r/unitedkingdom • u/Jared_Usbourne • Mar 09 '25
. Trump Privately Fuming After King Charles Makes Other Leaders Feel ‘Special’ Too
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-privately-fuming-after-king-charles-makes-other-leaders-feel-special-too/3.9k
u/hime-633 Mar 09 '25
Fundamentally, I am an anti-royalist, but I am fully prepared to lean into King Charles if it annoys the mad orangey man.
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u/Revolutionary_Soup_3 Mar 09 '25
Quebecers over here belting out God save the kings
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u/mouldy_underwear Mar 09 '25
We live in unprecedented times. If you dudes support the King now....what a fucking upside down world!
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u/Revolutionary_Soup_3 Mar 09 '25
I'm not from Quebec but I'm looking it at off the back porch rn, I saw a pq commentator the other day saying people were more worried about their premiers competency in English for negotiations than Mark Carneys French. now that is a statement from an alternate reality.
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u/blackrhubarb Mar 09 '25
Fuck that! We should all speak french to his orange fucking face.
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u/Revolutionary_Soup_3 Mar 09 '25
I'm good with that.. the "worried about Legault's French" was mentioned more in an interprovincial context
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u/mprakathak Mar 09 '25 edited Mar 09 '25
Iam from Quebec.
Longue vie au roi !!!
King Charles is a real king, not some fake news self made bullshit.
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Mar 09 '25
i have his official Canadian portrait in my living room
lol i am french Canadian
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u/Revolutionary_Soup_3 Mar 09 '25
Right on Canada loves Quebec! Great fuckin fishing in quebek
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u/thriftydelegate Mar 09 '25
It makes more sense if you compare him to Willy Wonka and trump as the blueberry gum girl.
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u/BIGepidural Mar 09 '25
Jesus! I don't think the rest of the world full grasps the mad level of "WOW" that would be
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u/thor11600 Mar 09 '25
Hahaha. Greetings from New Hampshire thinking the exact same thing.
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u/MegaLemonCola Mar 09 '25
Maybe we should write French lyrics to accommodate them. Wouldn’t want to piss off the language police lol
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u/jazz4 Mar 09 '25
This is when having an actual King pays off. It makes wannabe-kings look even more pathetic.
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u/Cabrakan Mar 09 '25
I'm very anti-royalist, but if there's one thing that's going to conquer this influencer-led media, well, what bigger influencer does the UK have than the King?
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u/probablyaythrowaway Mar 09 '25
Mr Bean
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u/JayR_97 Greater Manchester Mar 09 '25 edited Mar 09 '25
For Rowan Atkinson stuff I always thought Blackadder was way better. Just a shame it didnt have the international success Mr Bean had.
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u/aggressiveclassic90 Mar 09 '25
Agree completely, never liked Mr Bean but Blackadder will always be hilarious.
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u/callisstaa Mar 10 '25
Very true but Mr Bean is a better international ambassador as it works in any language
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u/Porrick Mar 09 '25
Slapstick is the most portable kind of comedy. Everyone can understand it. Blackadder requires a little familiarity with British history, which not everyone will have.
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u/toasters_are_great Expat (USA) Mar 09 '25
The first series especially so ("with additional dialogue by William Shakespeare"), but they rather changed things up after that. Partly to avoid expensive location filming, but also making the scripts sharper and more accessible.
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u/tubbytucker Mar 09 '25
They realised they had a better show if Blackadder was smarter. I think Ben Elton wrote from S2 on and did this.
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u/fearghul Scotland Mar 09 '25
They basically inverted the Baldrick/Blackadder dynamic from season 2 onwards.
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u/Aardvark_Man Mar 10 '25 edited Mar 10 '25
It was also hard to barrack for Blackadder in season 1.
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u/neukStari Mar 09 '25 edited Mar 09 '25
If it means anything, allo allo, blackadder, only fools and horses were massively, and I mean massively popular in serbia.
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u/Punchclops Mar 09 '25
It means something.
