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dflprincess

(29,396 posts)
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 09:27 PM Tuesday

Remember when the right wing went nuts when Michelle Obama put her arm around Queen Elizabeth

and then it turned out that the Queen had put her arm around Michelle first meaning there was no breech of protocol. (and some of the U.K. press gushed over the "rare display of affection" by the Queen).

Yesterday the slob father put his put his hand on Charles' shoulder and today he patted him on the knee. The U.S. right wing press has declared these "friendly gestures". U.K. has stories with headings like "Donald Trump ignores royal protocol again"

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Remember when the right wing went nuts when Michelle Obama put her arm around Queen Elizabeth (Original Post) dflprincess Tuesday OP
Oh, the UK media will have plenty to make hay with by the time Charles has waved bye-bye to Trump Emrys Tuesday #1
The only times he doesn't seem bored or baffled by a speech he gives are when he is... 3catwoman3 Tuesday #2

Emrys

(9,191 posts)
1. Oh, the UK media will have plenty to make hay with by the time Charles has waved bye-bye to Trump
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 09:49 PM
Tuesday

I'm sure Charles found those physical intrusions ghastly, but I've just watched Trump robotically and painfully haltingly read out a "speech" (presumably written by Miller), which referred to the UK's "Anglo-Saxon courage" and talked about "the English".

Um, Charles is King of the United Kingdom - the clue's in the name. The Scots, Welsh and Irish might have something to say about being labelled "Anglo-Saxon" or "English", as might descendants of the Normans, Vikings and all the other gene pools that make up our beautifully mongrel nation (Charles himself has German and Greek blood in him, and goodness knows what else). Trump himself has pretended in the past to be proud of his "Scotch" blood via his mother.

I might be more rankled by the the whole thing, but his delivery was so atrocious that it was distracting. Not only did he sound like he didn't believe a word he was saying, it sounded like he didn't even understand any of it apart from brightening up very briefly when he hit "1776", seeming proud he'd not been caught out and pronounced it "one-seven-seven-six", or even "one thousand seven hundred and seventy six".

More fool me for subjecting myself to viewing the brief snippet I saw posted elsewhere, I guess.

3catwoman3

(29,667 posts)
2. The only times he doesn't seem bored or baffled by a speech he gives are when he is...
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 10:40 PM
Tuesday

...boasting about himself, or ranting about enemies and perceived poor treatment. Otherwise, he doesn't give a fake-gold-plated rat's ass.

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