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Donald Trump's State Visit to the UK
« on: November 30, 2017, 20:28:20 PM »
Following Donald Trump's latest outrage, should the planned State Visit to the UK be cancelled or should it be allowed to go ahead so that people can protest in front of him and leave him in no doubt what their opinion of him is.

PS I am not sure that he would understand and/or take any notice of the protests however large.



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Re: Donald Trump's State Visit to the UK
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2017, 20:51:02 PM »
Controversial state visits in the past

Xi Jinping / Hu Jintao
King Abdulla
George Bush
Putin
Akihito
Hirohito
Ceausesco


                   
 

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Re: Donald Trump's State Visit to the UK
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2017, 20:56:35 PM »
Fair point badger   :)

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Re: Donald Trump's State Visit to the UK
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2017, 21:20:42 PM »
Controversial state visits in the past

Xi Jinping / Hu Jintao
King Abdulla
George Bush
Putin
Akihito
Hirohito
Ceausesco                 
So should we carry on inviting evil people out of tradition or change our bad habits?

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Re: Donald Trump's State Visit to the UK
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2017, 21:24:47 PM »
Change is due but is Don evil?

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Re: Donald Trump's State Visit to the UK
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2017, 22:08:51 PM »
Not necessarily evil badger but unbelievably dangerous which may be worse :(

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Re: Donald Trump's State Visit to the UK
« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2017, 11:34:46 AM »
It could get worse though.

I believe that the guest gets to invite some of the attendees for the main banquet. Given Trump's previous admiration for certain people we could have Nigel Farage, Piers Morgan and Katie Hopkins attending.

There's three more reasons why it shouldn't go head.

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Re: Donald Trump's State Visit to the UK
« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2017, 12:13:50 PM »
He needs another woman to even things up. How about Jayda Fransen, Deputy Leader of Britain First?

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Re: Donald Trump's State Visit to the UK
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2017, 12:31:14 PM »
Or Anne Marie Waters of For Britain ?

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Re: Donald Trump's State Visit to the UK
« Reply #9 on: December 06, 2017, 12:49:57 PM »
 I may be wrong but I believe that an invitation to make a state visit to the UK is made to the office of President or Monarch, not to the person who occupies that office.

It would be seen in the US as a huge diplomatic snub to the office of President if the original invitation were to be withdrawn.  The consequences could be very harmful to future relationships between our two nations and possibly damage the efforts of those who work together in searching for peaceful co-existence in other areas of the world.

Whatever we think of Donald Trump as a person, let us at least respect the office of President...........who knows, it may bring opportunities to clear the air on a personal basis and to find better ways to promote world peace.




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