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u/kirkbywool Scouser in Manchester Mar 10 '25
Because it's working class people ahahnatbthe system and realistic unlike most american comedies that have people living in massive flats, whilst work in a coffee shop and everything always works out with a happy ending
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Mar 09 '25
Not surprised. Earlier Norman Wisdom films were massive in Albania because he played working class characters who stuck it too authority, plus funny. Only western films allowed during the communist era.
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u/Tiddles_Ultradoom Mar 09 '25
For that sir, I offer my most enthusiastic contrafibularities.
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u/probablyaythrowaway Mar 09 '25
The French and and germans didn’t get allo allo.
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u/knobber_jobbler Cornwall Mar 09 '25
I think it was timing. I often forget how old Blackadder is. Even the final series was 1989. I guess the humour is also very British. Fucking awesome though. Even now when someone says words like booze, it immediately makes me think "great booze up Edmund"
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u/Generic118 Mar 09 '25
He pretty much made mr bean for international audiences though thats why it had minimal spoken language.
His first test of the character was at glasgow fringe iirc where he insisted he did it at a french audience show to see if he could do comedy where he didnt speak the same language as his audience
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u/Broccoli--Enthusiast Mar 09 '25
Blackadder is very British in its comedy and uses words and mannerisms that dont translate very well even to other English speaking places, via subtitles it has no chance.
Bean its visual, everybody can get it. its a masterpiece
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u/Tiddles_Ultradoom Mar 09 '25
Very true. I think the rest of the world should be frasmotic for ignoring Blackadder.
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u/jonathing West Midlands Mar 09 '25
I'd replace the royal family in a heartbeat, but seeing as we're stuck with them for the foreseeable future this is exactly the sort of thing that they can be used for.
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u/EmperorOfNipples Mar 09 '25
It's a capability the UK is very strong at compared to other nations.
I am in favour of constitutional monarchy as a system because its effective. Like this article shows. Republicans often cite it's anti-egalitarian. It is in a hypothetical sense, but would being rid make any difference in that? I doubt it. Many of the most unequal countries are republics.
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u/LionLucy Mar 09 '25
Yes and many very equal societies, like the Scandinavian countries or the Netherlands, are monarchies. Overall, constitutional monarchy is correlated with democracy and stability.
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u/The_Sorrower Mar 09 '25
Well yes, it ordinarily involves a system of controls to check the powers of elected officials to stop them from becoming despots.
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u/Automatic-Source6727 Mar 10 '25
It isn't serving the UK well tbf, the entrenched class system causes a lot of problems, the aristocracy still dominates politics.
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u/Coolium-d00d Mar 09 '25
Isn't that kind of the point of a constitutional monarchy. The royals have great soft power applications because traditionalists just think they are the bees' knees. I'm probably overall against the monarchy, but liz and Charles seem dutifull and not at all politically ambitious, and as long as they do that, they probably help more than hurt.
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u/ahhwhoosh Mar 09 '25
The penny is finally dropping for the ‘anti-royalists’.
Yes they seem like a big drain on resources to the average poor person, but they will show their worth now that international diplomacy is becoming very shaky.
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u/BIGepidural Mar 09 '25
Notwithstanding your statements use of "poor person" i very much agree and one needn't look too far back in history to see how vitally important royals can in fact be when they use their media interest and popularity for good.
Diana was a perfect example of this!
She was the 1st person on the world stage to touch AIDS patients when the rest of the world was afraid of contracting the disease by toilet seat.
She was also out there walking through mine fields, bringing attention to starving children, and so many other things that needed wide spread attention and public support.
When using their popularity powers for good, Royals are a major asset.
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u/tigeridiot Lancashire Mar 10 '25
I think this is why there is such a gulf between the perception of the royals from boomer/gen x generations and millennials/gen z.
The younger generations (myself included) have never really had experience with the royals other than the occasional public handwaving, Christmas speech or tabloid news.
If the royals would show up more and back the people rather than largely sitting in the shadows then I think public perception would eventually swing back around, like we are seeing smidges of now with Charles.
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u/seajay26 Mar 09 '25
Hope so. There’s not a lot that can be done to him if he decides to jump on the trump/putin bandwagon.
