Looks like the Shitgibbon will be getting two scoops with his dinner at at Blenheim Palace

[Miles Archer]

LONDON — For months, British officials laid plans to make sure that President Trump, a fan of ornate housing, will see a castle or two Theresa May, Britain’s prime minister, has only a few hours to warm up Mr. Trump on defense and trade issues, and to remind him of the value of the special relationship between the United States and Britain, while he is here on a whirlwind, mostly-by-helicopter stay.

By welcoming Mr. Trump to Blenheim, Mrs. May and other senior officials are pulling out the stops to try to dazzle a president who they know likes dazzle. But before the night was even over, Mr. Trump, in an interview with The Sun, criticized Mrs. May’s approach to Brexit.

The evening began with a ceremony featuring Scottish, Irish and Welsh guards playing “Amazing Grace.” The four trumpeters were from the Household Cavalry Band, which played for the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. They wore pure gold cloaks worn only in the presence of the queen or a head of state.

The dinner menu: Scottish salmon and English Hereford beef fillet, followed by strawberries and clotted-cream ice cream.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/12/world/europe/trump-churchill-britain.html

[Turbineguy]

1. I don't often comment of Mrs. Trump's clothes.

But it reminds me of some Roman spectacle in the movies.

[Thekaspervote]

2. Yeah how ridiculous... pale yellow with some kind of long cape hanging from the shoulders..yuck

[dawg day]

6. I thought it looked like the Oval Office curtains

[Kajun Gal]

9. Like a fairy princess...or something?

[malaise]

15. A DUer earlier described it as urine yellow

Looks like batman's cape.

[Demsrule86]

20. It looks like her idea of royalty...someone should tell her this is American...she can't be queen.

[dflprincess]

24. She can hide her hands under the cape

in case Spanky tries to reach for them.

[TheBlackAdder]

31. That's what I was thinking too.

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. Or something out of Rapunzel.

[madaboutharry]

5. I had the same thought.

She looked like she just walked out of a Charlton Heston movie.

[nolabear]

10. She looks like she wants to be a Disney princess.

It’s very little kid version of what a REAL princess looks like.

[Ohiogal]

25. A Star Wars "princess"

[Rhiannon12866]

26. That was my first thought, too!

She looks like she's dressed as a Disney princess! I couldn't decide which one, but my friend got it - Belle from "Beauty and the Beast!" She wore yellow...

[nolabear]

32. So it's a message then!

[Rhiannon12866]

33. We're not the only ones who thought so!

Melania Trump's caped yellow gown at Blenheim Palace has drawn more than a few comparisons to this Disney princess

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And the former model was dressed appropriately for the occasion: wearing an American designer - J.Mendel - to fly her country's fashion flag abroad. But there was something about the flowing buttercup yellow chiffon gown that looked familiar to some, drawing comparisons with Belle from Beauty and the Beast among some other fictional characters.

While some were quick to praise her commitment to making a dramatic entrance, others pointed out that it was strikingly similar to the now-iconic dress in the final scene of the Disney film.

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https://www.independent.ie/style/fashion/fashion-fix/melania-trumps-caped-yellow-gown-at-blenheim-palace-has-drawn-more-than-a-few-comparisons-to-this-disney-princess-37113736.html

[renate]

14. I guess I'm in the minority but I like it

It’s kind of an Old Hollywood look.

[Baitball Blogger]

22. You mean like a Bene Gesserit?

It's also possible that she's hiding a long-armed creature.

[Meowmee]

28. It looks

Ridiculous😹 like a cross from stepford wives and a Disney movie, if she had a cape and bonnet it could be handmaid’s tale

[eShirl]

29. Game of Thrones

[Cha]

30. But when you do..

you get it right.

[dawg day]

3. "Amazing Grace?"

"I'll be the judge of that. Let me meet her and grab her, and I'll tell you if she's amazing!"

[3catwoman3]

12. What a shame to waste that lovely melody...

...someone as graceless as Trump.

[BigmanPigman]

7. Did the moron bring his official" taster"

with him? After all, there have been a few poisonings in England in the past few months. You never know who or where your real friends are. "Have some more clotted cream dear leader, yes, it is supposed to taste that way... Would you like more?".

[dalton99a]

8. "If anything, Trump seems dead set on doing what he can to undo Churchill's legacy"

Because he is an utterly worthless moron

[MuseRider]

11. Cinderella

and she brought the pumpkin in with her.

[Solly Mack]

13. It strikes me as weak and pathetic to seek to impress someone like Trump.

Oh, I felt the exact same way about all who have done so. No exceptions.

You roll out the red carpet for someone like Trump and he'll take a shit on it. No sense in pretending he has done something unexpected.
Don't feign outrage, because you're either a fool or a liar to do so.

You're certainly not doing it for my sake or my country's sake (and you for damn sure aren't helping your own country any) - and hoping to gain anything from Trump by flattering him is monumentally stupid.

He has already made his mind up about you and nothing you do will change it. He won't be impressed - because he looks down on you and feels what effort you make is only what he deserves. The master never thanks the servant for merely doing what is expected.

He'll mock you later - worse, he'll mock you to Putin later.

[Miles Archer]

17. Yakuza Diary

American journalist in Japan gets unprecedented access deep inside the Yakuza. VERY highly recommended.



In one chapter, the author discusses the "new recruits," who basically fetch drinks for the bosses and do other menial tasks.

Grunt brings boss a drink, anxiously awaits favorable response. Boss sips drink and is very careful to have no response at all, and to not acknowledge the grunt. Grunt then slowly slithers away and returns to menial tasks. Any positive affirmations from the boss only instills confidence in the grunt, and in the boss' mind, that is not deserved and therefore is never granted.

Somewhat like what you described.

[Solly Mack]

18. Always in search of a good book, Thanks!

Pander to people like Trump and they only loom larger.

[tavernier]

16. She needs the hat that Carol Burnett wore as Scarlet O'Hara.

Made out of the drapery tassels.

[Wounded Bear]

19. She needs the whole ensemble...

[PA Democrat]

21. OMG. I had forgotten the curtain rods!

[tavernier]

23. That's it!

[uponit7771]

27. +1