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Zorro

(15,740 posts)
Sun Dec 1, 2019, 01:04 PM Dec 2019

Trump isn't running in Britain's election. That hasn't stopped him from getting in the middle.

Donald Trump just can’t seem to stay away from British politics. He’s fired off comments on topics including Brexit, his low opinion of a British ambassador, and how his Trump-branded golf course in Scotland “furthers U.K. relations.”

So there’s little surprise that the American president is playing an outsize role in Britain’s upcoming elections — for good or bad, depending.

In Britain, more than any other country aside from the United States, Trump has sought to bolster his political allies and trash his detractors.

In so doing, he has blithely crossed traditional red lines. In late October, Trump phoned in to a talk radio show hosted by a friend, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage, to dump on leftist Labour Party head Jeremy Corbyn.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/trump-isnt-running-in-britains-election-that-hasnt-stopped-him-from-getting-in-the-middle/2019/11/29/d4973fee-0bb4-11ea-8054-289aef6e38a3_story.html

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Trump isn't running in Britain's election. That hasn't stopped him from getting in the middle. (Original Post) Zorro Dec 2019 OP
Election, erection, he can't keep his tiny hands off either RainCaster Dec 2019 #1
Trump himself is the red line! at140 Dec 2019 #2
The Russians helped him Turbineguy Dec 2019 #3
he should hold rallies in London, for Johnson Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #4
Yes, by all means Donald, please insert your fecal touch into the British elections. tanyev Dec 2019 #5

at140

(6,110 posts)
2. Trump himself is the red line!
Sun Dec 1, 2019, 01:10 PM
Dec 2019

And he has crossed so many red lines already, all you see is red now-a-days.

Turbineguy

(37,331 posts)
3. The Russians helped him
Sun Dec 1, 2019, 01:13 PM
Dec 2019

it makes perfect sense that he should help Boris.

Which is a Russian name so it comes full circle.

tanyev

(42,559 posts)
5. Yes, by all means Donald, please insert your fecal touch into the British elections.
Sun Dec 1, 2019, 01:35 PM
Dec 2019

That might be just the thing to get rid of Boris.

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