Trump insults London mayor on UK state visit
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Alice RITCHIE and Jerome CARTILLIER, AFP 28 minutes ago 
Trump and his wife Melania are to meet Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace (AFP Photo/MANDEL NGAN)London (AFP) - US President Donald Trump kicked off a state visit to Britain Monday by branding London's mayor a "loser" before heading for lunch with Queen Elizabeth II, following delicate comments about Brexit.
Trump's plane had not even touched down when he tweeted that Sadiq Khan, who has been highly critical of the red-carpet welcome laid on for Trump, had done a "terrible job" running London.
The president called the mayor a "stone cold loser", adding: "Kahn reminds me very much of our very dumb and incompetent Mayor of NYC, (Bill) de Blasio, who has also done a terrible job - only half his height.
"In any event, I look forward to being a great friend to the United Kingdom," he added.
Queen Elizabeth II was scheduled to welcome Trump and his wife Melania to Buckingham Palace later Monday, where they will be treated to a guard of honour, a private lunch and a glittering banquet.
But beneath the pomp and ceremony, Britain is in turmoil with Prime Minister Theresa May due to step down within weeks over her handling of her country's exit from the European Union.
Trump weighed in on the divisive issue of Brexit, declaring before he arrived that Britain's former foreign minister Boris Johnson would make an "excellent" choice to succeed May.
In a round of British newspaper interviews, he also recommended her successor walk away from talks with Brussels, refuse to pay Britain's agreed divorce bill and leave the EU with no deal.
The UK-US "special relationship" was already under strain over different approaches to Iran, the use of Chinese technology in 5G networks, climate change, and Trump's personal politics.
Labour's Khan has led opposition to the three-day visit, writing a newspaper article on Sunday in which he compared the US leader to European dictators from the 1930s and 1940s.
"Donald Trump is just one of the most egregious examples of a growing global threat," Khan wrote.
His spokesman called Trump's tweets "childish" and "beneath the president of the United States".
- Baby Trump blimp -
Huge protests are being organised in London, with organisers crowdfunding a bright orange "baby Trump" blimp depicting the US leader in a diaper -- aiming for an even larger version than the one flown during his visit last year.
The leaders of Britain's main opposition parties and the speaker of parliament are boycotting the state banquet on Monday night.
In an effort to brush past the controversy, May and Trump are expected to emphasise the wider benefits of their old alliance when they hold talks at Downing Street on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, they will join other world leaders in the English port of Portsmouth to commemorate 75 years since the D-Day landings, which changed the course of World War II.
"Our relationship has underpinned our countries' security and prosperity for many years, and will continue to do so for generations to come," May said ahead of the visit.
- No-deal Brexit -
May announced her resignation last month after failing to get her Brexit deal through parliament and twice delaying Britain's EU departure.
She will formally quit as her Conservative party's leader on Friday, but will stay on as caretaker prime minister while her successor is chosen.
Three years after the referendum vote for Brexit, Britain remains divided.
Trump recommended the new government make a clean break with the EU if necessary, adding that there was "tremendous potential" for Britain to trade with his country after Brexit.
Causing more potential embarrassment for May, Trump said he might also meet with Johnson and pro-Brexit leader Nigel Farage during his UK visit.
"They want to meet. We'll see what happens," he told reporters before he left the United States.
- Strained special relationship -
May was the first foreign leader welcomed to the White House after Trump's election victory in November 2016, but their relationship has not always been rosy.
They have clashed over Trump's migration policies, while Britain still backs the Iranian nuclear deal and the Paris climate accord, both of which Trump has abandoned.
Washington has also been putting pressure on Britain to exclude Chinese tech giant Huawei from its 5G network over security concerns, suggesting it might harm intelligence-sharing.
Trump's first official visit to Britain last year was overshadowed by criticism of May's approach to Brexit, as well as large demonstrations.
He is not expected to meet Prince Harry and his American wife Meghan Markle, after saying her previous criticism of him was "nasty".
Well, Trump is a towel...
Class act.
That's why so many millions of people support Trump, he tells it like it is.