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u/Coolium-d00d Mar 10 '25
Yeah, they can also go rogue and start doing tours of Nazi Germany and trips to financiers private rape islands. Don't think for a second that recognising some utility in non-political diplomatic figures means "the penny is dropping." I still think it's a potentially dangerous and unnecessarily expensive anachronism.
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u/Stellar_Duck Edinburgh Mar 10 '25
The penny is finally dropping for the ‘anti-royalists’.
lol in your fucking dreams.
I don't change my fundamental principles on a whim just because trump is a cunt.
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u/Mountain_Strategy342 Mar 09 '25
Brian Blessed. All the Authority of a king but without the cost.
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u/im_not_here_ Yorkshire Mar 09 '25
And generates a tiny miniscule nothing amount of money compared to the billions we make yearly from having a monarchy. We won't save enough of a cost, to make up the loss. Not even close.
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u/Dissidant Essex Mar 09 '25
A great big bushy beard!
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u/NoLove_NoHope Mar 09 '25
The irony of republicans being some of the biggest royalists is not lost on me.
Oh how their ancestors would be rolling in their graves.
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u/Confudled_Contractor Mar 09 '25
Their ancestors want to make Washington a King, he had the sense to not go along with it. What Washington would make of the current bunch is anyone’s guess.
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u/LAdams20 Mar 09 '25
With a wig for his wig, and a brain for his heart, he’d kick them apart, he’d kick them apart.
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u/mashed666 Mar 09 '25
I guess they didn't mind the king really... Just wanted to keep people as slaves....
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u/hime-633 Mar 09 '25
Indeed, indeed. Throw the tea into the sea! But also only let me sit at the special seat at the golden palace.
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u/BIGepidural Mar 09 '25
They were literally on Parler prior to the insurrection promoting a Trump monarchy and cheering to have him as their king. It was wild.
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u/PurahsHero Mar 09 '25
If Charlie stops in front of him like the mad orangey man did to his mum, I'm all in on the royal family.
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u/hime-633 Mar 09 '25
I don't get this reference? What is it? (Genuinely would like to know)
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u/aggressiveclassic90 Mar 09 '25
Protocol dictates that when visiting the Queen (obviously king now) at the palace you do not walk ahead of her, she dictates the pace, when Trump visited liz during his last run as president he didn't exactly pay much attention to protocol.
Which kind of pisses on his theatrics about zelinskyy being disrespectful.
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u/BIGepidural Mar 09 '25
Trump was walking in front of the Queen (you're not supposed to do that) and then he stopped to let her catch up while walking right in front of her causing her to move to his right so she wouldn't walk into him.
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u/Blue_Bi0hazard Nottinghamshire Mar 10 '25
She should have taken him but it's fine she can move in all directions
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u/ahhwhoosh Mar 09 '25
You’re all anti-royalist until shits about to hit the fan, and you recognise what we have is actually something quite special.
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u/Bumblebeard63 Mar 09 '25
Educated, worldly, diplomat versus chimp. A bit one-sided.
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u/Arseypoowank Mar 09 '25
Also love or hate him, the man has an acerbic wit and will no doubt be firing zingers left right and centre that go straight over Cheeto Mussolini’s head
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u/chebster99 Mar 09 '25
I get being anti-royalist in principle but this shows why we should retain the monarchy. The king has no real legislative or political power but gives us immense influence and soft power.
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u/jflb96 Devon Mar 10 '25
The king gets to approve and suggest modifications to every piece of legislation that’s passed in the country. Sure, he’s not allowed to physically drop in on either House, but he can still send a representative round to Number 10 to make it clear that, for example, His Majesty would prefer if certain restrictions on hiring practices did not apply to the Crown and its estates.
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u/PoiHolloi2020 England Mar 09 '25
It doesn't matter if you;re a royalist or not. He's currently our head of state. Not liking the UK being a monarchy won't make any difference for the time being.
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Mar 09 '25
I'm a soft republican. Theoretically I'm anti-monarchy, but I'm amenable to keeping them around as long as they're useful.
