Oh, that she does. That she does.On Thursday, a day after his first state visit to Britain ended, [Trump] raved in an interview with the Fox News host Laura Ingraham that he had developed a deep bond with the queen and that she had been very taken with him.
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A day earlier, while sitting with President Emmanuel Macron of France, Mr. Trump called the queen “an incredible lady,” adding, “I feel I know her so well right now, and she certainly knows me well.”
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This time, even as Britons hit the streets in protest with a giant Trump balloon, Mr. Trump was feted at a lavish state dinner at Buckingham Palace, where he sat to the right of the queen at the horseshoe-shape table, and they exchanged toasts.
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Addressing Mr. Trump, she said, “Mr. President, as we look to the future, I’m confident that our common values and shared interests will continue to unite us.” She also pointedly spoke of the multilateral institutions that Britain and the United States helped to create after World War II to prevent another war — institutions, like NATO, that Mr. Trump has denigrated. “While the world has changed,” the queen said, “we are forever mindful of the original purpose of these structures.”
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On Wednesday, he left for Ireland, where he owns a golf club in Doonbeg, and met with Prime Minister Leo Varadkar. He reassured the Irish leader that Britain’s exit from the European Union would “work out very well,” including for Ireland, “with your wall, your border.”
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“We have millions of Irish. And I think I know most of them because they’re my friends,” he said. “We love the Irish.”
He knows most of them.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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