By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--June 4, 2019
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“Jeremy Corbyn this afternoon delivered a firebrand speech to anti-Donald Trump protesters in London - obliquely accusing the President of 'creating a sense of hate' and fostering racism. (Daily Mail, June 4, 2019)The presidential motorcade departs Buckingham Palace, the President and First Lady waved to the crowds from the second “beast”. Fair amount of booing but also some cheers from a small group of Trump supporters. #TrumpUKVisit pic.twitter.com/Os3tLbWTKv
— Vincent McAviney (@VinnyMcAv) June 3, 2019
“The Labour leader did not mention the President by name but played on familiar themes of Mr Trump's critics in a high-energy speech. “In an extraordinary speech for a politician who could one day have to work with Mr Trump, Mr Corbyn sprung to the defence of London Mayor Sadiq Khan and suggested the President had 'created a greater sense of hate and hatred that goes with it’. “He spoke as tens of thousands of protesters failed to turn up to anti-Trump demonstrations today which had been billed as a 'carnival of resistance’. “Photographs showed a lacklustre crowd of activists gathering while the President was inside 10 Downing Street meeting Prime Minister Theresa May as part of his three-day state visit to Britain. “Mr Trump got a sight of the infamous 20ft Trump Baby blimp at Parliament Square as thousands of protesters marched from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament.
“March organisers have already downgraded their expectations from 250,000 people to just 75,000 - blaming a 'working Tuesday' for the lower number, which is the most organisers believe they can expect to turn up. “Demonstrators shouted expletives as the President passed the blimp in his limousine 'The Beast' along with his sizeable motorcade on the way to meet Prime Minister Theresa May at Downing Street. “Mr Corbyn raged at the US president in a frothing speech to demonstrators in Trafalgar Square - condemning him for treating refugees like 'enemies', ignoring climate change, and trying to exploit the NHS for profit. “In a message that will delight his hard-Left acolytes, Mr Corbyn insisted Mr Trump had 'no answers' to the problems of how to create 'peace and justice’.
“Despite snubbing the ceremonial banquet the Queen threw for Mr Trump last night, Mr Corbyn - known for sitting down with Hamas, Hezbollah and the IRA in the past – denied he was avoiding talking to Mr Trump. “And he said 'protest and activism' was the best way to bring about political change”.Mainstream and social media are in sync with Corbyn and Khan. Both are living proof that the emperor has no clothes. Fakery and street theatre are key mainstays of leftist malcontents fomenting hate and their media surrogates. The day before the president embarked on his London trip, the media tried to portray Trump’s slicked down, sweat-flattened hair after a round of golf as a “new hairdo” he would wear to meet Queen Elizabeth II.
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