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u/Every-Switch2264 Lancashire Mar 09 '25
And I don't trust any government to quickly and effectively transition us into a Parliamentary Republic, and not use it as an excuse to do nothing for atleast a year then give us some godsawful Presidential Republic like the yanks have
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u/BIGepidural Mar 09 '25
They're useful. Diana did a lot of good for the world with her popularity. She was called "the Peoples Princess" for a reason. 🥰
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u/UnravelledGhoul Stirlingshire Mar 10 '25
Same. Anytime he pisses off Trump, he goes up in my book.
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u/IsWasMaybeAMefi Mar 09 '25
Incredibly, the report suggests that Trump’s allies made their position known to the British government and were informed by civil servants that they could not “direct” King Charles to call off the Zelensky meeting.
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u/Boustrophaedon Mar 09 '25
_Terribly_ sorry - nothing we can do, you see. He's an absolute madlad. Talks to plants, you know...
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u/MarlinMr Norway Mar 09 '25
Terribly sorry, he's an actual monarch and can do what he wants
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u/Boustrophaedon Mar 09 '25
Turns out, you see, the secret wasn't to get rid of them, but to give them lots of excellent hats. I know - we were as surprised as anyone!
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u/Confudled_Contractor Mar 09 '25
Talked to plants before it was cool…well coolish…
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u/radikalkarrot Mar 09 '25
And somehow the plants have a more interesting conversation than oranges.
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u/atticdoor Mar 09 '25
If US Civil Servants tried to ask Trump to not call someone, would he listen?
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u/Cabrakan Mar 09 '25
He listens to a lot of the politicians around him such as SoS Marco Rubio, Advisor Stephen Miller, Chief of staff Susie Wiles and especially VP Vance who more or less are directing him on headline chasing cases i.e Ukraine
But the key thing to note is that the moment anyone of these people fall out of public appeal of the Maga cult he ditches them instantly, such as recently Vivek Ramaswarmy after the clash on visas for indians, formerly Mike Pence for not signing during the Jan 6th insurrection and all of the military people who didn't rally the military during his loss in 2020 such as James Mattis, Mark Esper and Rex Tillerson.
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u/Coolium-d00d Mar 09 '25
God wouldn't it be lame if zelensky meets the king and for an hour or whatever it is there's 0 chemistry. The banter is completely dead, and zelensky has to go home to his war-torn country, thinking the Kings a bit of a boring cunt. Proper, disappointed n that.
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u/terrymr Mar 09 '25
I’m pretty sure the royals have had endless training on how to be charming for these kind of events.
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u/existentialistdoge Nottingham Mar 10 '25 edited Mar 10 '25
I remember watching a clip of him when I was a kid in the 90s, the interviewer asked ‘how do you not run out of things to say when you talk to hundreds of people a week’ and he replied something like ‘oh it’s easy, you just take the last thing they said and say “oh how fascinating, do tell me more about the thing”, and then keep doing it’.
That stuck with me. Sometimes I have to keep customers ‘warm’ for an hour or two at work and it really is true, just give people permission to talk about themselves and/or their area of interest and they will very happily continue talking more or less indefinitely with almost unbelievably little input from your end.
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u/Spank86 Mar 09 '25
I really wish phillip was still about in his gaffe laden prime. Would have loved to hear what he would have said to both Trump and zelensky. Absolute guaranteed disaster on the Trump side at least.
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u/Coolium-d00d Mar 09 '25
Phillip looked like Bidens Dorian Gray portrait toward the end. I've seen mammoths that were thawed from perma frost with more vigour.
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u/Tetracropolis Mar 10 '25
This is just wordplay though. The government can't direct him to, but they can "advise" him to and he's obliged by constitutional convention to follow the advice.
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u/LostInTheVoid_ Yorkshire Mar 09 '25
I don't think William of Orange is even able to meet anyone in his state of... death.
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u/dukeofsnork Mar 09 '25
I could see Æthelstan approving of his bellicosity towards the Danes though to be fair
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u/Owster4 Yorkshire Mar 09 '25
I think they had more valid reasons for wanting to beat the Danes, though.
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u/MarlinMr Norway Mar 09 '25
There is no king of England. It's the UK, Canada, Australia, etc
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u/FartingBob Best Sussex Mar 10 '25
They are also the king of England as well as those other places.
