Once again author of Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, has said what we are all thinking. The recent and extremely childish incident involved President Donald Trump physically pushing his way past the Montenegro Prime Minister and NATO leader, Duško Markovic, in an act where Trump was literally throwing his weight around. The event has created quite an online reaction. Rowling tweeted this in response:
You tiny, tiny, tiny little man.
pic.twitter.com/mP3mad6cMt— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 25, 2017
The talented author has tweeted footage of Trump barging his way past along with the words:
“You tiny, tiny, tiny little man.”
Indeed! It is frankly a huge embarrassment and on his first trip abroad as president for him to do such a thing. This is truly what you expect from an insecure bully, not the leader of the free world. To make her views even clearer, Rowling also tweeted about French new leader Macron, pointing out his decision to greet Trump last:
As is courteous, @EmmanuelMacron greets the leader of the free world first. https://t.co/p464pea8It
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 25, 2017
This is not the first time that Rowling has made her disdain for the president publicly known on social media. Rowling has found herself trolled in the past as a result of her vocal criticisms of Trump. In an article from February this year, Liberal America reported on Rowling’s sharp-witted style when it comes to slamming Trump trolls in epic fashion. She deflects threats of book-burning with humor and style.
It is clear from her Harry Potter series that Rowling is not fond of bullying, but who honestly is?
What on Earth is he trying to prove?
Every week the world is yet again shocked to see that America has a president with the maturity of a ten year old school bully. I would be curious to know if any of Trump’s fans would like or respect somebody who pushed past them in this way or even how Trump himself would react if the same was done to him – I am sure it would be with less dignity than Duško Markovic has shown here.
In true diplomatic form, Montenegro’s Prime Minister took the shove in stride and explained that “This was an inoffensive situation.” He further explained that Trump was supposed to be in the front row for a group photograph they were lining up for. While we can agree that the U.S. is a world leader and should be in the front row, we could also hope to have a leader that knows the words “Excuse me” and has the patience to wait for people to respond by moving on their own rather than just shoving other representatives out of his way.
If Trump has decided physical intimidation towards world leaders is the way forward for diplomacy, then World War fears are more than valid right now.
It is despicable behavior to self-importantly barge your way to the front of a crowd and the whole world knows it. Grow up!
Featured image via YouTube.
