BREAKING: President Trump walks ahead of King Charles, breaking royal protocol.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

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[dalton99a]

1. Stupid motherfucker is predictable

[Moostache]

78. The poster child for MCS...

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/what-to-know-about-main-character-syndrome

“Main character syndrome” isn’t a medical diagnosis, but it’s a term that’s quickly piqued curiosity online and social media over the last few years. Main character syndrome is defined by a series of behaviors in which you see yourself as the main character in the story of your life. You are the protagonist and everyone else is often a sidekick or a villain. You often see yourself as the most important person in the room, and you act according to the narrative of your plot — however you define it.

[3catwoman3]

94. What's that thing about the bride at every...

…wedding, the baby at every baptism, and the corpse at every funeral.

I think this is what Alice Roosevelt Longworth said about her Uncle Teddy.

[niyad]

112. ummmmm, teddy was her father.

[3catwoman3]

145. Sorry - not fact checking while using my phone...

…during a road trip (I’m not the one driving).

[niyad]

156. Not a problem. There is a story that when he became Sec of the Navy,

and someone said something to him about controlling Alice's behaviour, he responded with "I can control Alice, or I can run the Navy. I cannot do both." (slight paraphrase) I wish I could have known her. She died in 1980, age 86.

[3catwoman3]

159. By all accounts, she was a real pistol.

[niyad]

162. "If you can't say anything nice about anyone, come sit by me."

Various forms of that quote attributed to her, quoted also in "Steel Magnolias".

[Cha]

152. And the Trophy Grabber at every Award

show.

[TomSlick]

172. You beat me.

[Trueblue1968]

118. Why isnt he dead already ???

[OLDMDDEM]

2. It's all about him. No one else matters.

[NCDem47]

46. MMMMMEEEEEEEE!

[Johnny2X2X]

3. Fuck the King

Maybe the one thing I agree with that Trump has ever done.

The royal family and their protocols are bullshit.

[newdeal2]

13. Doesn't matter. He is a guest and I guarantee he was told ahead of time

He’s just being his usual nasty self.

[pcdb]

190. Did no one read the community note at the bottom of the tweet??

[niyad]

196. Possibly because it was not there originally.

And, wiithout confirmation, citatons, etc., why should I believe some unknown-to-me individual on leon skum's platform?

[Intractable]

15. Royal protocols seem to involve slow moving parades, horses, and a lot of standing around.

[Ocelot II]

42. So do ours.

[ReRe]

62. In Britain, you would be called a "tosser".

And I agree with them.

[BaronChocula]

136. Oh, I'm sure they're calling him worse

the insults we label as vulgar and coarse
are the ones they use as normal course

You know what I'm talkin' about.

[ReRe]

185. Oh yeah, I know what you mean. ;-)

[Ocelot II]

36. Whether or not YOU approve of Britain's protocols, when visiting Britain

a president is expected to observe them as a matter of simple courtesy - just as King Charles would observe our protocols when visiting the US.

[OLDMDDEM]

50. I agree. Trump is an ass.

[Torchlight]

45. Then simply don't accept the invitation?

Problem solved, and no one throws a tantrum.

[GusBob]

49. If you agree with Trump when he acts like a rude jerk this time

YOU own it everytime

As They say in England, "In for a penny, in for pound"

[Omnipresent]

55. Well said!

[mwooldri]

56. The British Royal Family are hardworking.

They are born into public service, they die in public service. They know it. We know it. They stay out of politics (for the most part, though we know they do have their pet issues like the environment and such). It's a soft power they have. Prime ministers come and go and parties switch places. But the one constant is the Royal Family.

I would not want to see the UK become a Republic. Though Parliament has the power to do this at any time it wants.

It's a system that works. Mostly. As Americans used to say "if it ain't broke don't fix it".

[ReRe]

64. Trump's motto is if it ain't broke, break it! n/t

[BaronChocula]

138. That's the comment of the day

I'll just add:
"If I break it, Biden owns it."

