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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWilliam, Harry and Kate Deny Trump What He Wanted Most: a Photo Op
Prince Harry and his brother Prince William have successfully denied Donald Trump the opportunity of appearing in a photo with either of them or their glamorous and popular wives during his state visit to the U.K., which would have been invaluable PR for his 2020 re-election campaign, after the president used the word nasty while discussing Harrys wife, Meghan Markle.
Trump subsequently attempted to deny having said Meghan herself was nasty, despite being clearly heard using the word on a recording, suggesting instead that he was describing what she said about moving to Canada if he got elected as a nasty comment.
Prince Harry is thought to have been angered by the undiplomatic remarks, made to a reporter from The Sun newspaper, and although he did not pull out of a scheduled private luncheon with Trump and his family on Monday, he had a face like thunder when he was pictured shortly afterward processing into a specially curated exhibition of American artifacts from the Royal Collection.
Trumps cold-shouldering by William and Kate is arguably a more provocative move on the part of the young royals.
As second in line to the throne, it could be argued that William and his wife do have a responsibility to greet Trump one-on-one in front of the cameras, but so far they have studiously avoided doing so.
At last nights state banquet, they were both seated several places away from Trump, in what was clearly a deliberate (and successful) attempt to restrict the presidents ability to harness the popularity of the young royals.
Link to tweet
https://www.thedailybeast.com/william-harry-and-kate-deny-trump-what-he-wanted-most-a-photo-op?source=TDB&via=FB_Page&fbclid=IwAR0MASkuauQQpcdp_Ul5mYi5vK-v3Oa8zXrkvfGFi9vk8-vV_ea5ffoMqC4
madaboutharry
(40,220 posts)I didnt want to come but my grandma made me.
Beringia
(4,316 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)The Royals would never do something like that. The uproar would be global! Better to snub him and his spawn a little. This was a major state visit. Were supposed to be close allies.
Harry restrained himself admirably.
RoadMan
(48 posts)versus lardass draft dodger: who wins in a fistfight?
Wouldn't ever happen, but what a sight that would be!
Cirque du So-What
(25,975 posts)It doesn't take much to surpass tRump.
George II
(67,782 posts)PJMcK
(22,048 posts)JI7
(89,264 posts)sacto95834
(393 posts)Duchess Kate may be many things, but middle class she is not; nor has she ever been.
JI7
(89,264 posts)Hekate
(90,793 posts)IIRC Kate Middleton's parents are very successful in business, and are not part of the old nobility-structure, and she's just another member of the Royal Family now.
No, the problem with Trump and his spawn is that they are pigs and boors wherever they go, with a smug sense of absolute entitlement that is nauseating. And their supposed fortune is Fake News.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)Hmmmm?
Why aren't the AMERICAN artifacts in an American museum?
applegrove
(118,778 posts)artifacts he could buy and put them in a museum in Calgary back in the 60s and 70s. That is how we got some of our old stuff back. That was well before nations started to demand return of their national artifacts for free.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)Hestia
(3,818 posts)to be there.
applegrove
(118,778 posts)TeamPooka
(24,254 posts)every museum in the country....
Play the xenophobia artifact card elsewhere.
Mme. Defarge
(8,042 posts)by challenging Mr. Trump to a duel.
Volaris
(10,274 posts)mrs_p
(3,014 posts)Dem2theMax
(9,653 posts)As in, Harry challenging drumpf to a 100-yard dash. We all know what the outcome would have been. Cholesterol Saves the World!
47of74
(18,470 posts)volstork
(5,403 posts)George Costanza and his hoveround...
cab67
(3,007 posts)The British are highly skilled at constructing sophisticated yet deeply-cutting insults. Trump is basically limited to two or three derogatory words.
Mme. Defarge
(8,042 posts)"Winston, if you were my husband, I'd put poison in your coffee."
Winston Churchill:
"Nancy, if you were my wife, I'd drink it."
Volaris
(10,274 posts)I think the last leader of Britian who had that particular look on their face....was looking at William Wallace.
That's some MEDIEVAL LEVEL side-eye, right there, boy...
calimary
(81,466 posts)True Blue American
(17,988 posts)The Trumps as, Gawking Tourists trying to dress like Royalty.
Pundit on TV said looked like a family vacation because they knew they will never get that chance again.
Harker
(14,034 posts)3catwoman3
(24,041 posts)...inability to be gracious and civil will not be forgiven or forgotten.
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)Ivanka, Tiffany, jr and Eric have to meet the Royals. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for trump to force his brats on them when they probably were not invited. Ivanka and Kushner may have had an excuse to be there, but the other three did not.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)The spawn were NOT invited.
Harker
(14,034 posts)like himself, assume the port of Mars.
More_Cowbell
(2,191 posts)Perfect
Harker
(14,034 posts)for the past week... just for the hell of it.
Aristus
(66,462 posts)In other words, don't mess with Harry!
Harker
(14,034 posts)there will he rake for it.
Aussie105
(5,434 posts)when he got off the plane, and no photo ops?
Subtle! Real British, subtle snubs!
Trump will take a while to realise, and he will be miffed! Twitter rage when he gets back home!
Got to wonder. If you are so sensitive, why dish abuse out and provoke a response?
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)Cheering the British!
I love it! They have a special style and class we have lost.
SeaDoo
(10 posts)murielm99
(30,761 posts)He hates it when we laugh at him. Let's keep laughing.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)Completely wrong. The too-low hanging vest only advertised his girth. The whole ensemble was ill-fitting, too. FFS, Savile Row is right there; the least he could have done was go find a tailor.
That photo of him in that get-up is a gut laugh. You can put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig.