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The U.S. president got a not-so-royal welcome in the UK (The New Republic):
As Donald Trump embarks Tuesday on his second state visit to the U.K., demonstrators have spread an enormous banner depicting the president with notorious sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein across a lawn outside Windsor Castle—where King Charles III is set to host him.
The banner is one of many antics planned for the trip by Everyone Hates Elon, a British guerilla group formed earlier this year to troll billionaire Elon Musk with viral stunts.
TNR adds:
For Trump’s visit, Everyone Hates Elon is endeavoring to put the 1997 photo of the president and his former friend Epstein “everywhere he goes,” thus making it “the defining image” of the trip, according to a fundraising page. (As of this writing, almost 1,800 donors have contributed 31,760 pounds—or more than $43,000—to the cause.)
For every 15 pounds raised, the group vowed to add another square meter to the banner, which was unveiled Tuesday as “the WORLD’S BIGGEST PHOTO of Donald with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.”
Not to miss a trick, Everybody Hates Elon slipped Epstein & Trump merch into the Windsor Castle gift shop.
Pranksters did not back off after the sun set on what remains of the British empire (USA Today):
Four people in England have been arrested in connection with projecting images of President Donald Trump with his arm around sex offender Jeffrey Epstein onto Windsor Castle, the home of the British royal family.
The stunt at the royal residence comes just as the president arrived late on Tuesday, Sept. 16, to begin a state visit to Britain. King Charles is expected to greet Trump at the castle about 25 miles west of London on Wednesday.
Photos and videos shared online by British media and others show that also projected onto the castle tower were images of a birthday letter Trump allegedly wrote to Epstein more than 20 years ago, though the White House has denied its authenticity; a photo of Melania Trump between Trump and Epstein; and pictures of Epstein’s victims.
We’re sure Trump’s golf outings in the UK will be equally well pranked.
Mustn’t make too much fun of the sun setting on the British empire. Trump and his MAGA Golden Horde are working hard at having it set on ours.
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