[soldierant]

182. Thank you for this,

As in any family, they are not all equally good or equally talented. But they are brought up to do their best, and to work for the nation. Those pet issues that they work on help Parliament in getting things done, thus saving the state money. When Charles was the Prince Royal, one of his pet issues was conserving historical buildings. An Antiques Roadshow UK spinoff had him on as a guest and got him to speak about this. It's not surprising they really appreciated his work. And whatever he may be like in private, he had enough manners to not appear arrogant. Imagine that.

[JI7]

61. What's bs about them ? The people of their country supports and likes them.

[Ocelot II]

65. Yup. Not our circus, not our monkeys.

We have our own problems, and they are much bigger (and much more orange) than Britain's antiquated royal ceremonies, which they mostly seem to enjoy. They have a constitutional monarchy (like many other European countries, including "socialist" Scandinavia) which gives the monarch very little actual power. He's their symbol, a kind of mascot. We, on the other hand, somehow managed to elect a malevolent doofus who thinks he's a king and strives for the kind of power Charles doesn't have, and that his predecessors haven't had for centuries (the first Charles was executed by Parliament for treason).

[Bev54]

83. I would take the UK king any day before the buffoon Trump!

[stopdiggin]

99. a small sentiment ... In support of a small man, that is determined to be a bully

and a crass embarrassment.

No - this is intentional, and deliberate, disrespect. (in full view, at state function .. )
(And this- along with some other deliberate fuckery - is why our allies - are coming to loath the US! Don't think that is going to eventually redound on the country and people that inhabit .. ? Good luck with that!)

(Would that your feelings on the subject - and the deliberate disrespect - be enacted against the likes of Putin, or Kim, or Orban, or Maduro, or other dangerous thugs where the slights might actually bear some weight or meaning ... But, no .. lets give the poor old queen the back of our hand ...)

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[Bluetus]

110. Of all the things to get upset about, we choose this?

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We have a war criminal actively participating to maintain genocides in Gaza and Ukraine. We have a traitor who has stolen classified information and most likely sold it to our enemies. We have a sex trafficker, especially concentrating on procuring young girls for rich and powerful people. We have a dictator commanding "his" army to take up arms against the people. We have a dictator illegally shutting down programs properly appropriated by Congress.

And some people are concerned about walking in front of an otherwise irrelevant person of "royalty" according to some ridiculous medieval customs that should have ended a millennium ago?

[niyad]

139. While I suspect that the concept of protocol no doubt offends your

demonstrated lofty egalitarian principles, nevertheless, there are standards of behaviour that heads of state, their representatives, etc., observe when they are GUESTS in another country. We even have a Chief of Protocol office in the White House, the function of which is to try to ensure that our representaives do not insult the host country and its people, or make blooming arses out of themselves. Their job is to see that our representatives do not reinforce the view that others have of the "ugly american", a type that I saw far too often.

For you to find his boorish, crass, rude, egotistical behaviour acceptable, to defend it, is disappointing, to say the least. His disgusting behaviour is NOT something insignificant, it is part of his whole sick, twisted, destructive, hate-filled mindset.

Given your defense of boorish crassness in visitors, I would be curious to know how you behave when you visit other countries.

[Bluetus]

140. I didn't defend it. I said it is a DISTRACTION,

and probably an INTENTIONAL one pushed by the right wing.

There are 1000 things we should be a lot more focused on.

[niyad]

141. Jetstream, evidently.

[niyad]

164. Some of us are capable of noticing, and commenting upon, a number

of things in the same time frame, and assessing their relative importance.

[Oeditpus Rex]

144. 'We chose this?'

As in "over everything else"?

Hardly. We just added it to the very long list.

[Bluetus]

181. Don't you think it might be better to concentrate on, say, the top 100 grievances first?

This can't possibly be on the top 100 Trump sins list.