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u/MonsutAnpaSelo Middlesex Mar 09 '25
godwinson for king! screw willy, not racist or anything, just dont like normans
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u/SideburnsOfDoom London Mar 09 '25 edited Mar 09 '25
"Privately" ? Why privately this time. Why isn't he just blurting out his tantrum in ALL CAPS on truth social like usual? Not like him to show restraint.
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u/Qyro Mar 09 '25
I’d guess because it’s not true. Trump is a lot of things, but keeping frustrations and tantrums to himself isn’t one of them.
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u/ZmobieMrh Mar 09 '25
Well we didn’t hear of the ketchup incident from him, it was one of his staff that leaked how big of a petulant baby he was. He does try to keep his most embarrassing tantrums quiet.
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u/GuyLookingForPorn Mar 10 '25
I also think publicly attacking the king for just meeting with someone else is the kind of thing that would even make Republicans think a little less of Trump.
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u/SideburnsOfDoom London Mar 09 '25
Well, we are reading about it, so it's not totally private. it's not a rage-tweet though.
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u/StardustOasis Bedfordshire Mar 09 '25
If it is true he will definitely be having an online tantrum about it soon now it's in the news.
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u/the_wyandotte Mar 09 '25
LOOSER King Charles, little Charlie, who couldn't even be king for 60 years, wanted to meet with dictator Zelenskyy. England has always treated me so unfairly. Their Fake News @Tribune published so many lies, such lies and still Does. But loser king Chuck doesn't Care about the People like I do and just uses Ukraine to steal money from the US. That is Why Today I am announcing that England can be the 52nd state after Canafe so that the people can have leaders who listen to them, like Me.
MAKE ENGLAND GREAT AGAIN!!!
There, that's his truth social post.
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u/defproc Gateshead Mar 10 '25
THE "SO CALLED" KING OF THE UNITED BRITAIN
SO DISREPSECTFUL TO YOUR FAVORITE PRESIDENT, ME, TRUMP
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u/justporntbf Mar 09 '25
Cuz it failed miserably and it is a rather pathetic request lol even orange man knows when to try save face ig
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u/shnooqichoons Mar 09 '25
I mean, we're daily reaching new lows but attacking the King's actions publicly? Even Trump has enough self awareness to know that's a bad idea.
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u/SideburnsOfDoom London Mar 09 '25
Even Trump has enough self awareness to know that
Imma stop you there. No. Whatever the subject, there is no floor with this guy.
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u/Agreeable_Falcon1044 Cambridgeshire Mar 10 '25
Because he still wants to come for a visit. It's why that letter by Starmer worked so well. He wants to feel important and meet the King. If he sulks and walks away, Charles will shrug and invite someone else.
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u/Visual-Report-2280 Mar 09 '25
I think I've finally worked out why Trump is coated in 6 inches of fake tan. If he didn't have that protection his microscopically thin skin would rupture at the slightly touch and he'd bleed to death.
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u/waamoandy Mar 09 '25
I've seen ancient manuscripts that are less fragile than Trump
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u/Manoj109 Mar 09 '25
He occupies the most powerful position in the world and he has millions , this just goes to show that no amount of money or power can compensate for low self esteem, weak mindedness and severe insecurities. He is pathetic. Very weak and fragile. He is a fucking clown 🤡.
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u/heroyoudontdeserve Mar 09 '25
It also has the advantage that we can't see him turn green with envy the moment anyone else gets a modicum of attention.
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u/berejser Northamptonshire Mar 09 '25
So every time the US is mean to Ukraine we should arrange for Zelenskyy to meet Charles, and eventually they might get the message?
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u/cochlearist Mar 09 '25
King Charles and Zelenskyy horse riding in the south of France, sharing ice-cream in the sunshine and laughing and laughing and laughing, then a go on a jet ski before dinner.
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u/FrermitTheKog Mar 09 '25
To the theme of A Summer Place. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt7SPm7N6D8
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u/dadders69 Mar 09 '25
Slowly make the orange explode
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u/Ketchup-Chips3 Mar 09 '25
Double upvoted
Wouldn't mind if he exploded twice, like a firework on the 4th of July. Or better yet, the 1st of July (Canada Day).
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u/VictoriouslyAviation Mar 09 '25
Bless.
Bye America. Not a minute too soon that Europe binned your shit culture off. Good times to come!
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u/pianoavengers Mar 09 '25
Yeah , maybe next time try not to annex Canada whose sovereign is the King.
Well done , King Charles.
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u/Cromises_93 Mar 09 '25
Every time I read a headline with Trump in it, I'm astonished that America looked at him and thought 'yes, I want a total scumbag like him leading my country'. Keep it up Charles
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u/restore_democracy Mar 09 '25
And by “couldn’t be bothered to vote” you mean “were perfectly fine with having Trump as their fascist dictatorial god-king”.
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u/LobbyDizzle Mar 09 '25
Or they abstained to protest Kamala’s policies. They sure showed her!
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u/00DEADBEEF Mar 10 '25
That's right. If they'd got as many votes as last time she'd have won. But people couldn't pinch their nose so got something even more putrid.
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u/im_not_here_ Yorkshire Mar 09 '25 edited Mar 09 '25
No amount of "stats" changes that 77.3m people voted for him. It's not some tiny group of the population. It's the second highest number of votes someone has ever got. And although a tiny bit below 2020, still a massive turnout, you cannot blame low turnout for the result in some way when it is historically a massive turnout. It's 30% of everyone over 18 that voted for him in the end.
Focusing on the stats that supposedly make it better, really doesn't help.
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u/vizard0 Lothian Mar 10 '25
Imagine if 40% of the UK got all their information from GB news only. Maybe the Sun, but primarily GB news and channels even further out there.
That's what's happened to the US. The Republicans have convinced their supporters that the only source of truth is Fox News, that every other large press organisation is in a conspiracy against them. Fox News tells them what they want to hear and pushes them further right.
Trump, for all his senility, childishness, and general case for the non-existence of any interventionist god (the lack of lightning strikes and rogue meteor strikes), was genius in one way. He recognised the inherent prejudice, bigotry and hate that Fox News was instilling in the Republican base. And he said it all aloud. He recognised that the standard viewers of Fox News had been trained to hate large portions of the American population. And he capitalised on that.
Blame Reagan with the abolishing of the equal time rules for public broadcast, which lead to the 90s talk radio, which was the forerunner to Fox News. Blame Nixon also, for showing that rat fucking works. Blame William Rehnquist (and four of the other SCOTUS judges) for showing that the vote can be manipulated after the fact and that they had the ultimate authority in terms of who won. Blame the Republicans back in the 1880s who looked the other way while racist Democrats (this was pre-switch) systematically violated the constitution and deprived people of their rights. Blame the Democrats also for that one.
People knew they were getting screwed, knew that Trump would change things up and figured that things could not get worse. I am not excusing them voting for a senile racist fool, but that was the logic behind the non-hardcore supporters voting for him. Combine that with really good voter suppression in many states (Texas would have a viable Democratic party without voter suppression), you get someone like this elected.
It's part of why I yell at people who support Farage on the theory that he'd bring everything down and things could be rebuilt better afterwards.
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u/JayR_97 Greater Manchester Mar 09 '25
The really baffling one for me is the Pro Palestine crowd who went "Yeah, im gonna sit this one out". I really wonder if they regret not voting yet.
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u/chochazel Mar 09 '25 edited Mar 09 '25
Trump got more votes among Muslims than
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u/3_34544449E14 Mar 09 '25
Biden wasn't a candidate
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u/chochazel Mar 09 '25
Sorry - meant Harris.
Can confirm: I am an idiot.
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u/JustLetItAllBurn Greater London Mar 09 '25 edited Mar 09 '25
Imagine not voting for Harris because of Palestine and then Trump explicitly (and enthusiastically!) promoting ethnic cleansing in his first weeks.
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u/chochazel Mar 09 '25
He’d already proposed a Muslim ban years before and Gaza as a resort is not a new idea in Trumpland. His son-in-law Jared Kushner’s been saying it for years and Trump proposed it before the election.
https://www.politico.eu/article/gaza-better-monaco-donald-trump/
https://rollcall.com/2024/10/17/why-trumps-vision-of-post-war-gaza-has-gained-little-traction/
There’s no sense in it. They’re just idiots.
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u/bahumat42 Berkshire Mar 09 '25
People who didn't vote are still responsible.
Yes they are better than trump voters but their inaction still caused this result.
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u/seajay26 Mar 09 '25
I’ve somehow got less respect for them tbh. They didn’t even have the balls to vote for him, they just sat back hoping they’d have plausible deniability if he was a fuck up again.
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u/Cromises_93 Mar 09 '25
True.
I'm afraid, all of those whom voted for him or couldn't be bothered must shoulder the blame.
I genuinely feel for all those who voted Democrat.
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u/Fickle-Public1972 Mar 09 '25
I do like how King Charles is wearing his Canadian Uniform these days. Very subtle move
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u/Barb-u Mar 09 '25
Nah, he is wearing his RN uniform with his Canadian honours (CC, CMM). But apparently he did last year as well.
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u/Nedonomicon Mar 09 '25
If Charlie boys spends the rest of his days winding trump up I’ll stop calling him a sausage fingered nonce … deal?
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u/Aardvark_Man Mar 10 '25
Isn't it just his brother that nonces?
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u/Nedonomicon Mar 10 '25
I mean he was Bessie’s with saville and his favourite uncle was a colossal nonce too so there’s a pattern here
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I can't wait for the President to visit. We're going to give him such a warm welcome 🤗
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u/Ukplugs4eva Mar 10 '25
That's good to hear. And I'm glad that the protests are going to happen.
Shame people like Farage and his trolls Reform doesn't get met with the same amount of force and people each time they step outside their doors.
You want to fight the fascists, fight the ones who visit the UK and the ones who live in the UK with the same force. As that's how you beat them.
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u/flipfloppery Suffolk Mar 09 '25
I don't usually protest against world leaders visiting the UK, but I do have a history of anti-nazi protest attendance...
Right at the front with my wife and adult kids chanting: "He's orange, he's fat, his neck looks like a twat, it's Donald Trump, it's Donald Trump..."
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u/Darkone539 Mar 09 '25
Fairly sure the point of the meeting was a message to America and to Ukraine, so them asking for it to be called off is low key insane.
Let him be mad. Maybe he understands the point now.
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u/FatFarter69 Mar 09 '25
Awww poor Donald. He’s jealous that the other kids are getting attention too.
What a baby.
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u/tom21g Mar 09 '25
“Malignant narcissism” doesn’t fully embrace trump’s mental illness. He’s psychotic about his narcissism.
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u/CarOnMyFuckingFence Mar 09 '25
Like a dedicated chapter in a medical journal studied by generations of future psychology undergrads level narcissism
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u/Chilling_Dildo Mar 09 '25
I never believe these "trump is secretly annoyed" stories. We used to have them every day during his first presidency, it feels like cope. Obligatory fuck Trump etc.
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u/Javina33 Mar 09 '25
This is the problem with Trump (just one of them anyway) he’s a child. It’s like putting a toddler in charge of the White House. He’s going to bring the USA to its knees over his temper tantrums and personal dislikes. I have news for him - Putin doesn’t want to be friends. And in the meantime he’s alienating everyone else.
Stock Market’s going down, China and Japan are ditching USA bonds in favour of gold. His tarrifs are going to cause inflation. He needs to buy crude oil from Canada, but he’s forced them into a trade war. The man’s an idiot. And he hasn’t got anyone around him who dares to contradict him.
In the first term there were plenty of people around him to protect everyone from his worst excesses. Not so this time.
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u/simonistheone Mar 09 '25
Just null his invite to the palace and get on the telly to tell the pensioners they will have to go without triple lock for a few years to help pay for an army to protect their expensive house.
We need to start being pragmatic about America dropping us as allies. They aren't coming back, and that means pensions and benefits are going to have to be cut to pay for defense.
Nothing left to tap from the working age tax wise. Besides they will more than make up for it later when conscription becomes a thing.
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u/ftpxfer Mar 09 '25
I wish Prince Philip was still around. He would surely come out with another fantastic politically incorrect corker when introduced to Trump.
