Trump falsely claims Queen reviewed honor guard for first time in 70 years
Source: CNN
US President Donald Trump has wrongly claimed that Britain's Queen Elizabeth II reviewed her honor guard for the first time in 70 years during his visit to the United Kingdom last week.
Trump made the claim Tuesday as he read from a prepared statement at the White House in an attempt to rebuff fierce criticism over his comments at a news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, a day earlier.
"We met with the Queen, who is absolutely a terrific person, where she reviewed her honor guard for the first time in 70 years, they tell me," Trump said, without specifying who "they" were.
The Queen -- who has been on the throne for 66 years, not 70 -- regularly reviews a guard of honor from the Household Division.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/18/uk/trump-queen-honor-guard-intl/index.html
Is there anything he won't lie about?!
hlthe2b
(102,381 posts)Last edited Wed Jul 18, 2018, 01:05 PM - Edit history (1)
keithbvadu2
(36,937 posts)Trump Mocks Warrens Native American Heritage Claim, But Falsely Claimed His Family Was Swedish
https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/trump-mocks-warrens-native-american-heritage-claim-but-false?utm_term=.hrN5grRZ6#.nn8b1XG0m
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/26/nyregion/fred-c-trump-postwar-master-builder-of-housing-for-middle-class-dies-at-93.html
Donald needs to start using his REAL last name, Drumpf.
DownriverDem
(6,232 posts)trump is a person who lies all the time. he wouldn't know the truth if it bit him in the you know what.
mpcamb
(2,878 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)....went back to Bavaria to live. But he dodged his mandatory military service so was deported back to the US.
"They don't send us their best people!"
hlthe2b
(102,381 posts)His father was born in NYC.
Trump keeps saying his father was born in Germany he wasn't
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/17/trump-keeps-saying-his-father-was-born-in-germany-he-wasnt
area51
(11,923 posts)confusing where his grandfather was born with where his father was born.
keithbvadu2
(36,937 posts)packman
(16,296 posts)FakeNoose
(32,777 posts)Botany
(70,589 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,554 posts)Botany
(70,589 posts)Liar or batshit crazy.
BumRushDaShow
(129,554 posts)when I was there back in 1970. The standard exhortation to tourists was to be sure to look up at the window to see if Queen Elizabeth II was peeping out while it happened.
Botany
(70,589 posts).... the Queen "popped in" for a visit and she travels with an honor guard of motorcycle
troops and not only do they provide security they also act as an honor guard to the
royal family too.
BumRushDaShow
(129,554 posts)It's like the Swiss Guard.
They are all trained.
Heck, we have our own "changing of the guard" too when these guys go off shift -
olegramps
(8,200 posts)It is a very special moment that makes you intensely appreciative of the freedoms that were won by the blood of those who laid down their life for so we could be free. It also reinforces that the freedom to chose our form of government is reinforced at the ballot box which so many forsake.
BumRushDaShow
(129,554 posts)and they showed it. It was truly riveting. And those guys do this year-round, no matter what the weather, 24 hours a day.
riverbendviewgal
(4,254 posts)In Windsor castle. It was very nice.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,869 posts)nevertheless, both things happen on a regular basis.
Botany
(70,589 posts)... household honor guard. Although they also do security work too along with their
ceremonial work.
VMA131Marine
(4,149 posts)Although it's more of a ceremonial role these days:
Your image shows the Household Cavalry Life Guards
The Queen's Guard, who wear the tall bearskin hat, are drawn from regular infantry and serve as the guardians of Buckingham Palace, St James' Palace and other locations where the monarch might be in residence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Guard
luvtheGWN
(1,336 posts)Post that on Twitter!
BumRushDaShow
(129,554 posts)I expect it is out there somewhere.
It seems the Drumpsters are in big-time defense mode at the moment with this latest ridiculous comment, let alone everything else. I noticed a bunch of them attacking CNN's report of it claiming "no one cares". It's like them showing up at a wedding stinking drunk, disheveled and looking like shit, and then exclaiming that "no one cares".
Kind of Blue
(8,709 posts)Grins
(7,234 posts)US President Donald Trump has wrongly claimed..." C'mon, CNN. We're way past time. Do it right. Here:
"US President Donald Trump has, once again, lied...."
Jebus.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,045 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,377 posts)Since she will have probably done that since she was about 21. Here's one in 1951, for instance: https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA9T88BACII60QY393Q0PVKNN62-PRINCESS-INSPECTS-PORTSMOUTH-MEMORIAL/query/inspect
Got it! If you change "has" to "hasn't" in this reply title, you get what Donnie claims!
This is going to make things so much clearer now ...
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Trump encouraged her to try it.
MrModerate
(9,753 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)PSPS
(13,618 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,308 posts)hibbing
(10,109 posts)3catwoman3
(24,054 posts)...all the time. He's not only a liar, he not even a good liar.
niyad
(113,587 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)niyad
(113,587 posts)an I am sure it did not occur to him that many were hoping maybe a horse would run him over. and, oh look, he didn't get the gilded carriage ride.
Sophia4
(3,515 posts)truth, and he is dishonest anyway.
Javaman
(62,534 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)Gothmog
(145,619 posts)KatyaR
(3,445 posts)Trooping of The Colours - June 9, 2018
BHDem53
(1,061 posts)that vegetarians can't become Beefeaters.