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When the British royal family welcomed President Donald Trump to Windsor Castle at a gorgeous ceremony on Wednesday, the British people gave American leaders his own – not remarkably friendly – themselves, for his presence in their country.
With a totally different kind of greeting, the UK has demonstrated to the president over the past few days, but British authorities have been keen to keep Trump away from signs of public criticism.
Recent polls show that Brits generally disapprove of Trump. A poll released by IPSOS on Tuesday found that 61% of Britons say they don’t like US leaders.
The anti-Trump demonstration began Tuesday evening, landing at Stansted Airport in London and heading to Winfield House, the official home of the UK’s US ambassador, in the heart of the capital.
A group of activists led by donkeys, predicted footage of Trump along with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, on the side of Windsor Castle, where the president was scheduled to begin a state visit the next day.
“Donald, welcome to Windsor Castle,” the group said in a post on Stunt’s Instagram. He also posted a video of the timeline of interaction between the president and the deceased sex offender, calling it the “Trump and Epstein story.”
Police said four men were arrested on suspicion of “malicious communication.”
A Donkey-led spokesman said in a statement that it was the first time in the group’s history that one of the activists was arrested for taking part in a demonstration containing a prediction, UK PA Media News reported.
“The politics of division and hatred”
On Wednesday, when Trump traveled to Windsor, protests against the US leader took place in London.
Critics noted that local authorities are eager to protect the president from public warnings and are eager to maintain all scheduled events behind closed doors amidst strict security.
On Thursday, Trump once again shuns the British people and travels to Checker, the official country house of London’s Northwest Prime Minister, for consultations with Kiel Starmer.
Trump was having lunch with the Royals in Windsor on Wednesday afternoon, but demonstrators began gathering in the British capital, waving flags and flags with slogans against US leaders, including “Dump Trump,” “Stop Trump,” and other people who featured expletives.
Some demonstrators, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and self-proclaimed misogyny Andrew Tate, have held signs including “war criminals for Trump,” “Trump murderers,” and “Trump murderers.”
Many of the protests have swayed signs related to certain political topics Trump has worn, such as the Russian-Ukraine conflict and the Israeli war in Gaza.
“The politics that Donald Trump represents, the politics of racism, the politics of division and hatred, the politics of profiting before the planet are the absolute antithesis of the politics we represent, the absolute antithesis of the politics we represent, the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign Director Ben Jamal told CNN on Wednesday.
London mayor Sadiq Khan reflected the sentiment in an operation issued by the Guardian on Tuesday, accusing Londoners of “inciting the flames of divisive and far-right politics around the world” and called on Londoners to reject “politics of fear and division.”
“Truth and falsehood”
As expected to relax after Trump finishes his state banquet in his honor on Wednesday evening, British television network Channel 4 will air “unbroken catalogues” of his “false and falsehood.”
The screening for the marathon, “Trump v Truth,” is programmed to air for a total of five hours to the UK, displaying more than 100 “false, distortion, inaccuracy” that has been issued or written by the US president since taking office in January.
Channel 4 Chief Content Officer Ian Katz said the day’s event “hopes to remind viewers how unstable and dangerous the world is when it shows that the most powerful man on the planet has little respect for the truth.”
“And if President Trump wants to see him together after a state banquet, he might even clear up some misconceptions,” Katz added.
