I don’t think I’ll pollute my blog by reposting it here, but earlier I came across a Tweet, apparently by a MAGA supporter, asking us Brits not to protest when Donald Trump visits, and would be “very rude and disrespectful” and “not very English like”. Needless to say, I was staggered that anyone could have the audacity to make such a demand, but now that I come to reflect on it, in a way I think it goes to the heart of the problem. Americans know how unpopular their current president is; deep down, they know trump has turned their country into little more than a global laughingstock. The problem is, those in the cult of trump hate when it is demonstrated explicitly: they know full well that there will be huge protests when Trump visits the UK, but will do anything to avoid them for fear that the spectacle would dash away their fantasy that their hero is a university respected statesman. Hence we see tweets like the one in question appearing, demanding that we all behave ourselves, simultaneously clinging to the delusion that their country still holds the authority to make such demands while betraying an underlying knowledge that the display of revulsion will be unambiguous and un-ignorable when Trump tries to parade himself before the wider world.