It should not come as any great surprise that the Trump-obsessed media would find a way to make even the passing of Queen Elizabeth II all about former President Donald Trump, and that is exactly the case as CNN’s Jake Tapper and his panel discussed whether he should be invited to her funeral.
(Video: CNN)
The topic came up during Friday’s edition of “The Lead” as Tapper and his guests discussed the appropriate political protocol of Trump taking the trip across the pond to pay his respects to the Queen for whom he clearly had very warm feelings, and how the White House should handle the delicate situation with a man who just had tens of millions of his loyal supporters smeared as fascists and enemies of the state by President Joe Biden.
“There’s something that is just like fascinating me, which is the notion that it’s going to be basically left up to President Biden as to whether or not he brings other presidents with him to the Queen’s funeral,” Tapper said. “I mean, the U.K. has made it very clear, that’s up to the president, he is invited and he can bring whatever delegation. So obviously, Obama, you know, Carter, Bush, no-brainers. What about Trump? Will he invite Trump?”
CNN Senior White House Correspondent Jeff Zeleny responded, “We’ll see, that is a difficult question of protocol, of diplomacy, but I am told by a couple diplomatic officials that, look, Buckingham Palace is leaving up to every country individually, I mean imagine the nightmare of trying to – you have former presidents and former defense ministers, but in this case, it would be an easy solution if Trump wasn’t in the picture.”
“We’ll see what they do,” he said, noting that when Barack Obama was president that he invited former presidents Bush, Carter and Clinton to travel to South African leader Nelson Mandela’s funeral. “Who knows, maybe in the spirit of forgiving and giving, President Biden will invite Donald Trump on the Air Force One. I doubt that’ll happen but I do expect some type of a bipartisan delegation, but look, they are leaving to the White House we’re told. The White House is saying we’re not going to say anything about this until the palace makes funeral arrangements. But by Monday, they’re going to have to figure this out because the funeral time will be announced tomorrow.”
“I think that the clever move is to invite him,” Tapper said, “and see if he goes, I don’t think President Trump, former President Trump would want to be subordinate on Air Force One and I think probably he prefers his own plane anyway.”
Tapper’s suggestion of such a magnanimous and out-of-character move by Biden was received like nails on a chalkboard by Resistance Twitter.
HELL NO. Trump didn’t concede, tried to overthrow the government, and stole national security documents. CNN and Jake Tapper have fallen into full blown fascism. https://t.co/Uo4n3AFNAx
— Outspoken™️ (@Out5p0ken) September 10, 2022
What the hell has happened to @jaketapper? It’s truly sad to see a news anchor who I once admired fall so far, so fast.
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) September 10, 2022
I can’t believe the trusted news anchor who was telling people to buy Jared Kushner’s book is now saying it would be “clever” for Biden to invite Trump to the Queen’s funeral.
CNN is done.
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) September 9, 2022
Hey @jaketapper. Not sure you’re aware of this but the last “president” tried to overthrow our government and is being investigated for espionage for stealing national security secrets to his retirement home. What’d be “clever” is if you just left journalism to real journalists.
— Brian Guest (@brguest20) September 9, 2022
I suppose one way to look at this is annoyance with Jake Tapper’s feeble attempt at game theory.
Another way to look at it—a glass half-full perspective, if you will—is gratitude that Jake Tapper is not in charge of the U.S. delegation.
— Charlotte Clymer 🏳️⚧️🇺🇦 (@cmclymer) September 9, 2022
Jake Tapper saying it would be 'clever' if Biden invites Trump to the Queen's funeral is the one of the single stupidest things I've ever heard.
— Don Lewis (@DonLew87) September 10, 2022
I hope Jake Tapper reads this: you just asked Biden to invite a man who illegally stole nuclear secrets — to somebody else’s funeral. You are not a news anchor. You are not a journalist. You are a paid MAGA propagandist with zero credibility. You and CNN are a complete disgrace.
— Dash Dobrofsky (@DashDobrofsky) September 10, 2022
By the way, if Trump did go to the UK for the Queen’s funeral… he actually may be facing a criminal investigation in Scotland for money laundering. So there’s an outside chance he could get served or arrested while he’s there.
— Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) September 10, 2022
Biden inviting Trump to the Queen’s funeral is like bringing bologna to a banquet. The other guests are going to hate you for it.
— 𝙳𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝙰𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 (@AshIsHereForIt) September 10, 2022
Jake Tapper has gone down the rabbit hole. He's now nothing but a company man, for a company that sucks.
— Duty To Warn 🔉 (@duty2warn) September 10, 2022
Trump has devoted over a dozen posts on Truth Social to Queen Elizabeth II whom he described as “a grand and beautiful lady she was—there was nobody like her!…”
(Image: Screengrab/Truth Social)
The politicizing of funerals is nothing new for the liberal establishment, they did the same thing when Senator John McCain died, turning what should have been a solemn service of dignity and respect into a veritable anti-Trump rally.
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Chris Donaldson is an ordinary American who is concerned about rampant corruption as well as the ongoing attacks on our way of life by those who have contempt for our hard-earned freedoms. A Navy veteran, he has been a frequent contributor to conservative websites and resides in Florida.
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