General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump to almost entirely avoid London during UK visit
Donald Trump to almost entirely avoid London during UK visit
Meetings with Theresa May and the Queen to be held away from protests in capital
Peter Walker Political correspondent
@peterwalker99
Fri 6 Jul 2018 11.00 EDT
Last modified on Fri 6 Jul 2018 13.05 EDT
snip//
Later on the Friday he will meet the Queen at Windsor Castle before heading to Scotland for the weekend.
Guardian Today: the headlines, the analysis, the debate - sent direct to you
Details about what Trump will do in Scotland will be released next week, but No 10 has described the leg as a private element of the official visit. There is widespread speculation he will spend part of it playing golf.
The US ambassador to the UK, Woody Johnson, rejected the suggestion Trump was trying to keep away from any dissent.
No, the president is not avoiding anything, he told a press briefing. The president is merely trying to get as impactful a trip as he can get in a 24-hour period. Trump will be using London as a base during his visit, Johnson said.
Activists have promised to stage protests against Trump throughout his visit, with an event planned in London next Friday expected to be the biggest.
While he is in the capital, a giant Trump baby balloon, caricaturing him as a nappy-wearing infant, will be flown in the sky over Westminster after the Greater London Authority (GLA) granted the creators permission.
Asked whether Trump had heard of the baby balloon, Johnson said: Yes, I think were all aware of these things. While the president was focused on his objectives, he appreciates free speech, both in this country and in our country, Johnson added.
more...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/06/donald-trump-to-avoid-london-during-uk-visit?CMP=share_btn_tw
pbmus
(12,418 posts)MontanaMama
(23,242 posts)let the big poopy diaper baby balloon find him wherever he is. 🤞
Cha
(295,929 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Most of Europe bans it. Canada bans it in hotels etc. His hair should look REAL fucked up for a few days.
Downton Donny.
DFW
(54,057 posts)That got squashed pretty quickly when laws prohibiting Nazi propaganda or anything like it were examined. Also, here they take a dim view of calling yourself a news outlet and deliberately lying. Fox Noise got away with that in the States when a Republican judge in Ohio said their lies were protected under the First Amendment.
But Freedom of the Press does not cover making up deliberate lies and selling them as news--not here in Europe, anyway, and there are no Republican-appointed judges here to grease their way past the law.
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Good to know information. Ty Germany!!
dawg day
(7,947 posts)It's not like he'd have any idea what to do in one of the world's greatest cities.
DFW
(54,057 posts)London lost all its attraction for him.
Not that getting caught in some of the worst traffic in Europe surrounded by angry protesters was likely to be his idea of a "fantastic, amazing" reception.......
MFM008
(19,782 posts)The Anne Boleyn tour.......
Buns_of_Fire
(17,121 posts)I see a vast, untapped market for individual-size, helium-filled balloons!
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,483 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)As every intelligent person realized long ago is republican Dirty Donny's cowardly pattern.