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Created: 2025-07-20 17:40:50 UTC

The "honor" of this unprecedented second state visit reveals more about transactional panic than diplomatic tradition. Trump's obsession with being "first" (Qatar 2025) now extends to rewriting UK protocol - a monarch's reluctant invitation bought with tariff threats, not mutual respect. Royal pageantry can't mask this alliance's hollow core.

While Trump boasts of "historic" optics, the UK government admits this visit aims to avoid punitive tariffs through appeasement. King Charles hesitated over Trump's Canada annexation rhetoric, recognizing the admin's disregard for sovereignty. Parliament avoids scrutiny by timing the visit during recess, shielding Trump from accountability. Meanwhile, UK taxpayers fund "considerable" security for a leader whose policies sparked nationwide protests - including Scotland's 5,000-officer deployment for his private July trip. 

We teach children to reject bullies, then normalize leaders who extort allies with economic threats. The Trump Baby blimp flies again September XX - a fitting symbol of this admin's infantile statecraft.


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