Not only does he tell it like it is, he delivers and he has delivered despite some fairly intense adversity. It kind of reminds me of another Republican President who overcame adversity. That was the one who managed to become President without any formal education, was also mocked and ridiculed by the media, and most notably, faced the biggest crisis in American history. He also won without the popular vote.
He was assassinated early into his second term.
He was the greatest President this nation ever had.
Without even discussing whether or not Mr Trump is fundamentally correct, there is the question of "Presidential decorum". Conducting oneself as a buffoon is not... Presidential...
You say a lot of unsupportable things. Some quite ridiculous , filled with conspiracies and fantasies. But this is probably the worst.
I know, right? ...Their comments come self-ridiculed.
Come on Vic, the man has told over 9,000 lies in two years, he wouldn't know what "tell it like it is", even means.
Are you subtracting the 245 times he said he didn't conspire with Russia or the 8,000 misquotes? After all he never asked Russia to "hack" anybody!
Vic, he lies more than any president in history, we can debate and do math all day long but at the end of the day...he is a liar, through and through.
Look for yourself.
So he is a politician...Just like Obama, Just like both Clintons, Just like Bush..and so on.
I think someone had asked other liberal posters on here that if Trump really did lie as much as the left wing publications say, what one of thse lies has directly affected their lives.
I don't think anyone has ever responded.
Maybe you could be the first?
You are holding up the Washington Post and Politifact as arbiters of what is true or false? I think both have damaged any reputation they had in that regard.
If you would like to look at the open ended statements that got twisted by the media, I'd be glad to do that with you.
If you would like to discuss the things that Trump believed were true or weren't true, I'd be glad to do that with you.
Using the media, that told America that Trump was a traitor for 3 years, as a fair judge, I won't do.
I'm responding. I didn't bring it up. If you allow someone to say Trump lies, then somebody gets to respond.
By all means, tell us what is listed as a lie, (in either link), that isn't really a lie?
Vic, this is the administration that said, "alternative facts", and, "truth isn't truth". Spin is all this admin does.
I get it, all politicians lie, and lets be honest, I trust a use car salesman more than I will ever trust a politician. But...
Hillary lies ~41% of the time, which is 1% over what the average is for any politician, left or right.
Obama was around 28%.
Trump? Just shy of 83%. No other politician has ever even come close to that. Even fox news said, "President Trump appears to have a strange relationship with the truth".
...
Lets start at day one.
Largest inauguration crowds ever. Lie.
And when confronted with facts, trump STILL lied about it. And Sean Spicer, (who follows me on twitter...don't ask, I have no idea why), tried to cast some shade by saying, "It was the largest inauguration crowd ever to WATCH...", what he left out was, "online".
Then as soon as he found out he lost the popular vote, he claimed that he lost the popular vote by, (coincidentally), the same number of illegals that voted, (which is own admin investigated and found to be another lie).
Vic, if he will lie about shit like that, he will literally lie about anything.
In any case, I hope you and yours are well. I am off to a BBQ so I will try to reply tomorrow.
How many people were at Trump's inauguration?
Exact number please....Be specific
The Truthdig article does not mean what you seem to think it does Vic. Here is one short passage from it -
In an advertisement video for Trump university , Trump says.
There is no evidence he handpicked a single one of them. That lie, along with other evidence, cost him 25 million dollars.
And you fail to accept reality that trump is nothing but a lying bone spur
You are doing nothing but taunting with comments that have nothing to back them up as usual
Finally we have the two photos the media used to contradict the President clearly showing that they were taken at different times and admitting that the crowd sizes can only be estimated.
That's why my question to Mr Frost could not be answered
That's why Trump's statement was his OPINION
Which leaves us wondering why the liberal media felt such a need to commit so much air time to contradicting an opinion?????
Trump lies all the time. He is also incredibly ignorant of facts most 12 year olds know. His only actual knowledge of anything appears to revolve around real estate, building materials, and reality tv shows.
People like you are psychologically invested in his "success" and thus prone to deny what everyone else can plainly see every day.
The problem with the pictures is that the one from the Trump inauguration has a "time stamp" of 11:07AM, whereas the Obama picture does not. How do we know for sure the picture was taken at 1107 AM, and not 8 or 9 AM? How do we not know the Obama picture was taken after the ceremony started, maybe an hour or so into it?
