Like a crumpet falling out of a lorry on Downing Street, Donald Trump is currently visiting jolly old England. Also currently in England: hordes of angry demonstrators.
https://twitter.com/MadelineRoache/status/1135862737945468933
It’s as clear as day.
Trump baby blimp takes off in London. pic.twitter.com/xsiXK8p94I
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) June 4, 2019
Anti-Trump campaigns from Sky News and the activist group Led By Donkeys gave an early sense of the city’s true feelings about Trump—and they have not improved since he started clomping around publicly. Anyone could see that there’s a lot of energy in London around sending a message to the American president, and that the message is: “Bugger off!”
One of the centerpieces of the London protests. Trump on a golden commode, and it talks, says “fake news” and “witch hunt” pic.twitter.com/AFiGhbXVGA
— Richard Engel (@RichardEngel) June 4, 2019
In fact, one would have to be completely submerged in their own separate version of reality to deny what anyone can see is the general tone toward Trump just outside of Buckingham Palace and beyond.
Unfortunately, Trump himself is an Eighth Degree Black Belt in denying unflattering reality.
….Fake News will be working hard to find them. Great love all around. Also, big Trade Deal is possible once U.K. gets rid of the shackles. Already starting to talk!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 3, 2019
I kept hearing that there would be “massive” rallies against me in the UK, but it was quite the opposite. The big crowds, which the Corrupt Media hates to show, were those that gathered in support of the USA and me. They were big & enthusiastic as opposed to the organized flops!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2019
The president projecting the exact opposite of what is actually happening would be an incredible turn of events were that president anyone but Donald Trump. Since he is indeed president, however, that’s just Tuesday now, and you absolutely love to see it.
But while Americans can only look online and on TV to get a sense of how even British tailors are mad about Trump’s visit, Londoners need only look out their window (if their window is located near Buckingham Palace). After reading Trump’s tweets downplaying the presence of protesters, many U.K. residents responded by correcting this version of events.
Here are just a few of them:
https://twitter.com/EmmaKennedy/status/1136183626671038464
We lined the streets across the country to tell you to fuck off not welcome you#TrumpNotWelcome #TrumpUKVisit pic.twitter.com/vnUaG8UiVI
— Heather Paterson (@heatherpaterson) June 5, 2019
https://twitter.com/MrsVB/status/1136253448779968512
Where do the lies end and the delusions begin with Trump? Maybe he genuinely thinks tens of thousands of people clutching placards such as 'LOCK HIM IN THE TOWER', 'FUCK TRUMP 100 TIMES', and 'ORANGE IS THE NEW TWAT!' were there to applaud him. https://t.co/gEIE9SBUY7
— Owen Jones (@OwenJones84) June 5, 2019
https://twitter.com/RyanHillMI/status/1136156448596123648
There was a balloon of you as a baby, and a statue of you shitting on a toilet that blared out comical fart sounds. Do… do you think they were out in support of you??
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) June 5, 2019
Your lies are endless. Here's a whole thread of photos showing the meagre support for you: https://t.co/Lpz24OL1oN
— Steve Peers (@StevePeers) June 5, 2019
Trump: “Where are the protests? I don’t see any protests. I did see a small protest today when I came, very small. So a lot of it is fake news, I hate to say.”
The only fake news is you @realDonaldTrump. The #TrumpProtest was not small. It was HUGE! https://t.co/WDGDn9KAjo
— Power to the People ☭🕊 (@ProudSocialist) June 4, 2019
It’s enough to make anyone interested in an accurate depiction of reality declare, “Bob’s your uncle, England!”