...from Camelot to Spamalot - the Donald J. Clampetts play the Palace
The first thing you know old Jed’s a billionaire… They’ve had over a month to prepare for this and they still wound up slightly trashy, self-sabotaged by protocol ignorance.
If there are class wars in the US, this foray in state visiting demonstrates why there’s no department of peace.
"The Kennedys occupied American political culture as the unofficial royal family, but this week, the Trumps appeared to present themselves as the 2019 version." - Maggie Haberman
Whether they had official roles in the visit or not, the extended Trump family seemed to materialize in London overnight — all save the president’s youngest son, Barron, who stayed home. But Monday’s lavish audience with the British royals was the culmination of more than a month of planning by White House officials who have grown accustomed to accommodating President Trump’s children, whether that includes redrawing plans for a state visit or evicting guests from their seats at the State of the Union address.
As Mr. Trump presides over a White House with unprecedented turnover, he has relied on his children the same way he has for decades — asking them for advice or seeing them as surrogates in the fight against his real and perceived enemies.
On this visit, another family opportunity surfaced: The Kennedys have long occupied the American political culture as the unofficial royal family, but this week, the Trumps appeared to present themselves as the 2019 version.
www.nytimes.com/...
CZEdwards has some pretty trenchant criticism of some pretty poor attention to detail on the part of the Americans. It all seems a bit snobbish but it does seem important that if you really think you’re American royalty, you cannot ignore rules.
Long but amusing CZEdwards tweet thread: