Trump falsely claims Queen reviewed honor guard for first time in 70 years

[DesertRat]

Source: CNN

US President Donald Trump has wrongly claimed that Britain's Queen Elizabeth II reviewed her honor guard for the first time in 70 years during his visit to the United Kingdom last week.

Trump made the claim Tuesday as he read from a prepared statement at the White House in an attempt to rebuff fierce criticism over his comments at a news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, a day earlier.

"We met with the Queen, who is absolutely a terrific person, where she reviewed her honor guard for the first time in 70 years, they tell me," Trump said, without specifying who "they" were.

The Queen -- who has been on the throne for 66 years, not 70 -- regularly reviews a guard of honor from the Household Division.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/18/uk/trump-queen-honor-guard-intl/index.html

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Is there anything he won't lie about?!

[hlthe2b]

1. He lied that his Father was "born in Germany" (he was born in NYC)-- BIRTHER conspiracy, indeed

Last edited Wed Jul 18, 2018, 01:05 PM - Edit history (1)

[keithbvadu2]

3. Trump family also falsely claimed to be Swedish

Trump Mocks Warren’s Native American Heritage Claim, But Falsely Claimed His Family Was Swedish

https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/trump-mocks-warrens-native-american-heritage-claim-but-false?utm_term=.hrN5grRZ6#.nn8b1XG0m


http://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/26/nyregion/fred-c-trump-postwar-master-builder-of-housing-for-middle-class-dies-at-93.html

Donald needs to start using his REAL last name, Drumpf.

[DownriverDem]

31. Lying Liar

trump is a person who lies all the time. he wouldn't know the truth if it bit him in the you know what.

[mpcamb]

38. He was lying just to stay in practice.

[George II]

39. His grandfather was from Bavaria. Came to North America when he was 16, then in his late 20s.....

....went back to Bavaria to live. But he dodged his mandatory military service so was deported back to the US.

"They don't send us their best people!"

[hlthe2b]

40. Yes... but he said HIS FATHER was born in Germany. Yes, I'm aware his Grandfather was German

His father was born in NYC.


Trump keeps saying his father was born in Germany – he wasn't
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/17/trump-keeps-saying-his-father-was-born-in-germany-he-wasnt

[area51]

43. This could be evidence of Trump's dementia,

confusing where his grandfather was born with where his father was born.

[keithbvadu2]

2. Didn't Donald previously whine about the anonymous "they" who talk about him?

[packman]

14. "They" are the legion, the multitudes of voices in his head

[FakeNoose]

26. All this time, I thought it was his little Tweetie birds

[Botany]

4. May 24, 2011

https://3chicspolitico.com/2011/05/24/photos-president-obama-receives-guard-of-honor-at-buckingham-palace/an-honor-guard-passes-queen-elizabeth-u-s-president-obama-prince-charles-and-prince-philip-at-buckingham-palace/

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Here is the pic that in Drumpf/Faux world didn't happen

[Botany]

6. Gee, has Trump heard about "The Changing of the Guard" @ Buckingham Castle?

Liar or batshit crazy.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. I have even seen that

when I was there back in 1970. The standard exhortation to tourists was to be sure to look up at the window to see if Queen Elizabeth II was peeping out while it happened.

[Botany]

11. My brother and S.I.L. worked @ a space science lab in Surrey, England in the 1980s .....

.... the Queen "popped in" for a visit and she travels with an honor guard of motorcycle
troops and not only do they provide security they also act as an honor guard to the
royal family too.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. Exactly!

It's like the Swiss Guard.



They are all trained.

Heck, we have our own "changing of the guard" too when these guys go off shift -

[olegramps]

25. I wish every American could watch the Changing of the Guard at the Tome of the Unknown Soldier.

It is a very special moment that makes you intensely appreciative of the freedoms that were won by the blood of those who laid down their life for so we could be free. It also reinforces that the freedom to chose our form of government is reinforced at the ballot box which so many forsake.

