Trump says US ‘will not pay for security’ for Prince Harry and Meghan after move to California

NightHawkeye said:

LOL

There's a lot to be said for being pro-active ... rather than reactive.

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Yeah, if only Trump addressed pandemics with the same vigor, we might not have several thousand dead Americans.

GoldenBoy89 said:

Not wrong of him but like, who even asked? Is that what he thinks people are really concerned about right now?

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It helps people to think of something else for a few minutes, which is positive. Most people are getting sick of the "end of the world is nigh" nonsense...

Hazelelponi said:

It helps people to think of something else for a few minutes, which is positive. Most people are getting sick of the "end of the world is nigh" nonsense...

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I'm sure they'll keep thinking of something else when Donald demands their praise and gratitude.

Hazelelponi said:

It helps people to think of something else for a few minutes, which is positive. Most people are getting sick of the "end of the world is nigh" nonsense...

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So to make things positive, he chooses to pick a fabricated fight with the British royals over a fabricated financial dispute.
Seems USA folk have a different definition of "positive" to what I am used to.

Hazelelponi said:

It helps people to think of something else for a few minutes, which is positive. Most people are getting sick of the "end of the world is nigh" nonsense...

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maybe instead, he could actually lead us through the disaster instead of letting us die.

NightHawkeye said:

Have you watched any of the daily press briefings?

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Unfortunately I have. This President leads from behind. Always.

stevil said:

So to make things positive, he chooses to pick a fabricated fight with the British royals over a fabricated financial dispute.

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They're not royals as of tomorrow. If they were, it probably would change a lot about this matter. And I would not be too quick to denounce the reaction of the president, since the Canadians have already adopted the same attitude towards the taxpayers picking up the tab for a couple that can afford to cover it themselves.

Albion said:

They're not royals. If they were, it probably would change a lot about this matter. And I would not be too quick to denounce the reaction of the president, since the Canadians have already adopted the same attitude towards the taxpayers picking up the tab a for a couple that can afford to cover it themselves.

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Perhaps Harry and Meghan have not appreciated the President.

Aryeh Jay said:

I am not going to pay Income Tax to the Government of Mexico, they are on their own.

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But then how are they going to get money to pay for the wall?

NightHawkeye said:

LOL

There's a lot to be said for being pro-active ... rather than reactive.

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I'm a great admirer of NightHawkeye, but I won't be paying his food bills this month. He chose to eat so HE MUST PAY!!

Albion said:

They're not royals as of tomorrow. If they were, it probably would change a lot about this matter.

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True, they're just foreigners... Donald can always score points with his base by picking a fight.

And I would not be too quick to denounce the reaction of the president,

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We know.

since the Canadians have already adopted the same attitude towards the taxpayers picking up the tab for a couple that can afford to cover it themselves.

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The difference being that Canada might actually be expected to do so, since Queen Elizabeth II is still considered Canada's sovereign, which means Canada and the UK share the Royal Family.

Canada is acknowledging that Harry and Megan are no longer members of the Royal Family; Donald is just making a Donald of himself.

NightHawkeye said:

ROTFL ,,,

Harry and Meghan seem not to have appreciated even their own royal family.

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Off with their heads!

Tom 1 said:

There’s a guy called Benny in Malaysia who needs to get the back wheel of his bike repaired. Is anyone else apart from me not going to pay for the repair? Maybe we should let the world know, just in case -?

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Why does he need it repaired? He should be in lock-down. He doesn't need to go anywhere. Besides, I've seen photographs of the bike and the only problem is a flat tire and that's only flat at the bottom. I stand shoulder to shoulder with you on this (but six feet away).

Is there any indication that Harry and Megan weren't planning on paying for their own security?

Ophiolite said:

Why does he need it repaired? He should be in lock-down. He doesn't need to go anywhere. Besides, I've seen photographs of the bike and the only problem is a flat tire and that's only flat at the bottom. I stand shoulder to shoulder with you on this (but six feet away).

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Thanks. I hadn’t realised before all this the importance of letting people know who I wouldn’t be helping, it’s been a real eye opener. On a similar note, I think I will neglect to prune one of my cherry trees much this year as it doesn’t really produce much fruit anyway. Also I probably won’t go out of my way to advise the local priest on beard grooming. Wow, there is so much of this! Thanks, president Trump!

NightHawkeye said:

Have you watched any of the daily press briefings?

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No, but I hear ratings are up!

Arcangl86 said:

Is there any indication that Harry and Megan weren't planning on paying for their own security?

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None whatsoever -- Donald just needed to pick a fight with some foreigners because he knows his base will always cheer that.

TLK Valentine said:

None whatsoever -- Donald just needed to pick a fight with some foreigners because he knows his base will always cheer that.

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Hey, Meghan was born in the US, though I haven't seen her long form certificate of live birth...