by Pa Rock
Social Commentator
American hillbilly icons, the Donald Trump family, hit the big time last night when they were guests of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain at a state banquet in Buckingham Palace. Trump, his nudie-model wife Melania, and his four adult children - along with two of their spouses, broke fancy bread with a roomful of royals and other prominent Brits. Meanwhile the streets of London were in turmoil as hundreds of thousands marched and demonstrated to protest the Trump visit.
Pictures of Trump and his family entourage all dressed up in their going-to-the-palace finery were splashed across the internet this morning, along with comments comparing them to Midwestern prom-goers of decades past - and one wag who said the family photo looked like an advertisement for a community theatre's revival "Showboat!"
Noticeably absent from the affair were Prince Harry and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex. Trump had referred to the Duchess (a former American television actress named Megan Markle), as "nasty" in an interview with a British tabloid just days before the state visit.
Donald Trump, whose mouth routinely engages before his brain, also made news yesterday when he referred to Sidiq Khan, the Mayor of London, as "nasty" and "a stone cold loser." Trump has been involved in a long-term feud with Mayor Khan, and the mayor has labeled Trump as a poster boy for right-wing extremism. Sadiq Khan is the son of a Pakistani taxi driver - as well as a Muslim - and some ascribe Trump's intolerant attitude toward the Mayor of London as being rooted in racism and religious bigotry.
But all of that pettiness aside, last night was about Donald John Trump giving the Queen and her relatives the distinct privilege of meeting America's royalty. Last night America put its best foot forward - fungus, hangnails, warts, and all.
Social Commentator
American hillbilly icons, the Donald Trump family, hit the big time last night when they were guests of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain at a state banquet in Buckingham Palace. Trump, his nudie-model wife Melania, and his four adult children - along with two of their spouses, broke fancy bread with a roomful of royals and other prominent Brits. Meanwhile the streets of London were in turmoil as hundreds of thousands marched and demonstrated to protest the Trump visit.
Pictures of Trump and his family entourage all dressed up in their going-to-the-palace finery were splashed across the internet this morning, along with comments comparing them to Midwestern prom-goers of decades past - and one wag who said the family photo looked like an advertisement for a community theatre's revival "Showboat!"
Noticeably absent from the affair were Prince Harry and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex. Trump had referred to the Duchess (a former American television actress named Megan Markle), as "nasty" in an interview with a British tabloid just days before the state visit.
Donald Trump, whose mouth routinely engages before his brain, also made news yesterday when he referred to Sidiq Khan, the Mayor of London, as "nasty" and "a stone cold loser." Trump has been involved in a long-term feud with Mayor Khan, and the mayor has labeled Trump as a poster boy for right-wing extremism. Sadiq Khan is the son of a Pakistani taxi driver - as well as a Muslim - and some ascribe Trump's intolerant attitude toward the Mayor of London as being rooted in racism and religious bigotry.
But all of that pettiness aside, last night was about Donald John Trump giving the Queen and her relatives the distinct privilege of meeting America's royalty. Last night America put its best foot forward - fungus, hangnails, warts, and all.
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