11/8/2020

2020 ELECTION/BRITAIN/CORRUPTION/JOE BIDEN/OBAMA/QUOTE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTER FRAUD: “‘We believe these people are thieves. The big city machines are corrupt. This was a stolen election. Best pollster in Britain wrote this morning that this clearly was a stolen election, that it’s impossible to imagine that Biden outran Obama in some of these states. ….Where it mattered, they […]

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3/29/2020

BRITAIN/CANADA/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am a great friend and admirer of the Queen & the United Kingdom. It was reported that Harry and Meghan, who left the Kingdom, would reside permanently in Canada. Now they have left Canada for the U.S. however, the U.S. will not pay for their security protection. They must pay!” […]

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12/12/2019

BRITAIN/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S President Donald Trump said it was looking like ‘a big win’ for Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the British election. Johnson’s Conservative Party was on course for a resounding victory in Britain’s election after voters backed his bid to deliver Brexit on Jan. 31, the country’s most significant geopolitical move […]

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11/29/2019

BRITAIN/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump barreled into London like a bowling ball on his first trip to Britain as president last year, testing the special relationship by criticizing then-Prime Minister Theresa May’s approach to Brexit in the pages of The Sun ahead of his visit while praising her political rival at the time, Boris […]

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11/11/2019

BRITAIN/LEGAL/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The grieving family of the British teenager who was killed in a motorcycle crash involving a US diplomat’s wife has criticized both the US and UK governments for their handling of the incident, accusing the Trump administration of abusing its power. In an interview with CNN’s Hala Gorani, family spokesperson Radd […]

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11/6/2019

BRITAIN/EU/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain spoke with President Trump by phone on Tuesday [11-5-19], and to judge by the dueling summaries of the call provided by the White House and 10 Downing Street, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Trump were involved in two completely different conversations. The White House said the […]

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10/29/2019

BRITAIN/LAWSUIT/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The family of Harry Dunn, the teenage motorcyclist who was killed in a crash in Britain in August, is suing the Trump administration for ‘lawless misconduct,’ a spokesman for the family said on Tuesday [10-29-19]. Mr. Dunn, 19, died after his motorcycle collided with a car that the police said had been […]

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9/3/2019

BRITAIN/CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….’knife crime,’ which is totally out of control in London. People are afraid to even walk the streets. He is a terrible mayor who should stay out of our business!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, 2019 9:48 am […]

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9/3/2019

BRITAIN/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/GOLF/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The incompetent Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, was bothered that I played a very fast round of golf yesterday. Many Pols exercise for hours, or travel for weeks. Me, I run through one of my courses (very inexpensive). President Obama would fly to Hawaii. Kahn should focus on….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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9/3/2019

BRITAIN/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/GOLF/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The incompetent Mayor of London, Sadique Kahn, was bothered that I played a very fast round of golf yesterday. Many Pols exercise for hours, or travel for weeks. Me, I run through one of my courses (very inexpensive). President Obama would fly to Hawaii. Kahn should focus on….”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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9/3/2019

BRITAIN/CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….’knife crime,’ which is totally out of control in London. People are afraid to even walk the streets. He is a terrible mayor who should stay out of our business!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, 2019 9:20 am […]

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8/28/2019

BREXIT/BRITAIN/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump attacked U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on Wednesday [8-28-19] for aggressively pushing for a vote of no confidence against newly minted Prime Minister Boris Johnson…Corbyn told reporters he would attempt to challenge Johnson with a vote of no confidence after Johnson announced in a letter to Conservative […]

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8/23/2019

BRITAIN/G7/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Britain is unlikely to alter its approach on Iran despite Prime Minister Boris Johnson meeting U.S. President Donald Trump, as the 2015 deal remains the best way to ensure Tehran does not get nuclear weapons, a British diplomatic source said on Friday [8-23-19]. ‘We are strong supporters of the JCPOA (Iran deal). […]

