Pearls Before Swine

England Welcomes The Donald

Photo of Sir Winston Churchill, last heard from turning over in his grave, from Wikimedia Commons

Queen Elizabeth demonstrated her determination to mend the “special relationship” that has been so badly Trumped. Her British subjects were in the street expressing their opinion of Trump accompanied by the famous Baby Trump balloon.

Ordinary Brits have been trolling Trump since before he landed. Ollie Nancarrow, age 18, mowed the grass under the approach Air Force One would take to land at Stansted Airport in a manner that showed a giant penis and “Oi Trump.” He also sculpted a polar bear advising, “Climate change is real.” When he posted the deed to social media, a woman commented on the penis, “Shouldn’t it be smaller?”

A group calling itself “Led by Donkeys,” originally formed to oppose Brexit, projected messages on London landmarks last night, including Boris Johnson’s 2015 comments on Trump that lit up the side of Big Ben:

Donald Trump’s ill-informed comments are complete and utter nonsense. I think he’s betraying a quite stupefying ignorance that makes him frankly unfit to hold the office of President of the United States.

Johnson is now the Conservative candidate for Prime Minister as the British vote from a position as divided as the U.S. on the major (connected) issues, immigration and Brexit. Trump, improperly in terms of foreign affairs norms, involved himself in the…