Queen Invites Trump To The UK And Twitter Explodes (TWEETS/VIDEO)

Donald Trump is President. Make that, president Donald Trump is President.

There are certain realities that must be faced when digesting such an idea. The gastric reflux it causes whenever we see those words placed together in that order is quite understandable. It’s also not going to go away.

We’ll just have to learn to deal with it the same way we deal with Taco Bell breakfasts; with a sense of trepidation, fear, and full knowledge of the buyer’s remorse that will kick in around 11:30 am.

Donald Trump is President.

And that means national portraits hanging on walls. It means personal chefs, well-trained servants, and private planes filled with Russian prostitutes busting for the toilet. And it means all of that other gaffe that Trump is used to, anyway, on account of him being a billionaire.

Still, there’s one perk that not even Trump’s wealth could buy him. The state visit.

The office of the President is an entity of itself. The person holding the office — regardless of their quirks, failings, or tendency to grab genitals — is, in strictly diplomatic terms, somewhat beside the point. Nation states pay homage to the dignity of the Presidency itself and that means that Donald Trump will be feted wherever he goes.

But he’s not going to go anywhere important right? Certainly not somewhere where manners, tact, and politeness are held as virtues.

Right?

Speaking during the joint press conference held at the White House on Friday, British Prime Minister  Theresa May said:

“I have today been able to convey Her Majesty the Queen’s hope that President Trump and the First Lady would pay a state visit to the United Kingdom later this year and I’m delighted that the president has accepted that invitation.”

The phrase ‘fuck my face’ was psionically transmitted to Brits around the world. Plates were dropped, moving cars veered off course, and static vehicles saw their engine blocks fill up with nervous cats at an alarming rate.

It’s a good job he loves crowds…

London Appalling

In British slang, ‘to trump,’ is to expel gas through the anus, or – if you prefer your explanations a little less clinical – it’s a polite term for a very loud fart.

So, you can imagine that in a nation that has long beloved toilet humor — and has reacted to Trump’s November win with a mixture of horror, bemusement, and the furtive digging of backyard fallout shelters — the prospect of a full-pomp visit from President ‘Butt Bongo,’ himself is something of a cause célèbre.

The reactions came thick and fast.

It is indeed.

London Bawling

London is no stranger to protests.

A march against the Iraq war in 2003 is thought to be the largest in modern times. Organizers estimated that around two million people marched on the nation’s capital. But even that display of solidarity might pale in comparison to the crowds set to greet Trump, such is the national objection to his idiotic brand of statesmanship.

London is a city of some nine million people, the majority of whom are unhappy with the current turn of geopolitical fortunes that Trump represents. Many Europeans have all but given up on the U.S. a country we once looked to for leadership. A country where politicians on both sides of the political spectrum seem to have acceded to Putin’s desire to pick their President for them.

So the people of the U.K. will be there to greet Trump all right.

And Liberal America will be there too.

To share a few happy snaps.

Watch Parliament’s passionate and candid attempt to ban Donald Trump from ever entering the U.K. again.

Featured Image: Screenshot Via Twitter.

I'm a full- time, somewhat unwilling resident of the planet Earth. I studied journalism at Murdoch University in West Australia and moved back to the UK where I taught politics and studied for a PhD. I've written a number of books on political philosophy that are mostly of interest to scholars. I'm also a seasoned travel writer so I get to stay in fancy hotels for free. I have a pet Lizard called Rousseau. We have only the most cursory of respect for one another.