Juggling With Eggs#Trump’s nauseating victory lap indicates who he sees as his ‘friends’ on the world stage…
‘#Trump had a lot of praise for the Turkish leader, since he was a “tough” guy. The short Trump biography of #Erdoğan gave the impression that we were in the presence of a blend of Genghis Khan and Greta Garbo.
“Erdoğan possesses one of the strongest armies in the world,” Trump opined. “It is much stronger than it appears. He has triumphed in many conflicts, but he does not want any praise. He wants to be left alone.”
‘The #Hungarian prime minister, Viktor #Orbán, who had made the guest list for no ostensible reason save his detestation of the EU, was also blessed.
#Trump said he liked Viktor, rolling the “r” to effect and adding:
“I know a lot of people don’t agree with me, but I am the only one that matters.” Trump’s fellow world leaders behind him, including Keir #Starmer, looked a little upset at another self-evident truth.’
‘Suddenly it was #Starmer’s moment to shine. #Trump asked: where is the UK representative?
Starmer raised his hand, adding:
“Right behind you as usual,” before being asked to step forward to the rostrum.
Expecting to say a few words, he was instead thanked for turning up at short notice and directed by Trump to return to the UK’s natural place, in the dark shadow behind the Great Man.’
‘The #Canadian prime minister, Mark #Carney, deigned to approach #Trump to point out that in his remarks about Canada, Trump had promoted Carney to the post of president.
“At least I didn’t say governor,” Trump shot back.’
Let’s see how the next few days and weeks pan out.
Listened to Lord Owen on the radio who knows a thing or two about the process of putting back together countries from his time in the Bulkans…the very hard work of building a democratic state of #Palestine now begins.
beemoh#Trump asked: "where is the UK representative?"
"Up here"" could be heard, faintly, affected by an echoey reverberation.
...I'll let you fill the rest of that joke in.