Twitter unleashes a storm of mockery on Trump in the wake of another asinine tweet.
Early Friday morning – roughly 6am local time in London – Trump tweeted that he was cancelling his trip to London.
“Reason I canceled my trip to London is that I am not a big fan of the Obama Administration having sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London for “peanuts,” only to build a new one in an off location for 1.2 billion dollars. Bad deal. Wanted me to cut ribbon-NO!” he tweeted.
Reason I canceled my trip to London is that I am not a big fan of the Obama Administration having sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London for “peanuts,” only to build a new one in an off location for 1.2 billion dollars. Bad deal. Wanted me to cut ribbon-NO!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2018
However, as is all too often the case – Trump was wrong to blame President Obama. As The Guardian reported: “the embassy’s plan to move from Mayfair to Nine Elms in London was first reported in October 2008, when George W Bush was still president.”
Local politicians such as Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, were quick to respond to Trump’s tweet.
“It appears that President Trump got the message from the many Londoners who love and admire America and Americans but find his policies and actions the polar opposite of our city’s values of inclusion, diversity and tolerance,” Khan tweeted, adding: “His visit next month would without doubt have been met by mass peaceful protests. This just reinforces what a mistake it was for Theresa May to rush and extend an invitation of a state visit in the first place.”
Many Londoners have made it clear that Donald Trump is not welcome here while he is pursuing such a divisive agenda. It seems he’s finally got that message. pic.twitter.com/YD0ZHuWtr3
— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) January 12, 2018
Others such as David Lammy, a lawmaker for the opposition Labour party, and Ed Miliband, the former leader of the Labour Party, were more direct.
What a load of ********! You finally got the message that you’d be met by millions of us out on the streets protesting. https://t.co/L0Y4Q42bcT
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) January 12, 2018
Nope it’s because nobody wanted you to come. And you got the message. https://t.co/9xV7bFZQgL
— Ed Miliband (@Ed_Miliband) January 12, 2018
Twitter exploded over the weekend with #ICancelledMyTripToLondon trending – with some hilarious results.
Several individuals, such as Tony O’Brien, mocked Trump for blaming Obama, tweeting: “#ICancelledMyTripToLondon Because President Obama agreed to sell our London Embassy in October 2008, 3 months before he became President.”
#ICancelledMyTripToLondon Because President Obama agreed to sell our London Embassy in October 2008, 3 months before he became President
— Tony O'Brien (@Chanctonman) January 12, 2018
Others mocked Trump’s rash of remarks disparaging immigrants, such as Ghosted G, who tweeted: “#ICancelledMyTripToLondon because I found that Paddington bear is an undocumented migrant from Peru.”
#ICancelledMyTripToLondon because I found that Paddington bear is an undocumented migrant from Peru pic.twitter.com/rPCEIGdlEu
— Ghosted G (@g_ghosted) January 12, 2018
Several individuals mocked Trump’s recent Twitter-Tantrum in which he compared button sizes with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.
As The Guardian reported earlier this month, Kim Jong Un delivered a warning to the USA during his New Year’s speech.
In the speech, Kim warned the United States his country’s nuclear forces were now “completed”, adding that the nuclear launch button was always within easy reach….
[Trump] used Kim Jong-un’s New Year’s Day speech as the basis for his latest provocative tweet against the leader, whom he has previously referred to as “little rocket man”, saying the “nuclear button” in Washington is “much bigger and more powerful” than Kim’s – “and my button works!”.
#ICancelledMyTripToLondon because I found out they sell giant buttons and my buttons bigger pic.twitter.com/leuuZW2m4V
— ste skillen (@stevenskillen) January 12, 2018
Below is a sampling of some other more noteworthy tweets:
#ICancelledMyTripToLondon because they have something called FOX hunting and FOX is the only respectable news media. SAD.
— Claire (@herwithwords) January 12, 2018
#ICancelledMyTripToLondon because the only people dressed in white and wearing pointy hats are the bishops. SAD! pic.twitter.com/vzjSvofA8c
— Jason Mace Durant (@MaceDurant) January 12, 2018
#ICancelledMyTripToLondon Because London Bridge Is Falling Down. Those Brits have awful infrastructure. Such a shithole. We have the best. Really great infrastructure. Our bridges are the strongest. Like, very very strong.
— Psychotherapian (@ian_argent) January 12, 2018
#ICancelledMyTripToLondon Because the Brits wouldn’t understand the thoughts of Stable Genius. pic.twitter.com/3JLmFJLTyU
— Le Roi. (@rwbemi) January 12, 2018
#ICancelledMyTripToLondon
Because …. pic.twitter.com/ztZ8l7Mylp— DaveMoore (@DaveMooreArt) January 12, 2018
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