Donald Trump in London 3 & 4 June Pt 2, the Trump supporters
A common way of dealing with protests in much of the media is either to ignore them or downplay the numbers attending. However Trump is so unpopular that this wasn’t particularly the case when he visited London this week.
He, or his official tweeter, were left to organise their own counter narrative (although he did get a supportive Editorial in The Times- June 5th).
Trump’s view is here:
Donald Trump tweeted yesterday: “I kept hearing that there would be “massive” rallies against me in the UK, but it was quite the opposite. “The big crowds, which the Corrupt Media hates to show, were those that gathered in support of the USA and me. They were big & enthusiastic as opposed to the organized flops!”
The reality as usual with the President was entirely different. When his motorcade (not State coach) swept up to Buckingham Palace on Monday there was no sign of anyone to welcome him behind the barricades that had been erected.
When he visited Downing St on Tuesday, demonstrators were restricted from protesting immediately outside the gates but the Trump baby blimp was up in Parliament Square and there was a large protest and stage in Whitehall.
Perhaps Trump did not see these but his supporters were few. As journalist Mike Stuchberry pointed out the Trump supporter who was milkshaked was in fact one of the serial pests of the UK yellow vests, harassers of MPs and in this particular case, passing women. Others who were barricaded, appropriately in the Wetherspoons on Whitehall appeared to be mostly varieties of far rightists and fascists.
In short Trump’s tweet was fake news
Part 1
The size of the crowd: Trump in London 3 & 4 June 2019 Part 1
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