Donald Trump to almost entirely avoid London during UK visit

[babylonsister]

Donald Trump to almost entirely avoid London during UK visit

Meetings with Theresa May and the Queen to be held away from protests in capital

Peter Walker Political correspondent
@peterwalker99

Fri 6 Jul 2018 11.00 EDT
Last modified on Fri 6 Jul 2018 13.05 EDT

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Later on the Friday he will meet the Queen at Windsor Castle before heading to Scotland for the weekend.
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Details about what Trump will do in Scotland will be released next week, but No 10 has described the leg as “a private element of the official visit”. There is widespread speculation he will spend part of it playing golf.

The US ambassador to the UK, Woody Johnson, rejected the suggestion Trump was trying to keep away from any dissent.

“No, the president is not avoiding anything,” he told a press briefing. “The president is merely trying to get as impactful a trip as he can get in a 24-hour period.” Trump will be using London as a base during his visit, Johnson said.

Activists have promised to stage protests against Trump throughout his visit, with an event planned in London next Friday expected to be the biggest.

While he is in the capital, a giant “Trump baby” balloon, caricaturing him as a nappy-wearing infant, will be flown in the sky over Westminster after the Greater London Authority (GLA) granted the creators permission.

Asked whether Trump had heard of the baby balloon, Johnson said: “Yes, I think we’re all aware of these things.” While the president was focused on his objectives, he “appreciates free speech, both in this country and in our country”, Johnson added.



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[pbmus]

1. Manchild....

[MontanaMama]

2. Please oh please

let the big poopy diaper baby balloon find him wherever he is. 🤞

[Cha]

3. Chickenshit, Unhinged Blimp

Link to tweet

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

4. And no fox news hopefully.

Most of Europe bans it. Canada bans it in hotels etc. His hair should look REAL fucked up for a few days.
Downton Donny.

[DFW]

6. They once put out feelers here in Germany

That got squashed pretty quickly when laws prohibiting Nazi propaganda or anything like it were examined. Also, here they take a dim view of calling yourself a news outlet and deliberately lying. Fox Noise got away with that in the States when a Republican judge in Ohio said their lies were protected under the First Amendment.

But Freedom of the Press does not cover making up deliberate lies and selling them as news--not here in Europe, anyway, and there are no Republican-appointed judges here to grease their way past the law.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

11. Right on.

Good to know information. Ty Germany!!

[dawg day]

5. He's such a complete loser-- shallow

It's not like he'd have any idea what to do in one of the world's greatest cities.

[DFW]

7. Once he found Hyde Park didn't have a golf course......

London lost all its attraction for him.

Not that getting caught in some of the worst traffic in Europe surrounded by angry protesters was likely to be his idea of a "fantastic, amazing" reception.......

[MFM008]

8. He needs a tour of the tower

The Anne Boleyn tour.......

[Buns_of_Fire]

9. So a "Trump Baby" balloon might be an effective Rump Repellant?

I see a vast, untapped market for individual-size, helium-filled balloons!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

10. Hold on. The guy's name is "Woody Johnson"?.... Cue the Beavis and Butthead laughs. nt

[Achilleaze]

12. The republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief is whimping out again

As every intelligent person realized long ago is republican Dirty Donny's cowardly pattern.