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8/19/2019

BRITAIN/G7/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great discussion with Prime Minister @BorisJohnson today. We talked about Brexit and how we can move rapidly on a US-UK free trade deal. I look forward to meeting with Boris this weekend, at the @G7, in France!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 19, 2019 6:55 pm […]

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7/10/2019

AMBASSADOR/BRITAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The swift downfall of Britain’s ambassador in Washington has rattled diplomats who are warning that the leak that led to it, as well as Donald Trump’s bullying along the way, is harming foreign service work around the world. Kim Darroch’s resignation Wednesday [7-10-19] came after withering criticism from the president, who was […]

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7/10/2019

AMBASSADOR/BRITAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Ask members of the Washington diplomatic corps about the cables that Sir Kim Darroch, the British ambassador who resigned Wednesday [7-10-19], wrote to London describing the dysfunction and chaos of the Trump administration, and their response is uniform: We wrote the same stuff…So did Mr. Darroch, who, alone and with Mr. Araud, […]

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7/9/2019

BRITAIN/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Christopher Steele, the former British spy behind the infamous ‘dossier’ on President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia, was interviewed for 16 hours in June by the Justice Department’s internal watchdog, according to two people familiar with the matter. The interview is part of an ongoing investigation that the Justice Department’s inspector […]

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7/8/2019

AMBASSADOR/BRITAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump celebrates his bond with Queen Elizabeth II. He is less charitable about those who serve her. On Monday [7-8-19], Mr. Trump said the White House would no longer deal with the British ambassador to the United States after the envoy described the Trump administration as “clumsy and inept” in confidential […]

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6/7/2019

BRITAIN/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When President Trump visited Britain in 2018 and met Queen Elizabeth II, he caused a social media stir by walking in front of the British monarch as they inspected her honor guard, forcing her to step around him — a breach of protocol. On Thursday [6-6-19], a day after his first […]

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6/6/2019

BRITAIN/EU/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘The President has received glowing reviews from the British Media. Here at home, not so much. MSNBC Ramps up hateful coverage and promotes conspiracy theories during Trump’s trip to Europe.’ @seanhannity The good news is that @maddow is dying in the ratings, along with @CNN!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 6, 2019 12:55 […]

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6/6/2019

BRITAIN/EU/HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETS: “After the president’s three-day state visit to Britain, world leaders commemorated the World War II operation in northern France. President Trump left France for Ireland after meeting with President Emmanuel Macron and attending a D-Day commemoration. While visiting the American cemetery in Normandy, he also took swipes at Robert S. Mueller III, […]

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6/5/2019

BRITAIN/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It looked for all the world like a boardroom scene from ‘The Apprentice,’ with President Trump appraising the candidates to succeed Prime Minister Theresa May, even as she stood by his side at a news conference on Tuesday [6-4-19]…And then, as if slipping off-camera to interview the contenders, Mr. Trump sought […]

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6/5/2019

BRITAIN/CELEBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “By the time he left London on Wednesday [6-5-19], President Trump somehow ended his state visit there a full 360 degrees from where he started. Which was referring to the Duchess of Sussex, the American-born Meghan Markle, as ‘nasty.’ Assessing the perceived degree of nastiness of the duchess in an interview before […]

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6/5/2019

BORDER/BRITAIN/EU/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump reassured Ireland’s prime minister, Leo Varadkar, on Wednesday [6-5-19] that Britain’s exit from the European Union would ‘work out very well,’ including for Ireland, ‘with your wall, your border.’ This remark prompted the Irish leader to reply ‘one thing we want to avoid, of course, is a wall or border […]

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6/5/2019

BRITAIN/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “British environment minister Michael Gove, one of the favourites to replace Prime Minister Theresa May, said he had not had a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday [6-5-19] but had exchanged a few words with him on Monday [6-3-19]. Local media had reported that Trump was due to meet […]

