"How do you think Britain in the 19th Century would have looked if you were Siam, or Burma, or China, or the Afrikana settler's in South Africa, or indeed (in the preceding century) the North American colonies? Crude, brutal, perfidious and culturally insensitive, big, greedy, power hungry oafs. Now the tables have been turned and the viewpoints reversed. And we don't like it up us, do we?
Matthew Parris in 'Trumps Tells us Truths we don't want to hear"
Historically accurate but funny at the same time, we are getting back some of our own medicine under this new 'wild card' Trump. I do love the British sense of humour and the barbs that go with it. As I watched thousands express their disdain of Trump, I wondered if it will flow into his psyche, alter his conscious, or will he treat it with contempt and cries of 'false news'.
I take one more paragraph from Parris, the first.....
"Kissing Theresa May better after roughing her up was neither contrition nor revision. Donald Trump played soft cop to his hard cop. It was that stomach-punch that was indicative......exquisite torture a cat playing with a mouse"
Now if it would have been me, not Theresa, I would have slammed back at him for his boorish behaviour and manipulative ways, I might even have ordered him out of the country, she has a right to do so, though rather extreme! Fawning is the word that comes to mind, how can we trust any politician?
The Real Story, BBC World Service - Does Protest Still Work? 53 minutes.
The Real Story, BBC World Service - Does Protest Still Work? 53 minutes.
Perhaps she is different with him away from the camera. I loved John Cleese's response to President Trump on Twitter. Myself...I think he should be given his special balloon as a memento of his trip.
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It seems a strange relationship, I think Trump can't get on with women who are intellectually superior to him;)
DeleteI don’t know how Theresa May got through those days with Trump. When it was over, she either had to bang her head against the wall or down a bottle or two of Scotch. Then he left your lovely queen wait 15 minutes for him. I doubt if he would do that to Putin. There are no words to describe that creature.
ReplyDeleteTheresa May has been a politician for a long time, sadly she is fighting for her own position in the Conservative party and that is what dictates her behaviour. As for the Queen, she does her duty, politeness and courtesy are a trademark....
DeleteIn any to your last question Thelma - we can't,
ReplyDeleteExcept demonstrate and protest on the streets, whether this helps i do not know.
DeleteI promise you that most Americans are horribly embarrassed by Trump. He is just awful, and worse, possibly dangerous. Apologies to you all.
ReplyDeleteThere is no need to apologise, we all agree on that, hopefully he can be got rid of soon. X
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