[Oeditpus Rex]

184. We're looking a this through different lenses

I see this as just another of tens of thousands of "The ignorant bastard fucked up again." It'll be forgotten by tomorrow. Meanwhile, many of the "top 100" will take weeks, months, even years to play out.

Nobody's thinking of this as the most egrigious fuck-up The Felon will make today, this week or this month. We're simply rolling our eyes once again at his ignorance or utter lack of concern for the societal rules we all know and, for the most part, follow.

[Bluetus]

186. I get it. But don't assume this is all ignorance on Trump's part

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I have no doubt it was intentional. He is, more than anything else, a full-time bully. He has never given a shit about laws, protocols, customs, politeness or any of that. He sees all of that as signs of weakness. The word grace means nothing to him.

As I see it, fixating on this only helps him, because he WANTS people to take note of the fact that he can bully people like this.

[Torchlight]

175. We can broadly apply our attention to more than one singular new item

I don't see mocking trump as "getting uspet", but our definitions of tantrum most likely differ.

[FakeNoose]

115. Chump showed the same rudeness to the King's mother in 2018

Chump is a complete ass with no couth. He thinks he's being cool, or whatever. Showing off to the peasants.

You know what? I think his real reason for doing this he can't walk slow alongside anybody.
Because whenever he does he has an "episode" in his diaper.

[vanlassie]

120. I still makes America look bad.

Europeans are already loosening their talk about America. There’s plenty of resentment stored over many years.

[Cirsium]

128. You agree with him?

Trump thinks he is the king. That is why he rudely upstages others. You are OK with that?

Trump doesn't follow any protocols, any rules, any laws, any norms. He is not making a statement about British royalty.

[GoneOffShore]

132. It's not about "Screw the Royals", it's about respect. He did the same thing with Merkel.

[niyad]

134. Wow. So rude, crude and socially unacceptable is okay with you,

because you don't like the royals? How do you behave when you go to another country?

[Cha]

155. IKR.. That Pisses me off..

[viva la]

137. Then walk beside him if you hate royalty. Or don't visit at all.

It is common courtesy. The king has it.
The Ugly American doesn't.

This is an ally-- one of our closest global friends. Trump has alienated just about every ally we have while kowtowing to Putin and that little tubby tyrant Kim.

I wish the king or that cute beefeater would have tripped Trump. Accidentally of course!

[Cha]

154. Traitor is BIGGER BULLSHIT.

Fuck the Despot

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Well, that was a short visit.

[Turbineguy]

5. TETSU

[irisblue]

20. What does TETSU mean, I googled it but the reply does not make sense to me.

[Turbineguy]

22. It's a take-off of the Naval acronym WETSU

We Eat This Shit Up.

[irisblue]

29. Oh! Thanks

[Clouds Passing]

6. Why would they continue to invite him back?

[bucolic_frolic]

31. To see if he learned anything.

Nope.

[llmart]

48. You mean sorta like Susan Collins thinking he'd "learn his lesson"?

[niyad]

96. Because they know that flattering him is about the only thing he responds

to, and many do not want to see our alliance trashed.

[Attilatheblond]

119. One hopes it's so they could invite him to lunch

then open the door, toss in an airline cracker package, and say "See ya, asshole"

[Loryn]

7. So embarrassing.

Predictable, but somehow not surprising.

[snowybirdie]

8. After the Royal

welcome he got this morning, he thinks he's King! Looks,like all that pomp and circumstance is backfiring on England

[Emile]

9. He thinks he's a king too.

[William Seger]

71. He's a faux-king idiot

[Marcuse]

74. "True. I am the State!"

[LetMyPeopleVote]

197. You are not the only one who has noticed this

[Botany]

10. Where are his people who should have told him to let the King walk 1st? Royal Protocol???

And he did the same damn thing w/Queen Elizabeth too. The man has the class of a rat’s ass.

[Ocelot II]

39. He almost certainly was told; he just doesn't care.

He did it to the Queen last time too; he knows better but he's a pig.

