# Why does the UK hate Trump so much? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 6, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-uk-hate-trump-so-much/835138 "2019-06-06T19:25:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-uk-hate-trump-so-much/835138/61 "2019-06-12T13:49:29Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > The link won’t open on my work computer. What do they need? Do they need help with funding? Tell me what they need! They need a permit, so it comes down to whether the Park Service is sufficiently cowed/corrupted by the Swampy Trumpy to concoct some BS excuse (e.g. "it’s too dangerous to fly a helium balloon during the day when they’ll be setting off fireworks that night) to prevent them from hurting the Howling Yam’s delicate fee-fees. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-uk-hate-trump-so-much/835138/62 "2019-06-12T13:51:39Z")
Damn. I can’t help them with that, but I’ll wish them luck. ---
**Author:** ![Annoying\_Buzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Annoying\_Buzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annoying_Buzz)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-uk-hate-trump-so-much/835138/63 "2019-06-14T04:07:56Z")
> [@pool](#): > > Why is that? More of the population has living memory of Franco? ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-uk-hate-trump-so-much/835138/64 "2019-06-14T13:12:13Z")
Bad press? ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-uk-hate-trump-so-much/835138/65 "2019-06-14T13:19:22Z")
> [@WotNot](#): > > Not at all; we like or dislike them on an individual basis, according to their perceived qualities. > > Obviously, there’s a range of opinion across the population, but broadly speaking, I’d say it breaks down like this: > We liked Kennedy, didn’t much care for Johnson, and disliked Nixon. > Ford seemed like a bit of a twit, but we mostly liked Carter. > Most of us thought Reagan was a dangerous idiot, but Bush The First seemed mostly sensible. > We rather liked Clinton. Bush The Second appeared to combine the worst of Reagan and Ford, so Obama was something of a relief. Before or after they were elected? and from what perspective, left or right? ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-uk-hate-trump-so-much/835138/66 "2019-06-14T17:43:09Z")
> [@WildBlueYonder](#): > > Before or after they were elected? and from what perspective, left or right? Oh, if you’re asking those sort of questions, you’re already giving my post more thought than I did 😃 I was only intending to give a rough, thumbnail impression of the range of opinions that people in the UK have had of different US presidents. My sole point was: “no, of course we don’t just hate them as a matter of course”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-uk-hate-trump-so-much/835138.md?page=3)