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Trump Scotland visit dredges up U.K. controversies (vomitus maximus ALERT)
CNN ^ | June 23, 2016 | Jeremy Diamond

Posted on 06/23/2016 11:24:19 AM PDT by nikos1121

Donald Trump leaves for Scotland Thursday, briefly escaping his turbulent presidential campaign to attend the official opening of a remodeled golf resort bearing his name. The foreign trip, Trump's first as the presumptive Republican nominee, will bear none of the traditional marks of the ritualistic campaign voyage abroad that White House hopefuls have embarked on in recent years. Trump is not slated to meet with any foreign leaders or visit historical sites but instead attend to his multibillion-dollar business interests. The trip -- an unconventional venture emblematic of the real estate mogul's campaign -- comes on the heels of the most unforgiving weeks of Trump's bid. He faces amped up pressure to abandon his freewheeling ways in favor of the more restrained demeanor typically espoused by a major party nominee. But rather than a chance to change the political narrative, Scotland may well serve as a potent reminder of the ruthless and eccentric tactics that catapulted Trump to the heights of the business world and helped him clinch the GOP nod -- and earned him rebuke from global leaders.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 2016election; borisjohnson; brexit; brixit; churchill; election2016; europeanunion; germany; kenyan; kenyanbornmuzzie; london; nato; newyork; nigelfarage; obama; ohio; scotland; scotlandyet; sirwinstonchurcill; trump; trumpinscotland; trumpvisit; ukip; unitedkingdom; winstonchurchill

1 posted on 06/23/2016 11:24:20 AM PDT by nikos1121
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Mexican flags are flying in Scotland , LOL


2 posted on 06/23/2016 11:25:23 AM PDT by butlerweave
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".... in favor of the more restrained demeanor typically espoused by a major party Republican Surrender Monkey nominee."
3 posted on 06/23/2016 11:32:54 AM PDT by LibFreeUSA
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This bears no relationship to what has been going on this past week. Is the judge mentioned, lol?


4 posted on 06/23/2016 11:36:29 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
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5 posted on 06/23/2016 11:43:15 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: miss marmelstein

Usual dregs from CNN.


6 posted on 06/23/2016 11:43:16 AM PDT by Lent
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To: nikos1121

What a load of carp.


7 posted on 06/23/2016 11:49:03 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (JFK Wanted To Send Man To Moon - Obama Wants To Send Man To Ladies Room)
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To: butlerweave

I posted this thread with like only one or two keywords... and then where did these all come from? Boris Johnson? who’s he?


8 posted on 06/23/2016 12:20:05 PM PDT by nikos1121 (The Golden Age of Pericles is about to begin again... in America)
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** Boris Johnson. Who’s he? **

Former Mayor of London trying to lead the UK out of the EU.

BREXIT, which Trump favors, btw.


9 posted on 06/23/2016 12:40:08 PM PDT by sockmonkey (Donald Trump will ban auto-correct with an Executive Order. Go Trump!)
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I’ve been eating scones for two days in support of BREXIT.


10 posted on 06/23/2016 12:41:58 PM PDT by sockmonkey (Donald Trump will ban auto-correct with an Executive Order. Go Trump!)
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President TRUMP will save Americans taxpayer booko $$$$$ because he and his staff would probably stay in his own hotels and resorts for security purposes.


11 posted on 06/23/2016 12:46:17 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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I’m sure Trump will be asked about Brexit, especially since he supported it and it looks like it may go down to a narrow defeat. But I’m surprised that Trump didn’t take advantage of the trip to meet with Cameron or Netenyahu or some other foreign leader.


12 posted on 06/23/2016 4:32:58 PM PDT by Lower Deck
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He may meet with some of them secretly (like Putin).


13 posted on 06/23/2016 6:53:58 PM PDT by WVNan
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He may meet with some of them secretly (like Putin).

Why meet in secret? For someone who Hillary is trying to paint as completely uninformed on foreign affairs it would help to be publicly seen with foreign leaders and speaking with them on equal terms. Secret meetings implies that the leaders don't want to be seen meeting with him.

14 posted on 06/24/2016 3:30:13 AM PDT by Lower Deck
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> BREXIT, which Trump favors, btw.

And yet the Scots voted REMAIN

15 posted on 06/24/2016 9:01:14 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools - Solon, Lawmaker of Athens)
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