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highplainsdem

(49,122 posts)
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 01:01 AM Jan 2018

LOL! Trump just tweeted his excuse for canceling his trip to England




Reason I canceled my trip to London is that I am not a big fan of the Obama Administration having sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London for “peanuts,” only to build a new one in an off location for 1.2 billion dollars. Bad deal. Wanted me to cut ribbon-NO!
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LOL! Trump just tweeted his excuse for canceling his trip to England (Original Post) highplainsdem Jan 2018 OP
What a chickenshit loser. roamer65 Jan 2018 #1
Actually Donald, you cancelled because madaboutharry Jan 2018 #2
The whole country doesnt want you there onecaliberal Jan 2018 #3
SMH. What a pathetic character, and what a lame excuse. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #4
Yes, but why confuse him with the facts? Grammy23 Jan 2018 #13
lol! treestar Jan 2018 #28
Rich Wilson's response to the tweet: highplainsdem Jan 2018 #5
No, honey renate Jan 2018 #10
He's got important business Mendocino Jan 2018 #6
also working on funding for the Bowling Green Massacre gopiscrap Jan 2018 #26
And a second Twitter response from Rick Wilson: highplainsdem Jan 2018 #7
I would want him to go but only if he is driven BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #8
So child like! Grammy23 Jan 2018 #9
He doesn't want to go because we might not let him back in gratuitous Jan 2018 #11
Umm. Yeah. We're buying that. smirkymonkey Jan 2018 #12
The British were planning to rename their protest, #ShowYourShitholeToTrump. Now, SAD. L. Coyote Jan 2018 #14
don, you gotta let this President Obama fetish go...it's not healthy for you... spanone Jan 2018 #15
Blaming Obama ! left-of-center2012 Jan 2018 #16
So lame. But good enough for his shit-eating cult dalton99a Jan 2018 #17
The sound you just heard was the entire United Kingdom breathing a sigh of relief. Boomerproud Jan 2018 #18
Very unpatriotic that he won't cut ribbon to celebrate opening of new American embassy wishstar Jan 2018 #19
I'm waiting for his explanation why he built a hotel in Baku in the back of beyond dixiegrrrrl Jan 2018 #20
Trump lied. Increased security threats against the embassy prompted the move procon Jan 2018 #21
And the decision to move was made in 2008 by the Bush admin: highplainsdem Jan 2018 #25
Okay, DONALD, what's it gonna cost to build an embassy in off-location Jerusalem? VOX Jan 2018 #22
Did lil Donnie not get a Royal Wedding invite? C_U_L8R Jan 2018 #23
He's tweeting like crazy because he knows he screwed up Renew Deal Jan 2018 #24
Mayor of London responds.. HipChick Jan 2018 #27
And J.K. Rowling: demmiblue Jan 2018 #29

madaboutharry

(40,245 posts)
2. Actually Donald, you cancelled because
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 01:09 AM
Jan 2018

the British people don't want you to come and were planning mass protests against you. And most likely Prince Harry would diss you very badly and hurt your feelings.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,985 posts)
4. SMH. What a pathetic character, and what a lame excuse.
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 01:10 AM
Jan 2018

And somebody might want to tell Orange Foolius that the decision to move the embassy was made during the Bush Administration, for security reasons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_London

Grammy23

(5,815 posts)
13. Yes, but why confuse him with the facts?
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 01:17 AM
Jan 2018


He wouldn't Recognize a FACT if it came up and bit him on the ass.

BigmanPigman

(51,660 posts)
8. I would want him to go but only if he is driven
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 01:13 AM
Jan 2018

on an old scooter to an anti-moron protest. He wants golden carriages, red carpets, red velvet swagged draperies and halls with gold tassels covering everything (sort of like the reception they gave him in Saudi Arabia). I wonder if England has a glowing orb for him to stroke as well.

Grammy23

(5,815 posts)
9. So child like!
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 01:14 AM
Jan 2018

I am not going because I just don’t want to go. Nevermind that it has been made abundantly clear to that Chucklehead that No One in England has the slightest interest in seeing him. If he does show up, he can count on nonstop protests and demonstrations. God only knows what he would say between now and when the trip was supposed to take place. He probably would criticize Queen Elizabeth for not being hot enough for him. And then wonder what the fuss was about. He really is a moron.
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
12. Umm. Yeah. We're buying that.
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 01:16 AM
Jan 2018

Face it asshole. The only reason you aren't going is because you know that 95% of the people in that country hate you with a passion and your little snowflake ass couldn't handle it. You are the most hated man on the planet. How does it feel?

spanone

(135,929 posts)
15. don, you gotta let this President Obama fetish go...it's not healthy for you...
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 01:21 AM
Jan 2018

just admit he's the better man in every way and let it go at that, you racist shithead

wishstar

(5,273 posts)
19. Very unpatriotic that he won't cut ribbon to celebrate opening of new American embassy
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 01:25 AM
Jan 2018

that was constructed to afford greater safety to our diplomatic staff and military attache after the old embassy was seen as vulnerable after a series of security threats.

So, in his perverted mind, Obama Admin is to blame for Benghazi tragedy for not increasing security, but Obama Admin should be criticized for following through on Bush Admin decision to move London embassy in order to enhance security there.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
20. I'm waiting for his explanation why he built a hotel in Baku in the back of beyond
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 01:26 AM
Jan 2018

and never finished it.
and why his "partners" were money launderers.
and what Ivanka was doing showing up there once a month to "oversee" that did not even meet basic requirements most hotel investments.

happily, I believe Mueller has that covered also.

procon

(15,805 posts)
21. Trump lied. Increased security threats against the embassy prompted the move
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 01:26 AM
Jan 2018

to the new, high tech secure location.

The riverside embassy, described by British media as a “state-of-the-art fortress,” is set at least 100 feet from other buildings in the area. It is surrounded by a pond on one side to deter intruders — officials said it is not a moat because it does not surround the whole building. It will not have a perimeter fence and members of the public will be able to sit on benches overlooking the river. The building has triple-glazed, bomb-proof walls, sunken trenches, raised terraces and a Faraday cage — an enclosure that shields what's inside from electric fields — to deter electronic eavesdroppers, according to the Times of London.
...
The 12-story, 518,000-square foot embassy cost $1 billion. It is believed to be the most expensive embassy in the world.... Officials said it was funded entirely from the proceeds of real-estate sales, and not by taxpayers.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/12/15/new-u-s-embassy-london/954882001/







VOX

(22,976 posts)
22. Okay, DONALD, what's it gonna cost to build an embassy in off-location Jerusalem?
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 01:28 AM
Jan 2018

Right now, it's accessible, right on the coast, safer. Moving it inland to Jerusalem is costly, dangerous, and pisses off more people than it's worth.

Oh, that's right, Mikey Pence and his fellow thumpers all want their Bronze Age book to come true, sorta. And you're just the nutcase who's insane enough to do it. Maybe.

But the cost??? And your fucking WALL that Mexico will never pay one penny towards?

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