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The Coward Commander is to avoid protesters. The true mark of this leader in retreat.

This man cannot even hold his wife's hand, let alone hold a country together.

As the world lowers itself to trumps level, what does that say about us as a planet.

I hope 10 of thousands of protesters descend onto the streets in protest and disrupt proceedings.

You can predict what trumps reaction will be. He will tweet, hundreds of thousands turned out to greet me.

Oh the shame of it all.

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Show him your huge dislike my English friends. He is vile, contemptible and hopefully impeached after our November elections. The baby trump balloon should be flown in Scotland.....really close to his golf course.

Vote Blue

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Show him your huge dislike my English friends.

Yes, let’s incite violence, the liberal way.

He is vile, contemptible and hopefully impeached after our November elections.

Dunno, listening to the Dems and their leader Maxine Waters and the meltdown these people have been having, not allowing people to finish their food, hounding them with their families and friends and climbing the Statue of Liberty and going completely off the Deep end, yes, let November come, now people can once and for all see how unhinged these people are and socialist policies. Thank God there’ll be another conservative on the SC to fix some of this madness.

The baby trump balloon should be flown in Scotland.....really close to his golf course.

He should get a good chuckle. I’d like my own, cute.

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My female coworker said “kawaii” when she saw the baby Trump ballooon.

Surely they could have come up with something a bit more biting if they wanted to protest about Trump’s visit. I don’t think there is person on earth easier to ridicule than Trump.

Poor show from the Brits. We used to have a great tradition of clever, biting satire.

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The baby Trump balloon should be flown at every Trump campaign rally. It’s that awesome.

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Show him your huge dislike my English friends. 

Yes, let’s incite violence, the liberal way.

Who said anything about violence? Dislike doesn’t equate to violence. Trump told his supporters to punch hecklers. Maybe for him dislike equates to violence.

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The protesting crowds all over Britain will be yuuuuuuge!

More than the crowds who went to man-child's 'inauguration'!

(But that's setting the bar quite low).

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I don’t think there is person on earth easier to ridicule than Trump. 

Poor show from the Brits. We used to have a great tradition of clever, biting satire.

But the funny thing in all this, Trump doesn’t care and I think more than ever, he’s more or less amused by it. If the Brits want to be childish and fly their balloons, let them, have fun with it. I mean, the Brits have always stuck their nose in US politics and complained about our political system as if anyone in the US cares. You glance at the paper, chuckle and turn to the funnies as sport pages that’s it.

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Don't worry, Theresa May will be there to hold the man-child's hand should the roads be inclined by more than 1%.

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The Coward Commander is to avoid protesters. The true mark of this leader in retreat.

As he should

This man cannot even hold his wife's hand, let alone hold a country together.

As the world lowers itself to trumps level, what does that say about us as a planet.

Country seems fine, economy great, stocks steady for now, unemployment the lowest, investments up, spending is up. And by the way, do you have to hold your wife’s hand constantly? Is their a requirement? Oh, what the left focus on, you can see the boredom.

I hope 10 of thousands of protesters descend onto the streets in protest and disrupt proceedings.

That won’t happen, I mean the disruptiontion.

You can predict what trumps reaction will be. He will tweet, hundreds of thousands turned out to greet me.

Oh the shame of it all.

That would be hilarious if he did that, stick it in the eye, ouch! Lol

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Dislike doesn’t equate to violence. Trump told his supporters to punch hecklers. Maybe for him dislike equates to violence.

The Trump baby will cause his hackles to rise. Like all dictators, he hates being mocked and this is a wonderfully visual way to do so.

Wish I was there. I did enjoy the Bush demonstrations until some over zealous members of the met became violent, but for the most part, people behaved themselves.

There's been some great verbal responses to Trump's visit to Scotland but they're mostly unprintable :-)

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It just sets the precedent for a Sadiq Khan balloon to be flown over London later, it’s already being crowdfunded.

But I’m sure the rules will be changed to not allow it or it’s racist or something.

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The Trump baby will cause his hackles to rise. Like all dictators, he hates being mocked and this is a wonderfully visual way to do so.

No, he won’t care. Look what he did with that nut job Waters, he threw it right back to the left, she’s the face of the Democrat party, brilliant. Yes, vote for the people with zero policy, except distribute more socialism and institute income redistribution.

There's been some great verbal responses to Trump's visit to Scotland but they're mostly unprintable :-)

But they want that money ;-)

How do you know this?

How do you know he doesn’t?

I think Trump could be upset.

Hmmmm.....I seriously doubt it. He has no reason to be now if Jim Acosta shows up, he might get a tad teed off.

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It just sets the precedent for a Sadiq Khan balloon to be flown over London later, it’s already being crowdfunded.

Excellent, as he has a sense of humour. Although the novelty effect will be somewhat lessened.

But I’m sure the rules will be changed to not allow it or it’s racist or something.

I doubt it, there's no travel bans on Muslims in the UK.

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that nut job Waters, he threw it right back to the left, she’s the face of the Democrat party,

She's not the face of Democratic Party, despite what the propagandists on the right are claiming.

Trump doesn’t care and I think more than ever, he’s more or less amused by it.

