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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Sun Jul 16, 2017, 09:23 AM Jul 2017

Trump asked Theresa May to "fix" british press-coverage for him.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/fix-it-for-me-trump-told-theresa-may-he-wont-visit-uk-until-hes-sure-hell-get-a-warm-welcome/

“I still want to come, but I’m in no rush,” Trump reportedly said to May. “So, if you can fix it for me, it would make things a lot easier.”

“When I know I’m going to get a better reception,” the president said, “I’ll come and not before.”

One of the Sun’s sources said that May “tried to explain she has no power to dictate how newspapers and media might decide to cover his visit.”

“After all,” the individual said. “We are not North Korea.”

Trump, the source said, simply would not agree on a date for a state visit until “people support him coming.”
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PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
3. Then it looks like this fool is NEVER going to the U.K.
Sun Jul 16, 2017, 09:47 AM
Jul 2017

His support (what little he had) is in free-fall everywhere.
He's set a new record for the WORST poll numbers at this point in a Presidency EVER. Nice going, asshole.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
4. This is a story from The Sun, which is a British tabloid
Sun Jul 16, 2017, 09:48 AM
Jul 2017

I don't understand why sources are reporting this as if it's a real story.

tavernier

(12,369 posts)
5. I didn't believe it for a minute, either.
Sun Jul 16, 2017, 09:53 AM
Jul 2017

trump would never do that because in his mind he is very very loved everywhere.

spanone

(135,795 posts)
6. what a total, complete embarrassment.
Sun Jul 16, 2017, 09:54 AM
Jul 2017

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global1

(25,225 posts)
7. Knowing The British Press And People .....
Sun Jul 16, 2017, 10:09 AM
Jul 2017

this request by Trump will backfire big time because it will just cause the British to reject him even more.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
9. It would take
Sun Jul 16, 2017, 11:41 AM
Jul 2017

a MIRACLE worker to fix this. The British know a fool when they see one. They got W's number immediately, now they have tRumps. He is a joke worldwide, except for the uneducated base that supports this lout. tRump and his followers are destroying the USA, with lots of help from the traitorous gop.

Gothmog

(144,945 posts)
8. May can not fix her own press coverage and so how can she fix trump's bad press
Sun Jul 16, 2017, 10:21 AM
Jul 2017

No one is able to fix trump's accurate press coverage in the US and so who can do this in the UK?

SCantiGOP

(13,866 posts)
10. Damn, I was hoping for a history lesson
Sun Jul 16, 2017, 11:54 AM
Jul 2017

He told me that France was our earliest supporter "which most people don't know." I agree. Only people who took 6th grade history know about the War of Independence.

I still don't know who we fought in that war; I was hoping he'd tell me during his trip to England.

mwooldri

(10,301 posts)
11. Trump's speaking with the wrong person.
Sun Jul 16, 2017, 12:24 PM
Jul 2017

Want to "fix". British tabloid press coverage? See Rupert Murdoch.

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