@Mamapolo2016 What's President Obama got to do with this conversation.
Trump's approval rating, for the most recent week (July 2-8), is 41%. This is not the majority of the people.
Coincidentally, President's Obama's approval rating, during his last week in office was 59%, with 37% disapproving, and 4% having no opinion.
As to the negative press 🤣🤣
It appears you never watched Fox News, Breitbart, and the entire alt-right, tea party, Facebook (brought to you by Russia), InfoWars, etc., and still a 59% approval ratings, but I guess negative press only works magically, when Trump is in office.
@bijouxbroussard I don't care much one way or the other about asterisks. I don't care much about President Trump. I don't care at all about clever debate. I'm old enough that none of this will affect me much longer one way or the other. It would be nice to live out my life in a country where we are all Americans. Doesn't look like that's doable, though.
One thing that's been brought up a lot is paid protestors.
If anyone can explain to me how to get paid by George Soros to attend a protest, please PM me because that'll really help cover travel expenses and I can probably make more protests that way. Maybe there's an app or something.
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I'm no fan of his but I'm a bit embarrassed of the uproar caused by his visit. We've had some awful people visit this country of ours with very little fuss made. If we are doing this for Trump we should have done the same for others. He won't give two hoots either. We need people to intelligently debate him and his followers not make a circus out of it.
There's a demonstration going on where he's having dinner tonight..did you see him getting off his plane, that pout makes me want to slap his face or give him a lemon to suck!😂
Given UK politics, I find it amusing that they're so intent on mocking ours...
First you ban guns, now it's knives... what's next? scissors and pencils? At the current rate, the UK will look like a scene from Braveheart... people running amok, clubbing and throwing spears at each other...
I am not a fan of Trump - at all. But, as a British citizen, don't you find it a bit odd that the BBC has SOOO many documentaries disparaging Trump on a weekly basis? It's a government run channel, right?
@lilteacup BBC i-player is like the BBC version of Netflix...basically everything broadcast over the last few years is available
1. Panorama Trump's Fortress America - broadcast 17 Jul 2017 2. Trump's Unlikely Fans - 3 Nov 2016 3. House of Common Trump Policing Urgent Question - 12 Jul 2018 part of a debate in Parliament 4. The Brit Who Tried to Kill Trump - 20 Jan 2017 5. HARDtalk Sebastian Gorka, Deputy Assistant to Trump - 1 Aug 2017 an interview on the news channel 6. Panorama Trump: is the President a Sex Pest? - 9 Jul 2018
Of all those only 1 programme and one news item broadcast in 2018
The point I am trying to make is BBCiPlayer does not have ANY other programs, in such abundance, at the ready for viewing, relating to ANY other leader, of ANY other country, OTHER THAN TRUMP.
It doesn't matter when they were first viewed -- People can still watch ALL these shows at any time.
I know how BBCiPlayer works. I have been watching it since it became available.
There are more programs about Trump than Brexit.
Again, I did not vote for the man. Just stating an observation.
It's clear for the world to see his Presidency is nothing more than something of a show. Story of the mans whole public persona ! Putting on a show !
But rightly or wrongly our government thinks this whole official visit makes him feel he has kudos he can use to enhance business here and support at home. And that, sad as it sounds, might improve life here at home in terms of jobs and trade. Even if it is short-term.
@Northwest I hear you. And I agree ! If he were here having kicked off a war in North Korea or Russia or Iraq as he wanted to I think protests would be perfectly valid ! But I don't see any advantage or potential change in his or the U.S. governments positions on anything foreign or domestic by demonstrating publicly that he's disliked because he can't or won't keep his mouth shut letting the world know his opinions when they clearly lack fact.
It gives you the opportunity to blow off some steam, following your soft Brexit from the world cup, and it also tells Trump how disillusioned he is, when he states that he brought respect back to the Presidency, and that everyone loves him.
I hear there is a plan for a mass noise demonstration outside the US embassy where he will spend the night, to keep him awake.. I hope he doesn't get into a bad mood and reach for his phone.😂
@redredred A fair vote yes. But sadly no one was actually told what they were voting for when they wanted out. A vote to stay was easy...the status quo remains. The vote to leave wasn't. Pro-Brexit voters voted for many different reason...not for all the same thing. There was no plan if there was a vote to leave. False promises (and proven lies) were made by the leave campaign, by people that actually in no position to keep them of follow them up. Many voted for one aspect, whether immigration, trade, human rights or even patriotism, but didn't consider how it would effect other aspects they approved of. It's not just a case of keeping pro-Brexit voters happy...there are the various factions within them to consider as well. Basically David Cameron run the vote as a sort of vote of confidence in him, and a way to keep his opponents quiet....he underestimated the vote, got cocky and lost.
America made damned sure it got paid well for every foreign war they entered.. They screwed up Vietnam for themselves of course. But the military hardware people made a killing out of the taxpayers and they then discovered a new income stream. So next time, do us a small favour and have your small wars on your own land, so you can clean up your own landmines and depleted uranium.@MichaelJT
I agree with ricosir, we have had Saudis here who treat women like sub humans, gays put to death, torture and God knows what else, and not seen to many protesting when they come
@Nyloncapes There were protests against the Saudis too. The point is we need both, not one or the other.
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@Burnley123 I agree if we protest one we should protest the other. However, Obama had some poor policies as well and we would roll the red carpet out for him. Before anyone says I do think Obama is a good man and Trump isn't.
@Burnley123 The Saudis visits are typically low key. Also, it's not like they don't own quite a few palaces, and high end London real estate. The UK, is the GCCC's playground.
I especially loved the Merkel Dead Cat, when it got too uncomfortable, and Trump cut in with "but what about Merkel....". He repeated his lie about "Germany getting 50%, 60%, and I heard maybe 70% of its energy needs from Russia", and the $B's going to Germany. May sort of nodded her head, and tried to steer the conversation away from Merkel.