Yeah, that's right. Trump is such an easygoing fellow. Criticism rolls off him like water off a duck's back. Like this:

"Sorry losers and haters, but my I.Q. is one of the highest -and you all know it! Please don't feel so stupid of insecure,it's not your fault" [sic]

There's no way Trump would react badly to an inflatable caricature of him wearing a diaper.

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Coward.

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I think the balloon is mostly meant for the Brits to have a laugh, but Trump will know about it and it will bug him. This is a guy who butted in to the Rosanne Barr situation only to cry about hum being treated unfairly. He doesn’t handle criticism well, plus he will see it on all of the news reports which will cut in to his headlines.

Expect some “mean and nasty” comments with possibly another Muslim smear job while mentioning the mayor.

Lets give it a guess:

”I went over there, I didn’t have to, but I went over there to meet with them and these mean and nasty people fly a balloon over the city, an absolute disgrace. I’m telling you an absolute disgrace. There are better things for these people to worry about, like the no-go Muslim zones supported by their weak Mayor.”

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Roll out the red carpet, make him Earl of Bradford or something. The opportunity for historic comedy gold is rare, we should seize it.

But lock up the family silver ma'am, this charlatan will likely pilfer it.

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But I’m sure the rules will be changed to not allow it or it’s racist or something.

I doubt it and I hope not. Satirizing and ridiculing ideas and those in power is a very good way to deflate egos. Khan as a politician deserves the same treatment as any other.

Racist or something

Trump likes UK racists. He retweets their dodgy videos. This is one of the reasons he is despised by many in the UK.

Retweeting dodgy videos from a racist group deserves a far stronger rebuke than a screaming baby balloon. Trump depicted with a skinhead would be interesting, and closer to actual reality as well as the ideology he likes to follow on the net.

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Trump likes UK racists. He retweets their dodgy videos. This is one of the reasons he is despised by many in the UK.

Exactly.

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Trump likes UK racists. He retweets their dodgy videos.

I doubt that, but it does make for great late night reading, like a Tom Clancy novel.

This is one of the reasons he is despised by many in the UK. 

Almost every Repulican President was despised by the Brits, but we don’t care, remember, we divorced you a long time ago.

Retweeting dodgy videos from a racist group deserves a far stronger rebuke than a screaming baby balloon. Trump depicted with a skinhead would be interesting, and closer to actual reality as well as the ideology he likes to follow on the net.

Oh, dear lord you guys, Lol

Should be good. Again, let’s get this on and over with. Brits do what they do mock and make fun and Trump will do what he does, talk trash if it comes his way. Go Trump!

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I doubt that

I’m sure you’ve found a way to doubt it champ. Problem is that he did, and even offered to apologize for doing so.

But yeah, keep doubting.

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Trump likes UK racists. He retweets their dodgy videos.

I doubt that

No reason to doubt it. It happened.

The British Prime Minister rebuked Trump for doing it and he got angry and sent his bitchy retort to the wrong Theresa May.

It was a brief laugh in an episode that was beyond even his usual trash.

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"He will be greeted with military pomp, including a welcome by bands of the Irish, Scots and Welsh Guards. The Royal Regiment of Scotland — homeland of the president's mother — will pipe him out at the end of the dinner."

He is the Wizard of Oz, behind the curtain, leading everyone down the Yellow Brick Road.

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He is the Wizard of Oz, behind the curtain, leading everyone down the Yellow Brick Road.

More like orange dick’s wall.

Oh my...

It doesn’t exist. This doesn’t look like reality, Toto.

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Presidents of the USA like all politicians come and go, we have had worse than him visit over the centuries, and being a liberal country we have expressed our opinions on the streets for centuries (longer than the USA has been in existence) and will continue to do so.

US politics has become very polarised and bitter, as evidenced here. Perhaps you need to learn some perspective, humour and self deprication?

The US could learn from Oz and the UK where deflating the ego’s of the pompous and self important is a national pastime!

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Serrano: He is the Wizard of Oz

Wasn't he exposed as the guy who was behind the curtain with a lot of smoke and mirrors?

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but we don’t care

Fake news.

Trump will get the welcome he deserves. It will be glorious in its mockery.

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Trump will get the welcome he deserves. It will be glorious in its mockery

Ok, the haters care, probably won’t even be near that mess. Fire away and enjoy yourselves. Lol

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Trump is essentially visiting countries to avoid their peoples

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Oh my...

Nigel Farage on the 'red line' Trump 'ban'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH8nYbQCE80

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The Coward Commander is to avoid protesters. The true mark of this leader in retreat... I hope 10 of thousands of protesters descend onto the streets in protest and disrupt proceedings.

Avoiding protests makes good sense. The only thing disrupted will be business. Perhaps a few shop windows will be shattered and goods looted in a show of righteous anger?

The Trump baby will cause his hackles to rise. Like all dictators, he hates being mocked and this is a wonderfully visual way to do so.

I see calm is returning. No mention of children being kidnapped and sent to concentration camps. I suspect Trump will adore the blimp baby and the attention it draws.

Windsor Castle isn't west of London.

Errrr... it’s left of London maybe?

Come on, boys and girls, you’re not even warmed up yet. You can do better!

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So is Tokyo, but if you keep going far enough so Hackney!

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