Donald Trump News: Trump Fails During UK Visit: Feeling ‘Unwelcomed’ in London, Queen Is ‘Tremendous Woman’ + 5 More
US President Donald Trump and FLOTUS Melania arrived for a controversial two-day visit to the United Kingdom on Thursday.
Nexter.org gathered all of the headlines-making things Trump said or did during the visit as well as the main highlights you should know as for today.
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Melania reaching for hand
As you remember, Donald Trump and Melania Trump have a complicated history with hand-to-hand contact, but the couple has shared yet another surprising public display of affection.
As the Trumps descended the steps of Air Force One at Stansted Airport in the U.K. on Thursday, the first lady seemingly reached for the president’s hand.
Source: Leon Neal/Getty
Smirking at his wife’s welcoming gesture, Trump at first seemed to keep his hand by his side.
By the time the two hit the pavement, they found their connected stride, holding hands and matching steps.
Source: AP
Trump says he feels ‘unwelcomed’ in London
Trump blasted London Mayor Sadiq Khan as soft on terrorism and regretted that he’s been made to feel “unwelcomed” in the British capital on Thursday.
Source: Getty Images
“Take a look at the terrorism that is taking place. Look at what is going on in London. I think he (Khan) has done a very bad job on terrorism,” Trump told The Sun newspaper.
“I think he has done a bad job on crime, if you look, all of the horrible things going on there, with all of the crime that is being brought in.”
London endured four terrorists attacks in 2017.
20-foot “Trump Baby” blimp
The president revealed that he knows about the mocking 20-foot “Trump Baby” blimp that flew over Parliament Square on Thursday.
Source: Kirsty O’Connor/PA Images
“I guess when they put out blimps to make me feel unwelcome, no reason for me to go to London,” Trump said.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan gave the green light for the orange balloon depicting a sneering Trump wearing a diaper and holding a cellphone to hover near Parliament when the president arrives.
Khan, who has been a persistent critic of the president, approved the request after thousands of people signed a crowdfunding campaign that raised more than $18,000 for the “Trump baby” zeppelin.
#Trump baby balloon slowly rises over Parliament Square, to cheers from the crowd below pic.twitter.com/yld6yUj7C1
— Eliza Mackintosh (@elizamackintosh) July 13, 2018
Giant crop circle
The crop circle on Moat Farm in Stoke Mandeville says “блядь” in Russian, with “Trump” directly beneath it. The Russian word directly translates to “whore.” It’s also used as an exclamation, much like shit and damn.
In this context, it probably translates to “Fuck Trump,” possibly a jab at the president’s chumminess toward Russian president Vladimir Putin. The circle is directly under Trump’s flight path from London to Chequers, where Trump will visit Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday.
Trump criticized May
Trump spoke with a major British tabloid where he differed with British Prime Minister Theresa May on her approach to Brexit.
“I told her how to do it. That will be up to her to say. But I told her how to do it. She wanted to go a different route,” Trump said, according to audio of an interview posted by The Sun.
Source: BuzzFeed
Trump said May “didn’t listen” to his views on how she should negotiate the UK’s exit from the European Union, but said that was “fine.”
“She should negotiate the best way she knows how, but it’s too bad what’s going on,” Trump said.
Trump loves Queen Elizabeth II
Ahead of his scheduled meeting with the monarch on Friday, he described the Queen as a “tremendous woman,” praising her ability to avoid embarrassing mistakes.
“She is a tremendous woman, I really look forward to meeting her, I think she represents her country so well. If you think of it for so many years she’s represented her country, she’s really never made a mistake. You don’t see, like, anything embarrassing. She’s just an incredible woman. My wife is a tremendous fan of hers,” Trump said.
Source: AP
“(Queen Elizabeth has) a great and beautiful grace about her. No, I look forward (to meeting her). My mother loved the Queen. My mother coming from Scotland, and she’d come back every year religiously, go to Scotland.
“My mother loved the Queen. She thought the Queen was tremendous. Any time the Queen was on television my mother wanted to watch it.”
President and Melania attended Blenheim Palace banquet
The President and first lady have landed at Blenheim Palace for a formal dinner hosted by Prime Minister Theresa May. But first, they received a ceremonial welcome by the British Army.
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump have arrived at Blenheim Palace for a formal dinner hosted by Prime Minister Theresa May. The State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry Band is performing for them. pic.twitter.com/T3YJMMS8nh
— Veronica Rocha (@VeronicaRochaLA) July 12, 2018
In a statement, the Army said the State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry Band performed a “specially composed fanfare.” The bands of the Scots, Irish and Welsh guards put on “a sunset ceremony of music and drill,” the Army said.
Melania Trump is wearing a canary yellow J. Mendel dress to Thursday’s formal dinner at Blenheim Palace.
Source: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
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