Trumps announce second state dinner, which will honor Australia

[Thyla]

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Uggh...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/07/22/trumps-announce-second-state-dinner-honor-australia/?utm_term=.2b1a1dea7cc5

The Aussies are coming.

The White House announced Monday that President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will host their second state dinner since arriving in Washington more than two years ago. The executive mansion will honor Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his wife, Jenny, on Sept. 20.

“The visit will celebrate our two countries’ close friendship and shared history, and reaffirm our common vision for global peace, security, and prosperity,” read the official White House statement on the affair.

The Trumps hosted their first state dinner, in honor of French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, in April 2018. That fancy affair went off without a hitch. The guest list was rounded out with more official Washington types (Cabinet secretaries, State Department diplomats, members of Congress) than celebrities, and a three-course meal featured distinct American classics, as always.

Honestly if the take away story from this dinner is 'they all had hamberders' then I'm OK with that.

[Sanity Claws]

1. I wonder if he will order burgers for the state dinner

[lunatica]

3. Served with the fanciest silver in the White House!

[Thyla]

4. I wouldn't put it past Sco Mo

In an effort to seem blokey and down to Earth and to be fair even for Morrison that would be the best take away from it for those watching back home.

[rzemanfl]

6. Bloomin' Onions from Outback. n/t

[liberaltrucker]

2. 'roo hamberders?

[Thyla]

5. Seriously mmmmmm.....

[spanone]

7. i'm surprised he's not going to hold it at his hotel

[secondwind]

8. Isn't Australia leaning more to the RIGHT also? This is getting very bizarre......

2020 can't come fast enough!!!

[Thyla]

9. No, not really

If you accept some of the truly awful policy Australia has then you have to accept that some of the worst of that policy came from the left.

And at the same time it was while the right held office when the same sex marriage laws were accepted. It was also the right who oversaw our gun laws.

Politically speaking both left and right are very centrist yet they are still bound by the same lobbyists found elsewhere.

Australia is by no means a right leaning nation. Sure it's a mess politically and the voting public are largely apathetic to the whole ordeal but at least it's not anywhere near of a mess that you can find elsewhere.

But don't get me wrong, if we can avoid giving the orange turd ideas on asylum seeker policy, coal and climate change then the less said the better.