[BumRushDaShow]

27. I don't know how I stumbled on it but I think I was on CSPAN

and they showed it. It was truly riveting. And those guys do this year-round, no matter what the weather, 24 hours a day.

[riverbendviewgal]

9. I saw the changing of the guard in 2012

In Windsor castle. It was very nice.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. The changing of the guard isn't the same as the Queen's reviewing of the guard;

nevertheless, both things happen on a regular basis.

[Botany]

15. Yes, but I think the Beef-eaters who do the changing of the guard are part of the Queen's ....

... household honor guard. Although they also do security work too along with their
ceremonial work.

[VMA131Marine]

36. Beefeaters, or Yeoman Warders, are the guardians of the Tower of London

Although it's more of a ceremonial role these days:



Your image shows the Household Cavalry Life Guards



The Queen's Guard, who wear the tall bearskin hat, are drawn from regular infantry and serve as the guardians of Buckingham Palace, St James' Palace and other locations where the monarch might be in residence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Guard

[luvtheGWN]

7. Please, please, someone

Post that on Twitter!

[BumRushDaShow]

13. Not a twitter user (although will read tweets) but

I expect it is out there somewhere.

It seems the Drumpsters are in big-time defense mode at the moment with this latest ridiculous comment, let alone everything else. I noticed a bunch of them attacking CNN's report of it claiming "no one cares". It's like them showing up at a wedding stinking drunk, disheveled and looking like shit, and then exclaiming that "no one cares".

[Kind of Blue]

10. Well, the Obamas were there in 2011 so it didn't happen.

[Grins]

17. "US President Donald Trump has wrongly claimed..." C'mon CNN.

US President Donald Trump has wrongly claimed..." C'mon, CNN. We're way past time. Do it right. Here:

"US President Donald Trump has, once again, lied...."

Jebus.

[DesertRat]

20. Exactly right. The word is LIED!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. Lying presupposes speaker/writer knows the truth. tRump rarely has the brains or knowledge. . nt

[muriel_volestrangler]

18. It was probably something like "has been inspecting honour guards for 70 years"

Since she will have probably done that since she was about 21. Here's one in 1951, for instance: https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA9T88BACII60QY393Q0PVKNN62-PRINCESS-INSPECTS-PORTSMOUTH-MEMORIAL/query/inspect

Got it! If you change "has" to "hasn't" in this reply title, you get what Donnie claims!

This is going to make things so much clearer now ...

[left-of-center2012]

19. First time the Queen drank tea

Trump encouraged her to try it.

[MrModerate]

21. Just another witless Trumpian brain fart. n/t

[heaven05]

22. answer to last line...no nt

[PSPS]

23. I guess the style book says, "When trump lies, use 'falsely claims' to avoid tantrum tweets."

[Sneederbunk]

28. Sets his own perjury trap.

[hibbing]

29. It's not a lie if you believe it - George Costanza

[3catwoman3]

30. Oh, for crissakes. She does this...

...all the time. He's not only a liar, he not even a good liar.

[niyad]

32. even if his claim were true, so what? their country, their rules.

[DesertRat]

42. He's implying that she did something special just for him

[niyad]

45. I know. he made the usual fool of himself, too.

an I am sure it did not occur to him that many were hoping maybe a horse would run him over. and, oh look, he didn't get the gilded carriage ride.

[Sophia4]

33. He cannot be trusted. His language skills are not well enough developed to tell the

truth, and he is dishonest anyway.

[Javaman]

34. trying to spin the un-spinable disaster of a visit. nt

[defacto7]

35. There are no words left to express how stupid this man is.

[Gothmog]

37. Trump is an idiot

[KatyaR]

41. Asshat. I watched it on TV.

Trooping of The Colours - June 9, 2018

[BHDem53]

44. He also claimed

that vegetarians can't become Beefeaters.