'Thank Goodness That's Over' UK Sighs Relief as 'Angry' 'Manbaby' Trump Leaves
There was a collective sigh of relief for some when Donald Trump finally left the UK, after the 'angry' 'manbaby' whined about Putin letting him down.
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‘Thank Goodness That’s Over,” blared a Mirror front page headline in the UK after Trump departed, leaving nothing but the stench of the Royal Family and PM Keir Starmer’s fawning over him in his wake.
The “State fawning for a nasty US bully was stomach-churning,” Kevin Maguire wrote in an opinion piece that was titled, “Kingwashing orange manbaby Donald Trump is a gamble that backfired for Starmer.”
In Trump’s joint press conference with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, he announced that he wanted to take back Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, “We want that base back. It’s an hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons.”
Astute readers will understand that Trump has done nothing to counter China’s mounting nuclear threat to the U.S., nor its growing but informal alliance with nuclear saber rattling Russia. Analysts believe Russia is unlikely to initiate a nuclear strike unless provoked, but rather their rhetoric and actions are designed to deter NATO intervention in Ukraine. However, it raises the question of where does this end if Putin won’t leave Ukraine and then decides to expand his invasion.
Trump Shying Away from Protecting US Security Threat from China
“While Trump has pursued a trade war with China, his administration has shied away from taking the tough actions against Beijing experts say are necessary to tackle the growing security threat it poses to the US,” the Financial Times reported.
China has been rapidly expanding its nuclear forces in recent years, raising alarm in Washington that the US would soon face a second nuclear peer in addition to Russia. The Pentagon last year said the People’s Liberation Army had grown its nuclear warhead stockpile to 600 by mid-2024, a 20 per cent annual rise.
Trump disagreed with Starmer’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state, pivoting instead to demanding the immediate release of hostages.
NPR reported:
Trump was asked why he didn't use his power to persuade Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to stop military actions in Gaza killing civilians. Trump said: "I want it to end, but I want the hostages back. I don't want the hostages used as human shields, which is what Hamas is threatening to do."
Angry President Gets Ukraine Explained to Him Again
The Yorkshire Post pointed out that while Trump had “previously claimed he could end within one day” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the “angry” president saying in spite of his relationship with President Putin, the Russian president “let me down.”
“The one that I thought would be easiest would be because of my relationship with President Putin, but he’s let me down. He’s really let me down. Was going to be Russia and Ukraine, but we’ll see how that turns out. I thought it might be among the easiest of the group.”
Sir Keir Starmer had to explain to the U.S. president that everyone knows that Putin does not want peace, although he framed it delicately as if this were new information.
Reader, it is not.
“In recent days, Putin has shown his true face, mounting the biggest attack since the invasion began, with yet more bloodshed, yet more innocents killed, and unprecedented violations of Nato airspace. These are not the actions of someone who wants peace,” Starmer said in a press conference with Trump, effectively trying to educate the U.S. president on something the entire world already knows.
“Mr Trump’s ultimatums and deadlines for the Russian leader to engage with proposals have passed without obvious consequences,” the Yorkshire Post noted.
It has been a month since Trump met with Putin in Alaska and swore would result in talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Putin. It did not.
Everyone with even slight knowledge of Russia and or foreign policy has suspected that Putin planned to expand his aggression after invading Ukraine, so giving him territory that does not belong to the U.S. to give was never a viable option for Ukraine or for Europe and therefore not for Western democracy, and yet this is the “deal” Trump sold as “peace.”
It was, in fact, appeasement and the appeasement has not worked. Like not even a little bit. And it makes Trump look weak that he bragged that he alone could solve this war and then the Russian president with whom he thinks he has such a special relationship, yes the man who is the leader of a country hostile to the one Trump has sworn to protect, completely ignores Trump and his “peace” deal and even tests him by getting more aggressive. And Trump just takes it like a chump.
Sickening to Watch
Indeed, the eager indulgences of Donald Trump’s insult to King Charles III’s other son and Kate Middleton’s ongoing glee in his presence did not go over well.
Aside from the protests, the very long and tall fence constructed to protect Trump and the Royal Family from the people who were paying for the visit and the lavish dinner, and the many successful efforts of activists to remind everyone of Trump’s relationship with Epstein, as well as Prince Andrew’s, the fawning was too much.
The Internet reacted negatively:
Cold War Steve, aka Christopher Spencer, a British collage artist and satirist, shared his take:
It was “sickening to watch”:
Trump Claims He Doesn’t Know Fellow Epstein Buddy
Donald Trump was besties with pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein for over a decade.
Yet when asked about former US ambassador Lord Peter Mandelson who was “sacked” last week after his links to Epstein made their way into the media, Trump claimed he did not know him.
“I don’t know him actually,” Trump said during the press conference.
Trump’s Memory Issues or Is He Lying
Actually, Trump just hosted Mandelson in May and also… just days ago in early September.
“It may be that Donald Trump, at the age of 79, is becoming a little forgetful. Or else Mr Trump is simply living up to his reputation for not exactly having a close relationship with the truth,” the Telegraph reported.
The president, for example, must have clearly misremembered his meeting with John Swinney, Scotland’s First Minister, in the Oval Office on Sept 9, nine days ago.
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Mr Trump must have been listening intently and not spotted that also in the room was Lord Mandelson.
Back in May, Lord Mandelson was back in the Oval Office to sign the first trade deal of the Trump-Starmer era. Mr Trump noticed him at his side and said: “What a beautiful accent. I’d like to have that accent.”
While the British press is happy to point out Trump’s potential memory issues, but here in the United States, “land of the free,” our media refers to this as his “personality.”
Forgetting things is only an issue when President Joe Biden did it. When Trump does it regularly and cannot answer a policy question without raising alarms about his lack of knowledge and or recklessness, our media waxes on Russian-state-TV-like about his “personality.”
Yes, Trump has a “personality” of lying, ignorance, corruption, and memory lapses. MAGA convinces itself that all criticism of Trump proves his strength and is “cope” from losers, but it is becoming increasingly clear that the free world can’t stand Donald Trump and they see him for what he is: a weak man so vulnerable to his fragile ego that a mere carriage ride in the closed-off area of the grounds of Windsor Castle and a grand dinner is the highlight of his life, according to him. This is a man who is easily manipulated by Putin and Netanhayu, to the point of experts and critics saying he is run by either man.
MAGA mistakes rudeness for strength, ignorance for contempt of intellectualism for its own sake, and vulgarity for their imagined, fictional “alpha” trait of masculinity. It is a collection of permissions to be the worst possible person with no guilt for not trying to be better and no shame for having no curiosity to learn before speaking and deciding.
The UK humiliated itself for Trump for just a few days to get a few tech deals (we will see if these go the way of most of Trump’s “deals”). Now it’s back to our media and our press prostrating themselves before Trump’s ego, abandoning any pretense at upholding democracy and spitting on free speech while expecting consumers to continue to support them.
Many in the UK are glad to see the back of him. Their gain is our loss.
What do you think of the UK’s reaction to Trump’s departure? Join the discussion in the comments below.
Why on earth did they invite him they knew he is what he is. Fascist nasty duety old man. Pedophile.
Most of the freedom-loving countries of Europe have written this guy off as a bad bet, as have the bravest people and organizations in America and (finally, but too late) about three-fifths of the U.S. population.
Why on earth the British government invited the American Nazi in Chief to a garden party, is beyond my understanding.