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6/5/2019

BRITAIN/GERMANY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump met German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the English city of Portsmouth on Wednesday [6-5-19] after marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day. The two leaders sat smiling before reporters were ushered out of the room. Trump was then joined by U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton and Mick Mulvaney, […]

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6/5/2019

BRITAIN/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “US President Donald Trump told ITV’s ‘Good Morning Britain’ in an interview aired Wednesday [6-5-19] that he spoke with Prince Harry during his visit to Buckingham Palace on Monday [6-3-19], but not about his comments on Meghan, Duchess of Sussex…When asked last week about Meghan’s comments in 2016 — before she […]

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6/4/2019

BRITAIN/EU/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Tuesday [6-4-19] urged Britain to forge ahead with plans to quit the European Union, dangling the prospect of a ‘phenomenal’ trade deal with the United States as the British grapple with a polarizing political crisis. Mr. Trump said that ‘everything will be on the table’ in negotiations for […]

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6/4/2019

BRITAIN/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY: “When Queen Elizabeth II welcomed the president on Monday [6-3-19] for his first state visit to Britain, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner watched from a Buckingham Palace balcony. Later, at a state banquet, Eric Trump posed for photographs. During dinner, Donald Trump Jr. tucked into a menu including lamb and […]

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6/4/2019

BREXIT/BRITAIN/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said at a joint news conference with Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday [6-4-19] that he believed Brexit would eventually happen, adding that Britain is ‘a very, very special place and I think it deserves a special place.’ The comments came in the Durbar Court of the Foreign Office […]

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4/24/2019

BRITAIN/SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Britain’s main eavesdropping agency on Wednesday [4-24-19] said allegations that it had been asked by the Obama administration to spy on Donald Trump after the 2016 presidential election were utterly ridiculous and should be ignored. Trump on Wednesday tweeted that a former CIA analyst, Larry Johnson, had accused Britain of spying on […]

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4/23/2019

BREXIT/BRITAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Britain plans to welcome President Trump with the formality of a state visit in June, Buckingham Palace announced on Tuesday [4-23-19], two and a half years after first extending the invitation. Prime Minister Theresa May first conveyed the invitation for a state visit to Mr. Trump when he took office in 2017. […]

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3/20/2019

BREXIT/BRITAIN/EU/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has offered the British prime minister advice on Brexit. The president’s son said this week that she should have followed it. Donald Trump Jr. accused ‘the European elites’ of trying to sabotage Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union, in an op-ed  in  The Daily Telegraph on Wednesday [3-20-19]. He put […]

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10/10/2018

BRITAIN/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The retired British spy who wrote an explosive dossier about President Donald Trump’s alleged ties to Russia broke his silence to criticize Trump and the ‘distorted’ state of US politics. The former spy, Christopher Steele, wrote to Vanity Fair shortly after he was named to the magazine’s ‘2018 New Establishment List.’ CNN […]

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8/27/2018

BRITAIN/EU/FRANCE/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Emmanuel Macron on Monday [8-27-18] said preserving European Union unity was more important than forging a close relationship with post-Brexit Britain, and hit out at what he called U.S. President Donald Trump’s ‘aggressive’ isolationism. As pressure mounts on Prime Minister Theresa May to agree terms for Britain’s divorce from the EU […]

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7/20/2018

BRITAIN/PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The British Museum wants it. The Museum of London does, too. So does the Bishopsgate Institute, which runs an archive of the history of protest. ‘Trump Baby’ — the 19-foot balloon that mocked President Trump during his recent trip to Britain — is in demand among museums here, who want to add […]

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7/18/2018

BRITAIN/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “US President Donald Trump has wrongly claimed that Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II reviewed her honor guard for the first time in 70 years during his visit to the United Kingdom last week. Trump made the claim Tuesday [7-17-18] as he read from a prepared statement at the White House in an attempt […]

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7/15/2018

BREXIT/BRITAIN/EU/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday [7-15-18] revealed the advice President Trump had given her on how to negotiate Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union: Go straight to court. Mrs. May was asked by the BBC about comments Mr. Trump made both in an interview in the British tabloid The Sun and […]

