If the yank yanks the Queen’s hand with one of his hands while he tries to grab her pussy with his other hand, there will be war.
A White House spokesperson denies that they asked for use of the carriage (and honestly, even for Donald, using it would be way too tone deaf). The spokesperson said, “We have not even begun working on details for this trip.”
A state visit in October would be about six months from now, and from what I understand, it’s not too early for such planning to begin.
Nah, he already was. This is just a predictable consequence of that.
Anyway, they should just have Disney ship this over and let him take his chances. It’s not like he’d be able to tell the difference.
Who are you gonna believe, White House spokespersons which include Bullshit Spice and Kelly Ann “Alternative Facts” Conway or British security forces?
The Queen has hosted quite a few controversial figures for political reasons - it’s her job, and she doesn’t get to choose. Emperor Hirohito’s visit was not universally welcomed, but was necessary, I think.
Having said that, what the fuck was our PM doing inviting the bouffant buffoon on a State Visit two minutes after his inauguration? No other US President has had one so quickly. Oh, right, Brexit desperation.
<eyes suspiciously> Are we saying the same thing? I’m thinking that Versailles makes Trump Tower (behind the scenes or in the scenes) look like a meth user’s trailer.
Just pointing out that Trump Tower is closer to a meth user’s trailer than most people would suspect.
Have you seen his apartment at Trump Towers? It’s like a cheap whorehouse version of Versailles. Only not as classy.
I wonder if the Cambridges will have to cancel at the last minute because they can’t find a sitter.
Thank you!!!
…of course, now I’m left to wonder how to start a ‘Kickstarter’ account intended to bribe the Queen’s Groom to feed The Royal Carriage Horses chili before Queen Drumpf lands in Heathrow.
PS- Arranging to have a team of horses fart repeatedly in Der Drumpfen Frump’s Face isn’t classified as ‘biological warfare’ is it…?
Its the apartment Auric Goldfinger would have had if he got away with it.
Don’t even make such remarks in jest. Rolls-Royce Phantom III, Lockheed JetStar, mint juleps; say what you want about the whole blowing-up-Fort-Knox thing, but the man had style.
Well, Versailles itself was really an expensive whorehouse, so… 
It’s natural he should want to ride in the coach with her. He has so many things he wants to tell her such as what a great, great woman she is, and how it’s great, really great to be seeing her and how the UK is great, really great. I assure you the Queen will be riveted during the entire ride. Either that or it will be the longest ride of her life. 
That’s an example of a news report that actually seems to have most of the relevant facts and yet puts them together in the wrong way.
What Trump is due to get is a full state visit. Those follow a fixed pattern, mainly to ensure that no particular head of state is treated better than the others. They almost invariably include a ride through London or Windsor with the Queen in a carriage. So this won’t have been a case of Trump specially asking for such a ride.
The nuance is that, as the report sort-of mentions, recent US Presidents have instead used their own car. But that’s because they have considered a carriage to be too much of a security risk. Even although the Queen happily uses one in public several times a year. The further nuance is that for state visits it is usually an open carriage. Now, when was the last time a US President rode along a public street in an open vehicle? So one suspects that what the White House have done is suggest instead that a closed carriage be used. Which, as it happens, is what was done for President Xi in 2015.
So there are two ways of spinning this. Either Trump is prepared to follow tradition in a way that his lily-livered predecessors, such as Obama or Bush, weren’t. Or he is so awestruck by the idea of riding in a fairy-tale coach that he is prepared to put himself - and the Queen - in danger.
There have been various other press rumours in the UK about Trump’s demands, some of which may even be true. Perhaps the most ridiculous was that he allegedly wants to play a round of golf with the Queen at his (very controversial) golf resort outside Aberdeen. Because that would be a fun day out for a non-golf-playing nonagenarian. In any case, isn’t that what Prince Andrew is for?
Some Brits strongly oppose the visit. I, on the other hand, strongly support it. Let’s be honest, its potential for shit and giggles is just so enormous. Trump is bound to make a fool of himself and yet the Queen will doubtless handle whatever he does with perfect good manners. What’s not to like?
I would offer one suggestion to Her Majesty. I do hope that she borrows Renoir’s La Loge from the Courtauld and hangs it in the apartment she provides for them. You know, to make Melania feel at home.
APB:. Impressive! Do you think she ordered a framed poster from art.com? That must have set them back a couple hundred bucks…
I think closed carriages are the recent norm for state visits anyways. I’m looking through pictures, and it looks like the last head of state who got an open carriage was Vladimir Putin in June 2003.
He’s ideal. He’s the closest thing the royals have to a specialist in Trumpology. Connections to ex-soviet oligarchs, friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, shady property deals, teetotal, etc. And while he’s not so much into crass television appearances, he has an ex-wife who can help with that.
Ooooft, well played APB.
US presidents stopped riding in open cars after Kennedy for obvious reasons. Of course they take short walks during the inauguration parade.
When Obama was on the Tonight show for the first time as president they looked into driving the limo onto the stage but they were afraid it was so heavy the stage might not have been able to support the weight.
The Brits, overall, would like to see Thrump in a tumbrel.