Eugene Robinson: Trump's visit a test of Brits' stiff upper lips
Donald “Bone Spurs” Trump is in Britain, attempting to celebrate a special relationship forged in heroic military sacrifice. Donald “I Didn’t Know That She Was Nasty” Trump is imposing his boorish presence on the royal family, including Prince Harry, whose bride he insulted. Donald “Grab ‘Em by the [Genitals]” Trump is dining with the queen.
I don’t often feel compassion for the British royals, but today they have my hopes and prayers. Even their unrivaled talent at keeping a stiff upper lip is being sorely tested.
Typically for President Trump, his official state visit began with a childish, petulant tweet. As Air Force One prepared to land, Trump attacked London Mayor Sadiq Khan as a “stone cold loser,” which probably will serve only to boost Khan’s popularity, since a recent YouGov survey found that only 21 percent of Britons have a positive opinion of Trump, their unesteemed visitor from across the pond.
Trump was not accorded the customary honor of staying overnight at Buckingham Palace. Palace sources mumbled something about ongoing renovations, but acknowledged that the lavishly appointed Belgian Suite — where Barack and Michelle Obama stayed during their 2011 state visit — is unaffected by the work. Pity, that.
The gregarious Prince Harry appeared to keep his distance from Trump at the palace Monday, perhaps for good reason. Trump described Harry’s African American wife, Meghan Markle, as “nasty,” then denied having done so, despite a widely circulated recording that proves his denial is a bald-faced lie.
Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, bore looks that suggested faint disgust. True, they almost always do. But one wonders what kind of conversation Charles, whose lifelong passion has been environmentalism, might have had with a scientific ignoramus who claims climate change is a “hoax.”
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