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Obama to visit europe the same day as Trump. Nice move 44...
http://crooksandliars.com/2017/04/president-obama-announces-his-first
nolabear
(42,005 posts)ailsagirl
(22,909 posts)onetexan
(13,081 posts)Sculpin Beauregard
(1,046 posts)Cheeto will be livid when Obama gets all the press and coverage. I wonder if he's going to clean up Cheeto's mess
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)be cheered, one jeered. Guess which one?? President Obama was a REAL president, unlike the Cheeto Bandito pretender. One is highly respected, the other is despised.
Lochloosa
(16,084 posts)Warpy
(111,466 posts)so unless the Queen allows him to do a ride along, not likely.
Asshole is going to be disappointed, too. All that gilt is just his style. He's going to have to make due with the back of a Rolls Royce.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)I'd suggest that for Comrade Conman.
Warpy
(111,466 posts)we can hope. Personally, I think they should rent an old tumbril from a museum in France. I'd pay to see that bastard in a tumbril.
Unfortunately a guillotine won't be at the end of the ride, but they won't tell him that.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Learned a new word!
Rollo
(2,559 posts)Except if it's carrying Trump, it will be a Trois Chevaux... three horse's asses on board...
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Comme ça?
Rollo
(2,559 posts)alfredo
(60,082 posts)They drove well unless you wanted to turn a corner.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Do they explode?
alfredo
(60,082 posts)Not sure if many Londoners would be willing to right the car for him.
Fritz Walter
(4,292 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)I want one!
alfredo
(60,082 posts)alfredo
(60,082 posts)Fritz Walter
(4,292 posts)...as in YUGO fuck yourself!
I'm sure Melanoma's father would gladly lend his to the UK (provided they pay him).
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,110 posts)trixie2
(905 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,780 posts)Wouldn't it be divine if London gives him the golden carriage treatment?
bdamomma
(63,971 posts)as Sir Barack Obama??? Or does the person have to British?
Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)Quora
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)OldRedneck
(1,397 posts)Obama draws a crowd 4 to 5 times the size of Trump's!!!!
ailsagirl
(22,909 posts)sheshe2
(84,070 posts)Lol.
GO 'Bama!
nadine_mn
(3,702 posts)either way - he will find a way to call it fake news
Chemisse
(30,824 posts)Trump would be apoplectic!!
wryter2000
(46,136 posts)Trump will draw huge crowds to protest him.
Cha
(298,074 posts)500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.. but didn't know it was going to coincide with the asshole's stupid trip.
"..along with Merkel, will also participate in a panel discussion called "Being Involved in Democracy: Taking on Responsibility Locally and Globally."
Mahalo for this, askyagerz
FakeNoose
(32,917 posts)Yes this 500th anniversary is actually a VERY BIG DEAL for Catholics and Lutherans to bury the hatchet.
I say it's about time too, should have happened long ago.
But anyway it's an important first step and will receive worldwide attention from religious folks.
That doesn't include Trump obviously. My guess is he doesn't even know about it.
Most people already know this, but Germany is literally half Catholic and half Lutheran because of the split that happened 500 years ago. The Catholic priest Martin Luther was excommunicated without a hearing or a trial before the faithful.
Ironically pretty much everything Luther taught is now incorporated into current Catholic teaching, with the one exception that Lutheran priests can marry and Catholic priests can't. Well who was right about that one? Anyway it's high time that these 2 major religions be reconciled in the spirit of ecumenism.
I'm happy that Obama recognizes this historic step in Catholic/Protestant realignment.
murielm99
(30,785 posts)and attended a Lutheran university. I understand the traditions pretty well.
There is much less acrimony between the two churches than there was when I was growing up.
There was always talk about rescinding Luther's excommunication. I hope it happens.
FakeNoose
(32,917 posts)... and I hoped the German Pope Benedict would have done it.
Luther should have never been excommunicated, and the Catholic Church should rescind it as soon as possible.