[Raven123]

73. Or didn't remember. Dementia, you know

[Botany]

97. The man is classless. With a model of his bribe plane and all that gold crap in the Oval Office. Pure tacky.

[Dulcinea]

107. When the Fascist Felon walked in front of the Queen...

...I kept waiting for her to hit him with her purse & tell him to not act like a rube.

[stopdiggin]

86. clearly you can't believe that he WASN'T told? Repeatedly !!!

And particularly after he caused a similar (perhaps greater uproar) when he did exactly the same thing - in exactly the same setting - to the much beloved queen.

No - this is intentional, and deliberate, disrespect.
(And this- along with some other deliberate fuckery - is why our allies - are coming to loath the US! Don't think that is going to eventually redound on the country and people that inhabit .. ? Good luck with that!)

[LetMyPeopleVote]

93. trump did the same thing with the Queen

Link to tweet

[Dr. Shepper]

11. Hahaha. Not a fan of kings or dictators

So this makes me lol chuckle.

[DURHAM D]

12. I wondered about that? nt

[C_U_L8R]

14. What a buffoon.

Or as the ignoramus says it… “a total disgrace”

[Horse with no Name]

16. He is such a classless clod

The world should treat him as such.

[ReRe]

67. I would give my right arm

to see him stumble and fall flat on his orange face and lose whatever that is on the top of his head.

[maddiemom]

160. Don't knock "that thing on his head."

it's such a relief after all the years of the ridiculous comb- (over) forward. Sometimes the camera would catch him at a certain angle, other than straight on, and you realized how silly he must look in person. If he's so ashamed of his real appearance, he should have shaved his head like so many today, or just got a decent hairpiece to begin with.

[ReRe]

187. Well, I will tell you this:

If he shaved it all off, he would be no Telly Savalas.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

17. With all due respect, we did win that war.

Once we had knocked out the RAF at Valley Forge, it was pretty much all over.

And good morning.

[irisblue]

23. I saw what you did there

[VTderry]

121. RAF loss was the fault of woke British ATC DEI employees *

* sneak-peek of a future chapter in Dear Leader Trump's Big Beautiful Book of Best American History, the required textbook in all K-12 classrooms beginning in 2026, per the Dept of Reeducation.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

126. When the RAF pilots refueled at the Wawa Aerodrome, they forgot that the fuel they were taking on was

being doled out in U.S. gallons, not Imperial gallons. Their school systems were spending time on lesbian dance theory rather than readin', 'ritin', and 'rithmetic. Hence the pilots ran out in mid-air.

Yankee ingenuity.

[sop]

18. Did he elbow the King aside to jump out in front?

[Heidi]

19. He disrespected the queen the same way in 2018.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp-video/mmvo43788869894

[GopherGal]

33. That one bothered me more...

to the extent I even let that POS bother me anymore.

For an egalitarian-leaning democrat such as myself, his walking in front of a foreign king is nowhere near as gross as barging in front of a frail nonagenarian woman (regal or not)

[llmart]

52. Didn't he walk ahead of Malaria at his first inauguration?

I seem to remember something about how he got out of the vehicle and just started walking leaving her behind.

[FoxNewsSucks]

69. Did the same thing at the White House

first official visit, when the Obamas did the right thing and followed custom.

MF45 got out of the car, and walked off without Melanomia, leaving her to carry the gift.

We really had no idea how bad shit would get, even then.

[ReRe]

79. I'm sure Melaria was relieved to be treated with graciousness and kindness.

As opposed to his coldness by leaving her behind.

[FoxNewsSucks]

87. One would think so,

but she turned out to be just as shitty as MF45

[ReRe]

90. It proved that he is not a gentleman

and she doesn't mind. I'll leave it at that.

[llmart]

133. Class meets ass.

I can't begin to tell you how much I miss having that wonderful Obama family in our White House.

[Heidi]

59. Yup. But he doesn't have sh!ts to give

because it’s all about his ego everywhere, all the time.

[FakeNoose]

117. Yes he should have politely offered Queen Elizabeth his arm and walked at her pace

But Chump was never taught any manners or discipline, nor does he care about anyone else's comfort.
He's just a horse's ass.

[maddiemom]

161. YES! Exactly.

[Solly Mack]

21. Yeah, well. Kiss a fool's ass, get a fool's ass.

[bucolic_frolic]

24. He thinks business class is superior to Royals

and governments.

[58Sunliner]

25. Is he having another stroke?

[drmeow]

26. He did it to the Queen, too

on his last visit.

[mnhtnbb]

35. yes. he's an idiot.

[irisblue]

27. From Larry the Number 10 Downing Street cat

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[walkingman]

28. What a disgusting human being.

[sinkingfeeling]

30. The orange shit just so craves being king.

[pandr32]

104. King of the world.

[BoRaGard]

32. Draft-dodging republicon pedo bestie acts like an a-hole

as usual

[Freddie]

34. This might ruin our chances of the British taking us back ☹️

[ananda]

37. Well, now we know that Trump is King of Europe.

He did say so before.

And now he is.

[surfered]

38. Off with his head!! What would you expect from a narcissistic sociopath?

[ReRe]

72. A boot to his head, says Dr Demento. n/t

[LeftInTX]

40. Of course, but why did they invite him back???

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[traveler50]

41. Nothing has changed.

He has never respected another human being. Why would he start now.

[jmbar2]

43. He thinks the biggest hat is King

Walking side-by-side with the biggest hat. Bwahahahaha.....

[littlemissmartypants]

44. Maybe Charles is hiding. ...

Who wants to be seen in public with a convicted felon pedophile?

[kimbutgar]

47. The king should have NEVER invited him and he should have remembered how the orange pedo felon

Treated the queen the same way.

[moniss]

51. My thought when the announcement was made

about him getting a horse drawn carriage ride that it was apropos for horseshit to be hauled around by horses.

[ReRe]

82. OMG, moniss, my side is hurting!

[FakeNoose]

123. The story in the papers went like this...

When Chump was visiting the Royal Family during his first term, he wanted to ride in the Golden Carriage. He specifically asked for THAT carriage, even though it's only reserved for the Royal Family. They only use it for coronations and specific state occasions.

The answer Chump received was, "No sorry, it's in the shop being repaired now."





Link: https://www.rct.uk/visit/the-royal-mews-buckingham-palace/the-gold-state-coach

[maddiemom]

163. Is this TRUE?

Surely not, but what a great speculation! I hope he's not planning on having the Beast made over to copy it.

[FakeNoose]

171. As far as I know, it's true ... I read about it here on DU

I know that Chump didn't get invited to ride in the Royal Golden Carriage. The Windsor family stood firm on that.

[Dave Id]

53. What do you expect?

Surely the King of England is supposed to walk behind the king of the world.

[Mark.b2]

54. Calling it a "stunning gesture" The Daily Mail says...

In the lead paragraph:

“Donald Trump received a stunning gesture from King Charles at the start of his historic second UK state visit when the monarch invited him to walk ahead of him during his ceremonial welcome.”

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15106071/donald-trump-melania-uk-state-visit-king-charles-windsor.html

Curious, I googled the King and Biden inspecting troops when Biden visited in 2023. Biden walked in front, too.

My guess is Charles doesn’t care and is being a gracious host to an important ally.

No, I doubt Queen Elizabeth took the same attitude, and Trump was just being Trump.

Anyway, I’m not getting my panties in a bunch on this one.

[markodochartaigh]

157. The clip of

Queen Elizabeth looks to me like she is motioning him to walk, maybe because he doesn't know when to start, he starts walking and just kind of drifts, probably from a lack of attention, in front of her. Then she has to decide where to walk knowing that if he tripped he would surely crush her flat.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

57. tRump walks behind Putin, salutes NKorea generals. . . . . . nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

89. We all know who trump fears and is subservient to

[niyad]

158. And kisses the orb, or whattever weirdness he was doing with msb,

the murderous scum.

[Duppers]

58. OMG!

Glad I've already told my friends on that side of the pond that I cannot stand Trump.

[malaise]

60. Bwaaaah hahahahaha😂

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20649430

[Rebl2]

63. Predictable

He did the same with the Queen. He has no manners and doesn’t care to learn protocol.
I have no idea why the King would invite him to the UK knowing what a disrespectful person he is.

[Grim Chieftain]

66. He is a disgrace

on every single level.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

68. I remember trump waddling in front of Queen Elizabeth like a clueless fucking buffoon.

Link to tweet

[Doodley]

70. America first! Yay! He leads and others follow! Earning respect of the whole world! (sarcasm)

[vapor2]

75. Gotta be the fucking center of attention

NO respect for anyone

[SpankMe]

76. He wants respect for America from other countries

But, he willfully proffers disrespect toward them.

[Kali]

77. can't wait to see his dinner attire

such a goon, but this time everyone knows what to expect from the asshole.

[not fooled]

102. Will he stink up the table?

Apparently he smells bad. I wonder whether he will stink up the palace.

[maddiemom]

202. Melanoma's bare shoulders?

Remember the "disgrace" of Michele's bare ARMS?

[Kali]

203. well those were not white arms so...you know

as for mel's dress - to me the design was not that bad, but the colors...

[Mblaze]

80. The embarrassment felt by rational Americans

Could power New York City.

[Martin68]

84. He did the same when he was visiting Queen Elizabeth. He's a moronic bully.

[Irish_Dem]

85. Trump always does this on purpose.

He has been briefed on protocol.

He does it because there is only one star of the show and that is himself.

And it is a big FU to the UK and British people.
I AM MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR KING.
AND THERE IS NOT A DAMN THING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.

[Silent Type]

88. Here's trump and King Charles riding in the royal coach.

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[CoopersDad]

92. Ewww. Imaging the putrid smell in there

Ewww!

[barbtries]

91. of course he did.

he did it to his mother. he pushed people out of the way during a NATO summit. he's a cretin.

?si=Kcp9d8jPGpSKvl3g

[Initech]

95. I mean... I could have predicted this. It's 100% on brand for him.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

98. The British Press is covering this-Donald Trump blasted for 'disrespecting' King Charles with awkward mistake

US President Donald Trump has left members of the British public livid after committing a "cringe-worthy" mistake during his meeting with the Royal Family

Link to tweet

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/donald-trump-blasted-disrespecting-king-32494754

Donald Trump has sparked fury by walking in front of King Charles. When the US President met the Royal Family and Windsor Castle, he was slammed for the discourteous act.

Viewers flocked to X to slam the faux pas, with one asking: "Trump walking in front of the King. Is that normal?" A second said: "I see Trump is walking in front of the King. Very cringe." Meanwhile, a third added: "Trump is walking in front of the King. Power move biggly."

As this commenter pointed out, it isn't the first time President Trump has been accused of disrespecting the British monarchy. During his last UK visit, he angered the public by stepping in front of the late Queen and blocking her from cameras.

At the time, one individual commented: "This is just a great depiction of who Donald Trump is. He cares only for himself." Meanwhile, others branded the US leader as "rude and vulgar".

[niyad]

100. Short-fingered vulgarian, totally without class, manners, propriety, couth.

Anybody remember that G-7 photo op, where he shoved everyone out of his way to get to thebfrint?

[Jilly_in_VA]

101. RUDE!!

Obviously never taught manners, at home or anywhere else.

[not fooled]

103. He thinks it makes him look more important and that he's getting one over

but in reality he just embarrasses himself on the world stage.

[republianmushroom]

105. trump's 'Ignorance" !

[Autumn]

106. He did the same thing to Queen Elisbeth.Chuckie should have known he would do it

to him. That cretin has no respect for anyone.

[lonely bird]

108. Sigh

I am getting tired of waiting for a big grabber or stroke to do its job.

[SamuelTheThird]

109. Don't like either of them

Trump is obviously worse, but the concept of royalty is repugnant.

[NoMoreRepugs]

111. I firmly believe he is an IDIOT and there is very little thinking EVER going on - he just does

whatever he feels like doing at that moment in time.

[kwolf68]

113. National Disgrace ...

gonna do national disgrace things. This man is a fetid waste of oxygen.

[live love laugh]

114. Derailed the Epstein shit show ....

[WestMichRad]

116. In my imagination, I envision...

… a member of the royal guard pushing out a leg and tripping him, so we can all enjoy seeing him fall flat on his face.

[Trueblue1968]

122. Hang draw and quarter him now

[Blue Owl]

124. Ya can't take that hulking boob anywhere, I tells ya....

[eppur_se_muova]

125. He follows the old, traditional protocol -- dictators first !! nt

[dem4decades]

127. The King of America is more powerful than the King of England.

Time the world gets in line.

[Norrrm]

129. The junior class clears the way for royalty.

[reACTIONary]

130. No Kings. So who cares? Let...

.... the royals eat cake.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

131. King's staff jokes Trump brought own sheets to avoid tan cream stains on royal linen

trump is being laughed at by the King's staff

Link to tweet

https://www.rawstory.com/king-charles-trump/

President Donald Trump flew his own bed linen from the U.S. for his stay in a royal English castle — and courtiers in the ultra-luxurious accommodation think they know why.

Courtiers at Windsor Castle — a home to Great Britain's King Charles — are reportedly joking that Trump wants to avoid leaving stains on the royal bedding from tanning chemicals.

The courtier's theory was shared with the Daily Mail in a report Tuesday as Trump started his first full day of the United Kingdom visit.....

"The president's aides, inspecting his suite in Windsor Castle before his arrival, provided housekeepers with bedding. A courtier muses that it may just be the President not wanting to stain the royal pillows with whatever tanning chemicals he uses to keep his orange hue.

"Below-stairs wags, noting that Melania has a separate suite, joke that if she'd asked for a water bed she could effortlessly drift apart from Donald."

[viva la]

135. At least this time he didn't keep a 90-year-old queen waiting in the heat

and then walk so erratically that he almost knocked her down


This man has no respect for anyone.

[democrank]

142. Remember what Trump said on that Hollywood tape

Something like….When you’re a star they let you do it.

[Buddyzbuddy]

143. They knew what they were getting when they "invited" him back.

[Figarosmom]

146. That guard should have stepped back and escorted

His king that HE SERVES and let trump wonder around on his own.

Charles made the right decision to keep this visit within the walls of the estate without the public. Let the guy walk on the lawn and have a parade around the driveway, a meal and send him home.

[republianmushroom]

147. trump fucked up with Queen Elisabeth, and now with

King Charles, he is just an colossal arrogant fuck up.

[czarjak]

148. Hardly his biggliest blunder.

[republianmushroom]

150. It is not a blunder it is his arrogance.

[Gimpyknee]

149. OMG! So much brouhaha over nothing.

Sorry to inform all protestors here but Royal Protocol allows for visiting world leaders to take the lead when inspecting the Royal Guard. Took all of less than 30 seconds to find the facts on Google. Newsweek reported it correctly.

[underpants]

151. NO! HE DID NOT BREAK PROTOCOL. It was agreed upon.

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-royal-protocol-king-charles-2131277

But a royal source told Newsweek it is protocol for the visiting head of state to always go first.

[Jilly_in_VA]

153. RUDE

unmannerly, piggish, uncouth....need I say more?

[Rob H.]

165. Just hope the king was upwind

Imagine being stuck walking behind a lumbering buffoon emitting a miasma of scents like dirty diapers, bronzer, B.O, and meat sweats.

[Bluestocking]

167. Who cares

They are just two sick dying old men.

