If it’s true that being a diplomat means thinking twice, then Donald Trump isn’t trying to make friends in politics but will certainly finish his presidency with plenty of enemies. His thuggish style, coarse manners and rude statements herald the apocalypse, not just for diplomacy, but for friendly relations with his NATO partners. How an observer suffers as he watches the queen, who is all protocol and etiquette, receive a character who would kick a royal guard’s ass if the guard looked at him the wrong way. Does it really make sense to call London Mayor Sadiq Khan “dumb,” “incompetent” and “foolishly nasty” before landing on Air Force One? Who would insult Meghan Markle in an interview with The Sun before being received by the royal family? How can you encourage Boris Johnson to lead the country when his rival Theresa May is still the prime minister? One can only understand Trump as being the closest thing to what Queen Elizabeth would call a bull in a china shop. He doesn’t care much about wreaking diplomatic havoc.
Among those who have declined an invitation to the official state banquet are Mayor Khan (who has classified Trump as a “global threat”) Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow. One eats well at Buckingham Palace, but with Trump there, one could find the feast hard to digest.
SI es cierto que ser diplomático es pensar dos veces Trump no intenta hacer amigos en política, pero acabará su mandato con demasiados enemigos. Su estilo matonista, sus modales ordinarios y sus discursos soeces anuncian el apocalipsis no sólo de la diplomacia, sino también de las relaciones cordiales con sus socios atlantistas. El espectador sufre viendo a la reina de Inglaterra, que es todo protocolo y etiqueta, recibiendo a un personaje capaz de patear el culo de un guardia real si lo mira mal. ¿Acaso tiene sentido llamar al alcalde Sadiq Khan “incompetente, tonto y estúpidamente antipático” antes de aterrizar el Air Force One? ¿A quién se le ocurriría ser descortés con Meghan Markle en una entrevista en The Sun antes de ser recibido por la familia real? ¿Cómo se puede animar a Boris Johnson a situarse al frente del país cuando todavía es la primera ministra su rival Theresa May? Sólo se entiende siendo Donald Trump lo más parecido a un elefante en una cacharrería –Isabel II diría like a bull in a china shop– al que le importan poco los destrozos diplomáticos.
Entre quienes decidieron declinar la invitación a la cena oficial figuran desde el alcalde Khan (ha calificado a Trump de “amenaza global”) hasta el líder laborista Jeremy Corbyn, pasando por el presidente de la Cámara de los Comunes, John Bercow. Se come bien en Buckingham, pero con Trump el ágape puede resultar indigesto.
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