We don't because whoever posted the pictures together did not have the balls to post side by side, SAME TIME , pictures.
Gullible people will believe anything.
I never tire of seeing those pictures.
I think there's at least one typo there, Greg. It should have read "he lies like it isn't." A much better and more succinct (remember, "brevity is the soul of wit") and just simply say: "He lies."
So you don't know if the times are faked or the pictures were taken at very different times of inaugurations.
I didn't think I would get a cognizant answer...and you delivered.
Because the question was ridiculous. Look at the photos, no normal sane person can look at them and deduce that trumps crowd was bigger.
The pictures were taken at different times and they were produced by the media in response to the Trump statement. I can take a picture of Fenway Park an hour before game time and it's not going to look as full as it would when the players step onto the field. Neither you nor anyone else knows exactly how many people were there, thus it is an opinion and not a statement of fact.
Just like the Trump rallies don't have an actual count, but despite the fact that Trump was filling up stadiums, etc, while Hillary was not, the media went on to predict that Hillary would win in a landslide. Funny how they didn't compare pictures during the campaign.
Let's face it, the media has tried to contradict every word the man says. The strange thing is that he's been right about nearly everything, especially the charge of collusion that the media lied about on a daily basis for 3 years.
Nope, vic....nope, nope and nope. We know you can't accept the truth but that doesn't mean it's not true.
No? You don't think that there would be more people on the mall at 11:30 than 11:05?
If there was any decent interest in Dirtbag's inauguration The Mall would have been full hours before the official time start, vic. I mean like it was for both of Obama's inaugurations.
Reality is not their friend.
They remind me of the joke with the punchline: "The Aristocrats"
Trump has NEVER acted presidential....he is a disgrace
Trump insults London mayor on UK state visit
While there have always been Ugly Americans abroad, Mr. Trump is by far and away the Ugliest of them. Rather than representing what is good about America, he displays everything that is wrong.
Years from now, Trump will be considered to be one of best presidents because of all his accomplishments under adverse opposition. He'll rank right up there with Reagan and Lincoln
His rough edges and abrasive personality had no effect on his popularity.
No, he won't. Not even close.
Which accomplishments?
You have so many accomplishments to chose from.
Not Lincoln, but he may possibly match St. Ronald (Iran-Contra) Reagan's level.
Prove he did any of those things you allege.
FoxNews has refused to let him keep hiring the "talent".
Only in your dreamworld
Holy shit.....that's just a staggering amount of -- I'm not sure WTF. I usually disdain the term "jaw- dropping" since it's become so hackneyed but that comment leaves me:
And the dementia thingy.
You forgot the mayor insulted him first!
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign pledge to ban Muslims from the US was criticised as “outrageous” by Sadiq Khan when he was standing to be mayor of London.
Actually the Supreme Leader began this back in 2015.
Actually the radical, pos, mayor was a little harsher than that. Since when did the mayor of London have all this say?
I gave the truth. The mayor of London has been slamming Trump since the Presidential campaign. The mayor then added that he wouldn't attend the dinner if invited. The Queen responded by not inviting the mayor.
"God save the Queen!"
An adult would have taken the high road at that point.
You mean like John McCain and Mitt Romney?
So, Shitbag's a 4 year old. We knew that but why is that so essential to his supporters.
No, they didn't forget. They just were never told about it.
They automatically ASSumed Trump started it.
That's what they are told to think.
So, Shitbag's toddler behavior is what you really like!?!?! He was supposed to be the leader of the free world and it turns out he's just a thin-skinned mope who has less dignity than a worm. Much less.
Where did I say I liked it? I said you probably did not know Kahn started it and you only ASSumed Trump did.
More than likely I was right.
Tell us don't like it, then.
Well, we know one thing for sure, he would never, EVER, say something like that to KJU or Putin.
Once again, trump craps on our allies while supporting murderous dictators.
Mr. Khan is not an ally of ours, far from it in fact.
The mayor of London? No, you may be a bit mixed up on that.
Great Britain and it's Prime Minister and people are our allies.
A hate-filled mayor dosen't even figure in to that equation.