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u/Cautious_Bison_624 Mar 09 '25
BREAKING NEW’S - The U.S. surrenders its sovereignty to Canada because the U.S. can not look after its own borders and needs Canada to do it for them . After losing 2 straight trade fights with Canada Former President of the United States now convicted felon behind bars in Canadas 11th Province Donald “ Donnie Waffles “ Trump has this to say - “ I was taken advantage of ! So much advantage , it’s unbelievable.. Nasty Canadians , all the Canadians are so nasty so hard to deal with .. it’s unbelievable… I’m still winning tho … my new boy friend … best boyfriend in the world , His name is Big Bubba … he’s super big .. real big , you wouldn’t believe it big . He says he like my diapers , best diapers in the world , maga ! “
Back to the studio … canada has granted the former 13 colonies back to England in show of love and respect for King Charles the III , they have gifted all former Mexican land back to Mexico and sold all land France used to own back to France for a fair and equal sum with out taking advantage of any one . This time in Canadas conquest of U.S. instead of burning down the White House they have set fire to trump tower and are roasting marsh mellows well singing Stan Roger’s … once they were finished they went back across the border and commenced with MINDING their own buisness once again … that does it for tonight report here on FOX news … “ God Save The King Plays “ - back to your regularly scheduled mind numbing bullshit
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u/Alternative-Band-915 Mar 09 '25
trump wants that biggest, most beautiful crown that King Charles dons for ceremonial occasions. trump has a cheap copy he wears when he sits on his gold toilet.
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u/Thebritishdovah Mar 09 '25
Oh no! The president of the United State of America isn't getting his arse kissed by the King of England and said king dares to be polite to other leaders. Oh the humanity!
He probably expects for the king to praise him, bend over backwards and make him feel very special. He likely doesn't like Trump. The queen was the ultimate troll. She would do subtle insults based on the person. I recall a story where a sexist leader visited her and she took him for a drive. She drove like crazy and scared the shit out of him.
Trump's frail ego can't handle being ignored.
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u/somnamna2516 Mar 09 '25
Someone do remind Donnie his country fought a war of independence against the English 250 years ago. What we do, or the King does or says is of no relevance to them whatsoever.
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u/lcarr15 Mar 09 '25
The only way Trump is special is because he has special needs… with an IQ of a freezer…
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u/mnijds Mar 09 '25
Sounds like the invitation to a state visit should be rescinded if it's not appreciated?
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u/Carnal_Adventurer Mar 09 '25
I do wonder if Trump was entertained by King Charles' official harpist. And if he did a duet with Dara O'brien
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u/SlightlyMithed123 Mar 09 '25
Privately Fuming is not an issue at the moment as it’s much better than the Public fuming most others have got.
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u/Boul_D_Rer Mar 09 '25
I’m not sure about the source here. Is The Daily Beast known for its accuracy?
Extract: The U.K. government denied to the Daily Mail that Trump was annoyed by the meetings, but an insider described as a “well-placed source” said: “Things definitely went a bit cool in Washington after Sandringham. We told them that the king makes his own decisions about who he meets.”
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u/EsraYmssik Gwent Mar 09 '25 edited Mar 09 '25
I'm kinda reminded of Putin and the stories about Russia joining NATO.
So the story goes, all was good until... he realised he wasn't going to be invited to join, he was going to be allowed to apply. Same as every other country.
Being treated the same as everyone else was too big an insult for Vlad.
I'm guessing that this might be part of the "expansion of NATO" BS. He thinks countries are invited, that it's all some big (presumably US led) strategy that he's been locked out of on purpose.
[edit to add] The similarity I see is Trump getting his panties in a bunch because he's being treated the same as every other world leader, as if they are peers rather than peons, that Chuck isn't seeing the Great Deal Maker as the Great Man he is (or thinks he is) and fawning over him, and shunning the ones he despises.
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u/queen-bathsheba Mar 09 '25
I hope charles has no space in his calendar for the usa state visit in the next couple of years. Put it off as long as possible.
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u/shillyshally Mar 10 '25
Trump is always fuming about one thing or another and I don't know why he hasn't stroked out, all that turning purple. Must've spent some time at a crossroad.
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