7. Trumped By Trump
When the Queen hosted President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at Buckingham Palace in 2018 and 2019, it was always going to be a controversial visit for a President that was deeply unpopular in the United Kingdom. The massive protests that erupted on both occasions were clear proof of British feelings towards the 45th President. If that wasn’t bad enough, Trump would take the awkwardness to a new and unheard of level for an American President.
When Trump met the Queen for the first time in 2018, he was invited to join her in the quadrangle of Windsor Castle to inspect the Coldstream Guards, the oldest continuously serving regular regiment in the British Army. When the Queen gestured for him to walk with her, he instead walked ahead of her, leaving Her Majesty to face his backside, causing outrage in the UK, with one commentator likening the situation to the Queen trying to train one of her corgi’s. Trump wasn’t done as he would breach protocol again on his second trip when he placed his hand on her back, another massive no-no.
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