I guess some imagine any Muslim to be "filled with hate". His opinions of Trump are just reflecting how the majority of Americans and Britain's feel about him, that Trump is nothing but an incompetent puss filled sore in global politics and embarrasses our nation daily.
Why did you bring up his religion?
Trump mentioned religion first when he announced his ban on muslim immigrants. Did you expect people not to criticize him for that religious xenophobia?
Why do you pretend it's not a factor?
Khan is a disgusting human being who is despised by Brits still loyal to a sovereign UK.
Where did you get this outrageous claim? Is this because of his religious beliefs?
He is quite popular in the UK.
So you tapped into the rightwing Brit pukefunnel (possibly even more odious than ours) to get--no surprise-a couple of hate pieces. You know nothing about how Brits really feel about him but whatever it is, he's much more well-liked than our Shitbag.
Just look at his sources. And, yes.
Where else but from deep within the bowels of right wing conservative media where the sun never shines...
This constant rant from wingers about "haters" is just the Goebbels stratagem: accuse your enemies of everything you are and are doing.
Now, that number is down to such world "leaders" as Putin, MBS and Un. The old saw applies: With friends like those you don't need enemies.
That's a textbook example of not knowing the definition of irony.
THE UGLIEST AMERICAN
He asked what the flooring was made of. At Lord Byron's grave in Westminster Abbey.
Do you remember when Obama toasted the Queen as the British National Anthem was being played and she wasn't able to touch her glass? Or when Obama gave her an I-Pod with all his speeches on it? How soon they forget.
To Trump's credit he did bring one thing to the UK that was appropriate and impressive:
She stole the show, as usual. Well done!
What was that? His third trophy wife and ex-nude model that the entire world knows he cheated on with porn stars? Yes, I'm sure the queen was impressed with his ability to afford such a woman.
I like her arm shields designed into that dress protecting her from having to hold hands with the sad sack of stupid to her left. He looks like a giant man-baby ring bearer for a wedding standing there awkwardly in a tuxedo.
Third time's a charm!
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She looks better naked. Which we have all seen because trump posted it all over the internet.
Not what he wore at the state dinner. Look at this freaking slob:
Sleeves are too long, pants too baggy, coat is too short.
When you flank him with the right women, he looks much better. To respond to your point, I think the cutaway is making a comeback!
Did you ever consider that substance and intelligence is more important than appearance and who is is standing next to when he is photographed?
I do like Melania's elbow length gloves.
That sentiment goes just as much for a loose fitting Cutaway as it does for a form fitting evening gown. I hope you realize what you just said.
Speaking of substance, has anyone mentioned anything of what the President has done with the Brits? The proclaiming of the special relationship the two countries enjoy? Or the all important offer of a trade deal with the UK?
If it's not it should. It still has more style than a designer suit. That's why I like the Brits!
What's the fourth time gonna be? I'd bet good money that Melania shitcans his fat ass as soon as he's not president. It wouldn't surprise me if she's working with Dems on the sly.
Maybe this guy, or at least this is what Dirtbag was going for:
But just look how much more attractive those two women are without the 250lb of stupid ugly fat in the before picture:
If he wasn't Dirtbag's dresser he should have been.
He is definitely rocking that tux
Many people aren't accustomed to full dress (white tie) tails. The only correction on the suit below is that the sleeves are too short. Proper sleeve length should extend to the thumb's knuckles and taper to the other fingers.
Yeah, but it stops at the waist instead of the knees.
It's all just a really pathetic attempt by a fat man trying to hide it.
Be Best"! This was the International Tour of the First Lady's campaign to take her "Be Best" anti-bullying campaign on the road.
The kick off was the Trump insult to the mayor of the host city and didn't stop there.
Add the insult of forgetting about the cheap pewter horse statue with a Presidential embossed seal, which was the gift Trump gave the Queen on his last visit. Melania spoke up to remind him.
Adding insult to injury, which is the Trump brand, he read his speech at dinner in a very dull, halting and sing song manner followed by nodding off at the table. MAGA
Facebook is going to town on Dirtbag & The Boys
Oh, how the intertubes are having fun with Dirtbag: