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Trump and the queen: The Press ridicules Trump for "Lack of Etiquette"
American Thinker ^ | 07/16/2018 | Russ McSwain

Posted on 07/16/2018 10:06:36 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

It remains interesting that much of the ridicule aimed at Trump involves things that liberals do as well.

Case in point from the Huffington Post:

The royal family adheres to a strict code of etiquette and behavior. So when the ever-boisterous President Donald Trump met with Queen Elizabeth II for tea at Windsor Castle on Friday, many expected him to serve up some awkward interactions.

Of course, Trump did not disappoint.

My goodness – Trump was rude to the queen?  Our leaders should respect the customs and protocols of other nations just as we expect them to respect ours.  What on earth did Trump do?

The president's critics on Twitter were quick to call him out for briefly walking in front of the queen, which is reportedly a social faux pas, during a ceremonial inspection of the Guard of Honor.

Reuters noted that Trump "halted abruptly" during the inspection, forcing Queen Elizabeth to walk around him.

As the sportscasters say, let's go to the tape.  Trump and the queen initially walked appropriately, but they weren't walking in a carpeted ballroom.  As they made a turn, for a brief moment, Trump was ahead of Her Majesty.  It is not clear that Trump caused the problem.  The queen is remarkably spry for her age, but she is 92. 

Trump stopped, which allowed the queen to retake the lead.  To say he forced the queen to walk around him is a remarkably biased way of putting it. 

This is not earth-shattering stuff, but the article then produces an endless stream of Twitter comments describing Trump's boorishness. 

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: brexit; england; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; queenelizabeth; smearmachine; theresamay; trump; unitedkingdom
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1 posted on 07/16/2018 10:06:36 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

The Press and Etiquette = Oxymoron


2 posted on 07/16/2018 10:08:16 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: SeekAndFind

My ggggrandfather gave them British redcoats a taste of some American Bunker Hill etiquette in 1775.


3 posted on 07/16/2018 10:10:17 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 ((((("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")))))))
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To: SeekAndFind
President Donald Trump met with Queen Elizabeth II for tea

Tea and crumpets.

4 posted on 07/16/2018 10:12:30 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: SeekAndFind

Why?

Did he giver her an iPod with all his speeches on it?...................


5 posted on 07/16/2018 10:13:29 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: MUDDOG

Refreshing to have a President who doesn’t bow and scrape before monarchs.


6 posted on 07/16/2018 10:13:34 AM PDT by littleharbour ("You take on the intel community they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you" C. Schumer)
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To: SeekAndFind

Remember when the mulatto homosexual blabbed some long toast to the queen during their national anthem..?

They were all silently standing so he thought it was out of deference to HIM.

WHAT AN IDIOT.


7 posted on 07/16/2018 10:13:58 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: Red Badger

Or return the bust of Winston Churchill?


8 posted on 07/16/2018 10:14:12 AM PDT by mrsmel (I wonÂ’t be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: littleharbour

And how!


9 posted on 07/16/2018 10:14:23 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: bunkerhill7

We fought Germans in 3 wars and won 3-0...............


10 posted on 07/16/2018 10:14:23 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Fake News, but not the press.


11 posted on 07/16/2018 10:14:38 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: SeekAndFind

Hmm, the press wasn’t this outraged when Michelle Obama put her arm around the Queen’s back, which is a major violation of protocol.


12 posted on 07/16/2018 10:15:15 AM PDT by TheCipher (To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean, premature Congressman. - Mark Twain)
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So the press think Trump was rude to the Queen?..
That means the press think the Queen should receive more respect than we the people... because the press has been treating our President and his voters with hordes of rude and disrespect. Their treatment of Trump, Melania and Baron.. also the other 2 sons... has been horrible.. unbelievable!

BUT they grant the Queen special treatment. Tell me who is more important to the United States!. .. yes, Trump!


13 posted on 07/16/2018 10:16:04 AM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: SeekAndFind

As opposed to Chewbaca, oops Mochelle putting his, oops her Paw, oops well toned Arm around the Queen.


14 posted on 07/16/2018 10:19:06 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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To: SeekAndFind

The press isn’t ridiculing anyone. Only the LIBERAL press is. And they’re nothing but stained toilet paper anyway.


15 posted on 07/16/2018 10:24:11 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: littleharbour

But, of course, the Trump-haters would have you believe he doesn’t bow and scrape before Monarchs because he thinks of himself as a Monarch, too!


16 posted on 07/16/2018 10:24:21 AM PDT by supremedoctrine
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To: SeekAndFind

Didn’t WE win the f**king war??


17 posted on 07/16/2018 10:27:58 AM PDT by montag813
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Oh, God! Looks like Our Donald might have created some kind of “microaggressions”! But I don’t think concepts like that hold as much sway in the UK as they do here, thanks to the Academics.


18 posted on 07/16/2018 10:28:54 AM PDT by supremedoctrine
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Tea and crumpets.
= = = = = = = = = = =

Tea and TRUMPETS.

He ‘had’ her for lunch.


19 posted on 07/16/2018 10:28:55 AM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)""If bacon kills you and smoking kills you, How come you smoke bacon to cure it?")
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh, God! Looks like Our Donald might have created some kind of “microaggressions”! But I don’t think concepts like that hold as much sway in the UK as they do here, thanks to the Academics.


20 posted on 07/16/2018 10:29:23 AM PDT by supremedoctrine
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