Summary

Donald Trump is upset after King Charles warmly welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Sandringham, making Trump’s own state visit invitation seem “less special.”

Trump’s allies allegedly asked the British government to intervene, but officials stated the king makes his own decisions.

Relations may also be strained by Trump’s criticism of Canada, where Charles remains head of state.

The U.K. government denied tensions, reaffirming strong U.S.-U.K. ties.

  • @WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    17010 days ago

    Ah… this is such a perfectly Trump story. The Onion couldn’t have done a better job of it.

    The fate of the western world has been placed in the hands of a man who’s the emotional equivalent of a four-year-old competing for daddy’s attention.

    • Snot Flickerman
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      479 days ago

      Considering his very real daddy issues and own admission that he is pretty much the same as he was as a child… Yeah, pretty much.

      He really is a giant whiney fucking baby… Yet somehow MAGAs think this chump exudes strength. What a world.

  • Em Adespoton
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    8210 days ago

    Charles is the king of Canada… and Trump has been directly dissing his sovereignty of that nation. And he expected a warmer reception than Zelenskyy, who has good relations with all of the nations of which Charles is king?

  • The fact that the final 3 paragraphs on this ‘news story’ are about Meghan Markel’s estranged uncles fathers dads cousin or whatever being “scathing about Meghan’s fruit platters” (seriously! click OP’s link and scroll down) should tell you everything you need to know about this media slop in your Feed.

  • Cinder Bloc
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    169 days ago

    Sure would be nice to have an adult leading this fucking country.

  • @mkwt@lemmy.world
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    1010 days ago

    Hahahaha, “The King makes his own decisions…”

    In their constitutional system, I’m not believing that for a hot second.

    • @ohulancutash@feddit.uk
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      4110 days ago

      Sandringham is one of the King’s private residences. So who he chooses to invite there and how they are received is up to him.

      A state visit is commissioned by the government and the King has no choice in who is invited or how they are received.

      • The one thing Trumpism should have taught y’all is that all those “technically, yes, it’s literally your government” royal/executive powers are actual powers when someone has the will to act like they believe it themselves and a certain baseline of support.

        • @ohulancutash@feddit.uk
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          109 days ago

          And the one thing Oliver Cromwell should have taught you all is that when you set clear precedent for what happens when the head of state takes the piss, it doesn’t tend to reoccur.

          American politics is built around worshipping the cult of the presidency, and whipping the office holders into shape has been repeatedly rejected on the basis of “harming the dignity of the office”.

  • Rentlar
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    109 days ago

    Poor Trumpy got two-scoops of ice cream, but it’s the same amount that Zelensky got. He wanted more than everyone else… boo hoo!

    And he’s mad he can’t order around a literal king. Sucks to suck.

    • @ricketyrackets@lemmy.ml
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      2410 days ago

      From the bottom of my heart:

      Trump can eat dirt, the best dirt some may say, 6 feet under ground, for eternity + a day.

      Fuck Trump!!