[niyad]

198. One of whom is a fucking dictator to his country, and one who is not.

[Bluestocking]

204. One is a King and

The other is a wannabe King

[Gary 50]

168. Somebody should have kicked him in his ass.

Maybe he would remember it the next time.

[BlueTsunami2018]

169. He did it with the queen previously.

I don’t know why anyone would be shocked by this.

As idiotic as the idea of “royal” people are, observing protocol when you’re a guest in another country is the least you can do diplomatically.

Of course Piss is a boorish ogre. That’s what he does.

[Gimpyknee]

170. There are a lot of Emily Litella's here.

I frankly find it embarrassing that so many here jumped on the bandwagon and ranted about Trump without knowing the policy in regards to heads of states royal visits and inspection of the Royal Guard. DU people should be better than this.

[MIButterfly]

173. He embarrasses our country every single day.

Unbelievable, but not really unbelievable. I would never expect anything better out of him.

😕

[dlk]

174. He did the same to the Queen

A know-nothing, to be sure.

[Gimpyknee]

178. Yes he did.

He followed Royal Protocol on that visit as well. Check out Macron’s state visit. OMG!!! He walked ahead of King Charles too!

[lastlib]

176. Fire the guy that propped him up.....

What a disgusting disrespectful piece of work that basturd is!

[Xipe Totec]

177. The ass goes before the cart. nt

[Gimpyknee]

179. OMG! Biden did too!

Biden walked ahead of King George when he inspected a Color Guard during his royal visit. And brace yourselves, Obama walked ahead of then, Prince Charles III too during a similar inspection. It’s an honor afforded by Royal Protocol. Responders here need to get over it.

[Callie1979]

180. 179 responses before someone told the REAL story. ITS ROYAL PROTOCOL people.

[Gimpyknee]

193. And I get a warning for posting such here elsewhere.

[Callie1979]

195. Oh come ON; really? Well, you CAN get a hide for posting factual info.

If its factual info the jury doesnt like! I could name a few things but then I'd get one!
Ridiculous but true.

[Torchlight]

200. Sure.

[FiveFifteen]

183. Oafs gonna oaf

Buffoon.

[YoshidaYui]

188. Well of course

This is what a bully asshole would do.

[Jack Valentino]

189. but the Anti-Christ is entitled to walk ahead of any other king---

including Jesus Christ, if he ever cares to come back here..... !!!




'we fought two wars so that we wouldn't have to listen to the fucking British'
~ from The Pentagon Wars



Yeah, he violated protocol-----
but Trump is about the last person on earth whom I would expect
to be educated on such protocol---

and his sychophants are the last I would expect to have
educated him about such things---


At least he didn't kill anyone in this instance
(and we have a lot bigger things to worry about!)


So Trump was 'clueless'--- yes, very predictable----

And his wife can't sleep in the same bedroom with his shitty stench---
ALSO predictable

[pat_k]

191. Britain's Nate White 2019: Still the best description of Trump ever penned.

https://thehobbledehoy.com/2019/03/08/british-writer-pens-the-best-description-of-trump-ive-read/

Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem.

For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed.

So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever.

I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman.

But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers.

And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface.

Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront.

Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul.

And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist.

Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that.
He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat.

He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully.
That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead.

There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:
• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.
• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss.

After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum.

God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid.

He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart.

In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish:

‘My God… what… have… I… created?

If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.

[The Third Doctor]

192. He did that to Elizabeth II.

At first you can argue that it MIGHT be a goof. This was deliberate. In the kings own country too.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

194. Touching the monarch of the United Kingdom is considered a serious breach of royal etiquette.

Link to tweet

[niyad]

199. Are we in the least surprised?

[marble falls]

201. Didn't expect any more or less from TACO. Actually this in the least of the problems I have with this asshole ...

... born an asshole, living an asshole, he'll die a consummate asshole.

[Ping Tung]

205. Hell, he'd shove Jesus off the cross and take his place just so he could be the Star of the show