Should May cancel Trump’s visit to repay his egregious insult?

[lodestar]

Should May cancel Trump’s visit to repay his egregious insult?

For Pete’s sake what next with this guy?

I get he has to play to his ‘base’ and feed them red-meat on a regular basis.
However this is getting ridiculous and totally destabilising.

He tells a British gutter press tabloid that a Brexit not to HIS liking will mean no trade deal between the US and UK and that thinks Boris Johnston would be a great PM.

That’s essentially blackmail and interfering in the internal affairs of another country.

You just don’t do that.
He’s the US resident and needs to be an example and set diplomatic standards.

Of course his supporters don’t care and just think “he’s telling it like it is and what’s wrong with that?”

Yes, yes he’s not like other presidents and delights in upsetting various applecarts etc., etc.

But come on, this is one of the US’s dearest allies and the one it has the greatest natural affinity with.
What a slap in the face and buffoonish insult!
May’s domestic standing would leap threefold if she cancelled the rest of his visit or just refused to meet him again and refuse to issue any joint statement.

What a mess!

Regards lodestar

[wolfhnd]

Her Brexit can only be described as incompetent. In Trump's world you get fired for such gross negligence. The visit should be cancelled on the grounds that Trump has nobody competent to talk to.

[Surrey]

To be fair to Trump May's plan for Brexit was dictated to her by Merkel the day before it was presented to the cabinet and is almost universally hated. Trump is being a good friend by points no out its flaws. One of the obvious flaws is that under May's (Merkel's) plan there can be no trade deals with anyone other than the EU.

[Half Pint John]

Her Brexit can only be described as incompetent. In Trump's world you get fired for such gross negligence. The visit should be cancelled on the grounds that Trump has nobody competent to talk to.

Not in Washington. Well, he is going to visit Vlad. He'll have someone to talk to or most likely just listen to.

[Massena]

Who's your buddy, who's your pal?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...cid=spartandhp

Trump is doing his best to ruin the western alliance.

[ljadw]

What alliance ?

[Konzev]

Should May cancel Trump’s visit to repay his egregious insult?

For Pete’s sake what next with this guy?

I get he has to play to his ‘base’ and feed them red-meat on a regular basis.
However this is getting ridiculous and totally destabilising.

He tells a British gutter press tabloid that a Brexit not to HIS liking will mean no trade deal between the US and UK and that thinks Boris Johnston would be a great PM.

That’s essentially blackmail and interfering in the internal affairs of another country.

You just don’t do that.
He’s the US resident and needs to be an example and set diplomatic standards.

Of course his supporters don’t care and just think “he’s telling it like it is and what’s wrong with that?”

Yes, yes he’s not like other presidents and delights in upsetting various applecarts etc., etc.

But come on, this is one of the US’s dearest allies and the one it has the greatest natural affinity with.
What a slap in the face and buffoonish insult!
May’s domestic standing would leap threefold if she cancelled the rest of his visit or just refused to meet him again and refuse to issue any joint statement.

What a mess!

Regards lodestar

Does she has any leverage ?

[wolfhnd]

It is amazing how people who consider themselves liberal are so resistant to change when their beliefs are shown by history to be flawed. Perhaps the situation is best captured by the phrase.

Conservative is the new counter culture.

[Bow]

This man?? is nothing but a rude, boorish. ignorant egoist baffoon who is an insult to America and a walking edition of "The Ugly American", who to date has namaged to **** off most of the planet except his pal Vlad..........its a wonder that Trump claim he rescued the kids in the cave...Go home and finish building your wall

[Konzev]

This man?? is nothing but a rude, boorish. ignorant egoist baffoon who is an insult to America and a walking edition of "The Ugly American", who to date has namaged to **** off most of the planet except his pal Vlad..........its a wonder that Trump claim he rescued the kids in the cave...Go home and finish building your wall

Anyway, does T.M. has any leverage to kick "The Ugly American" out ?

[T. A. Gardner]

But, the media didn't get upset when Obama made a present of his speeches compilated on CD to the Queen, or when he sided with Argentina at the OAS over the Falkland Islands issue...

Yes, Trump is a boor. But, if he were a Democrat boor he'd get a pass on all of this.