Trump ambushed parents of teenage crash victim, family spokesman says
What an insensitive pig this so-called president is....
(CNN) The grieving parents of a British teenager have described a highly choreographed White House encounter at which President Donald Trump presented them with an unexpected offer to meet the woman involved in the crash that killed their son.
The family says that Trump surprised them with the "bombshell" news that Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a US diplomat stationed in the UK, was in an adjoining room. Photographers were waiting in the wings, said a family spokesman, who described the encounter an ambush.
UK police said Sacoolas claimed diplomatic immunity in the aftermath of the crash that killed Harry Dunn, 19, and left the country three weeks later. Through her attorney, she apologized for a "tragic mistake." Police say their investigation is not yet complete. Dunn's parents are in the US this week to make the case that Sacoolas should be returned to Britain to face justice, and met with Trump at the White House on Tuesday. "President Trump came off as a very warm, engaging guy, he makes you feel really special," Radd Seiger, the family's spokesperson, told CNN.
"But once the pleasantries were over, and we sat down, he said: 'Let's cut to the chase. You want to meet Mrs. Sacoolas. I can make that happen."
"She was next door. It was a shock," he added.
Charlotte Charles, Dunn's mother, told British TV station Sky News that the family declined the offer to see Sacoolas at the White House, because the family wants a meeting on "their terms" and "on UK soil."
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