich.

[Princess Turandot]

21. The invitation was made at the behest of PM Theresa May, who invited Trump abt 2 seconds after...

...his inauguration, because she was looking for post-Brexit BFFs. He visited in 2017, but that was not a formal state visit. Then May decided to invite him for a state visit now, because he was going to be in France for the D-Day75 remembrances. As the head of state, the queen was obliged to go along with it.

But they're not going out of their way to do something special for FA45. The state visits follow a very specific formula, which varies little from one to the other, regardless of who the visitor is. Most of the events do involve the royal family, for the pomp and circumstances angle that Britain does better than most.

[octoberlib]

22. The Queen doesn't set up state visits. The PM and Parliament are responsible for this.

[world wide wally]

23. Don't forget... "We" are the ones who put him in office.

[moondust]

28. U.K. needs a BIG trade agreement

with the U.S. after BJ and Farage push them into a hard Brexit.

[Butterflylady]

29. Saw pictures if Prince Harry

Who made an appearance. He didn't look to happy to be there. English media commented he talked a bit with ivanka but hung back from orange anal.