Well I guess Benedict didn't stay in there long enough, but Pope Francis (the cool Pope) probably will.
I'm happy that it will be done in my lifetime.
colorado_ufo
(5,743 posts)Any church he set foot in would probably catch fire and burn to the ground.
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)That people will be showing Obama with love and 45 will draw the largest demonstrators of any u.s. president visiting abroad.
FakeNoose
(32,917 posts)I know the Secret Service has to protect Trump's life, but do they also protect Obama?
I wouldn't put it past Pootie to try and do something to hurt Obama if he got the chance.
This worries me a little bit.
Just sayin' but I hope I'm wrong.
karynnj
(59,511 posts)It used to be forever it is now limited. I can't remeber exactly but it is more than a decade.
BigDemVoter
(4,159 posts)karynnj
(59,511 posts)marlakay
(11,539 posts)I am just thinking the cost for Trump will never go away...
Kentonio
(4,377 posts)bdamomma
(63,971 posts)Thank you President Obama.
jls4561
(1,270 posts)Into chains and into the dungeon! Don't let him out until he produces his tax returns!
azureblue
(2,158 posts)to d4. The opening move.....
And the game begins. Except the other side can barely play tic tac toe without cheating.
askyagerz
(776 posts)0rganism
(23,994 posts)this is why we lose
they have no interest in governing, "winning" is all that matters
George II
(67,782 posts)murielm99
(30,785 posts)for the kids. And they are running the country?
sheshe2
(84,070 posts)All the military families at O's house. OMG! that would be so cool!
BigDemVoter
(4,159 posts)LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,603 posts)That's Sir President Obama to you, Mr. Trump!
FakeNoose
(32,917 posts)... so it won't happen to Obama.
But I think there's another award or medal she can give him, if she decides to do that.
Yes I think it would be awesomely cool.
Kaleva
(36,404 posts)Others who have been knighted:
Steven Spielberg
Bob Hope
George H. W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rudolph Giuliani
Walter Annenberg
Billy Graham
James Watson
Henry Winkler
To be sure, it's an honorary knighthood and they cannot use the title Sir but they can append the honor to their name. Bill Gates can can describe himself as Bill Gates KBE but not as Sir Bill.
FakeNoose
(32,917 posts)Was not aware of that.
Beartracks
(12,838 posts)brer cat
(24,662 posts)trump will never be the man or the President that Obama is, and it probably eats at him.
lark
(23,199 posts)But not a grandiose boom, just a subtle but well placed one by the kung fu master of cool.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)❤
Gifs for fun (presented to President Obama on the occasion of his 53rd birthday, by The Innerwebz)
http://mashable.com/2014/08/04/barack-obama-gifs/#VZmVzccwROqU
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)I mean the real President, the one with brains and grace. Not the Orange Menace.
weydowner
(100 posts)There will be cheering crowds and as much coverage on the various news channels. And he (BO) will be called Mr President.
He is very popular over here, and will annoy the hell out of this orange monster. And Donald will have to be calm and presidential, apart from his juvenile tweets.
Most of Europe doesn't have these crowds of lunatics and true believers. And Donald knows it.
JudyM
(29,294 posts)through and through. Glad he's still participating...
Welcome to DU, weydowner!
7962
(11,841 posts)And it probably wont be good
Then lets see what all those who were so critical of Pres obama's interaction with foreign leaders have to say
7962
(11,841 posts)As are VPs Senators, etc. Its been a tradition for as long as i can remember.
Nothing to do with crowd sizes, just pointing out what the traditions are here
R B Garr
(17,019 posts)DFW
(54,506 posts)And VERY much missed by the Germans!!! And not just the one I'm married to. As a matter of fact, by every German I know, and that's a lot of them. The German press will have a field day with this visit, and I will have a good time reporting back to you on it!
red dog 1
(27,934 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,256 posts)RelativelyJones
(898 posts)Hamlette
(15,412 posts)and they made Trump ride in a taxi?