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7/14/2018

BREXIT/BRITAIN/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said he intends to run for re-election in 2020 because ‘everybody wants me to’ and there are no Democratic candidates who could defeat him, the Mail on Sunday newspaper reported…Before leaving Britain for a summit in Finland with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump breached British royal protocol by […]

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7/13/2018

BRITAIN/EU/MILITARY/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “European allies knew to expect the unexpected from President Trump, especially after their rancorous encounter last month at the Group of 7 summit meeting in Canada. But Mr. Trump’s European tour has still rattled many on the Continent and in Britain, who have watched from a distance the chaos he creates on […]

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7/13/2018

BRITAIN/EU/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Friday [7-13-18] tried to repair the diplomatic damage he caused with an explosive interview blasting his host, Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain, by praising her leadership and calling their two countries’ relationship ‘the highest level of special,’ even as he continued to publicly question her decisions. During a […]

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7/13/2018

BRITAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump met Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle Friday [7-13-18] evening, a regal conclusion to the official portion of the US President’s visit to the United Kingdom. The Trumps entered the castle’s Quadrangle by Range Rover after arriving on the castle grounds by helicopter. They arrived […]

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7/13/2018

BREXIT/BRITAIN/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UK: “President Donald Trump affirmed his commitment to striking a trade deal with the U.K., seeking to walk back earlier comments in which he criticized Prime Minister Theresa May’s approach to Brexit and said her plan would ‘kill’ the chances of such a deal. His softening of his criticism saved Mrs. May […]

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7/12/2018

BRITAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For months, British officials laid plans to make sure that President Trump, a fan of ornate housing, will see a castle or two on his visit to England after the NATO gathering. The British also know that in addition to loving all things gilded, Mr. Trump is a longtime Winston Churchill fan, […]

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7/12/2018

BRITAIN/PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The president and the first lady attended a dinner Thursday [7-12-18] evening hosted by Prime Minister May at Blenheim Palace. The dinner itself was closed to the press, but shortly before 8 p.m., Mr. and Ms. Trump arrived at the place and were greeted by Mrs. May and her husband, Philip. The […]

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7/6/2018

BRITAIN/PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A week before President Trump’s working visit to Britain, the mayor of London has allowed an additional participant in the city’s welcome reception: a giant orange balloon of the president depicted as a baby in a diaper. The balloon was approved amid ‘Stop Trump’ protests planned for the visit starting on July […]

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7/6/2018

BRITAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will aim to ‘strengthen and nurture’ the U.S. relationship with Britain in his visit to London next week, during which the leaders are expected to discuss national security issues and a possible bilateral trade deal, a U.S. official said Friday [7-6-18]. ‘The president knows this country probably better than […]

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7/5/2018

BRITAIN/PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A 6 meter-tall inflatable of U.S President Donald Trump as an angry baby will be flown above London during the president’s official trip to the United Kingdom. The Greater London Authority on Thursday [7-5-18] approved a request to allow the orange inflatable to fly near parliament during Trump’s visit on July 13, […]

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5/11/2018

BRITAIN/IRAN/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Theresa May of the United Kingdom condemned recent suspected Iranian rocket attacks on Israel in a phone call on Friday [5-11-18], according to statements from both administrations. But only a U.K. readout of the call addressed May’s concerns about the United States’ withdrawal from the Iran […]

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4/26/2018

BRITAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House announced on Thursday [4-26-18] that President Trump will make his first visit to Britain on July 13, a trip the White House had repeatedly put off amid friction between the American president and one of the United States’ closest allies. Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain was the first […]

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4/16/2018

BRITAIN/FRANCE/MILITARY/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The three-country coalition that launched airstrikes in Syria came together despite persistent trans-Atlantic tensions—a period of unity made possible, White House officials said, because of good relations between the U.S. and French presidents and an alliance against Russia that eased strains with the U.K. The coalition was rooted in the shared goal […]

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