{"id":36775,"date":"2019-06-14T07:28:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T14:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=36775"},"modified":"2019-06-14T07:28:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T14:28:02","slug":"friday-fun-trump-had-a-whale-of-time-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/06\/14\/friday-fun-trump-had-a-whale-of-time-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fun: Trump Had a Whale of Time in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Whale<\/i>, <em><strong>Twitler<\/strong><\/em> <i>spouting<\/i> off in another Tweet has yet again provided me (via the Internet) with some low-hanging fruit for <i>Friday Fun<\/i>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;\">I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s not a <i>breach<\/i> of security \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Whales_Breaching_Sounding_OPT.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Whales_Breaching_Sounding_OPT.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a>GIF<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;\">To share with you Twitler&#8217;s latest Tweet faux pas.\u00a0 It was so embarrassing that he has since deleted it, so we&#8217;ll have to go with a screenshot:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_Tweet_2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_Tweet_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_Tweet_2.png 571w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_Tweet_2-150x98.png 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_Tweet_2-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;\">And of course this started an Internet meme frenzy.\u00a0 But to set the stage, I think we need to understand that what you and I see is <i><u>NOT<\/u><\/i> what Twitler sees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;\">So when he welcomed the <strong>Prince of Whales<\/strong> to Winfield House in Regent&#8217;s Park (home of the US Ambassador to the UK) for dinner, while we saw this \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_00-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36779\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_00-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_00-.jpg 591w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_00--150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_00--300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;\">Trump saw this \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_00-B.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_00-B.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_00-B.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_00-B-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_00-B-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;\">And when he toasted <strong>Charles<\/strong>, while we saw this \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_06_B.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_06_B.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_06_B.png 666w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_06_B-150x80.png 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_06_B-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;\">Twitler saw this \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36785\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_06.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_06-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_06-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;\">But apparently they had an enjoyable evening (no doubt helped by some soothing music from the <i>orca-stra<\/i>), because later Trump told a reporter:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;\">&#8220;When I met with the Prince of Whales I told him my main <i>porpoise<\/i> as president was to build <i>The Wall<\/i>. \u00a0And I told him it will be beautiful \u2013 just wait &#8217;til you <i>sea<\/i> it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;\">It&#8217;s no surprise that the Internet quickly geared up to weigh in with some artwork:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_GIF_1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36790\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Prince-Whales_GIF_1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"379\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;\">And there were witty Tweets, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump: \u201cAre you sure Prince of Whales is spelled with an H\u201d? <\/p>\n<p>Charles: \u201cAbsolutely\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aze7cAmiSu\">pic.twitter.com\/aze7cAmiSu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Williams (@jswilliams1962) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jswilliams1962\/status\/1139190548827377667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;I DEMAND TO SPEAK TO THE PRINCE OF WHALES!&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gGrXNF6wa1\">pic.twitter.com\/gGrXNF6wa1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Born Miserable (@bornmiserable) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bornmiserable\/status\/1139227322773463040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And to help him remember all those Queens, Princes, Prime Ministers, Presidents and other prestigious Poohbahs that he meets with every day, he has some help:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">IN TRUMP\u2019S ROLODEX<\/p>\n<p>* Prince of Whales<br \/>* Dolly Llama<br \/>* Prime Minister True Dough<br \/>* Emmanuel Macaroni<br \/>* Angela Marble<br \/>* Benjamin Not-on-Yahoo<br \/>* King Salmon<br \/>* The Poop<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; God (@TheTweetOfGod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTweetOfGod\/status\/1139216871826190336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DOES THE PRINCE OF WHALES KNOW ABOUT THE SAUDI PRINCE SALMON? THEY CAN\u2019T BOTH CONTROL THE SEA! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iWuZ5e3LN4\">pic.twitter.com\/iWuZ5e3LN4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OhNoSheTwitnt\/status\/1139187667839594496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0And someone decided with all the Princes out there, they should be ranked:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Princes, ranked. <br \/>5. Prince of Whales<br \/>4. Prince of Tides<br \/>3. Prince of Thieves (Robin Hood)<br \/>2. Prince of Bel Air<br \/>1. Prince<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Julie Gerstein (@havethehabit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/havethehabit\/status\/1139157849282625538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;\">While many of us are so embarrassed and saddened by Trump&#8217;s boundless stupidity that it makes us <i>blubber <\/i>with shame, it&#8217;s reported that <b>Queen Elizabeth II<\/b> and <b>Charles<\/b> actually enjoyed a good chortle from his endless intellectual shortcomings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Charles_Laughing-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Charles_Laughing-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Charles_Laughing-.jpg 642w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Charles_Laughing--150x87.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Charles_Laughing--300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;\">(I know my puns are probably <i>krilling<\/i> you, but just in case you&#8217;re curious <i>how you<\/i> <i>get two whales in a car<\/i> \u2026 you start in London and drive west.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But to keep the record straight<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;\">, the official whale spokesperson wanted the last word to let everyone know &#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">there is no such thing as the fuckin prince of whales<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; whalefact (@awhalefact) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awhalefact\/status\/1139164778344210432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;\">You&#8217;re <i>whale-come<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whale, Twitler spouting off in another Tweet has yet again provided me (via the Internet) with some low-hanging fruit for Friday Fun. I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s not a breach of security \u2026 GIF To share with you Twitler&#8217;s latest Tweet faux pas.\u00a0 It was so embarrassing that he has since deleted it, so we&#8217;ll have to <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/06\/14\/friday-fun-trump-had-a-whale-of-time-in-the-uk\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}