Hahahah: "President Trump made some major missteps when meeting the queen"

Yahoo! article: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/president-trump-made-major-missteps-meeting-queen-194626332.html

The major misstep, when you dig thru it, appears to be that Trump walked maybe a hair too fast and the Queen for some reason moved over and behind him, and Trump then stopped and waited and it looked awkward for a quick second.

Lol.

Can be viewed in the article or in this Tweet: https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/1017823574407700481

To me it seems like if anything the Queen is misstepping, but that's beside the point.

What's important is that a split second of how people are walking doesn't actually matter or mean much. And if you pretend that it does, like the Twitter user they bring to life in the article:

then the smart money knows that you're a hack. You don't like Trump, and are happy to grasp at anything that you think helps you justify that.

Not a SHRED of respect, the way he walked a little too fast for half a second there! NONE!!! 😆😆

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So what's interesting to me isn't whether he technically broke protocol, but rather the way these people have an indignant attitude like that it should be such a big deal.

Funny how the anti-Trumpers suddenly turn into snob elitists who have the utmost respect for pointless displays of hierarchy and specialness.

Overall, a certain deference to the queen is expected. Arrive before her, don’t speak unless spoken to or sit or eat until she has, and never turn your back or leave before she does. Trump managed to publicly flout a few of these rules of protocol.

Why? Lol. Why is she special, and other leaders are supposed to show deference to her?

If you think other people need to bend over backwards and have all these weird rules when they visit you, then you and these weird rules are the source of the problem.

Earlier, the president and first lady Melania Trump defied protocol when they greeted the queen: They did not bow or curtsy, but instead opted to simply shake hands. It is not obligatory to bow, as Americans are not her subjects, but doing so is widely considered good manners.

Okay, so still not a "major misstep" or even anything that's technically wrong.

And, as one person pointed out, his overall behavior was disrespectful and thoughtless toward an elderly woman, queen or not.

Lol, so someone somewhere characterized his behavior as that. Sick journalism. Do you have an actual example?

My grandmothers never found it problematic when I didn't bow to them or walked half a step in front.

Ya I mean not bowing, can you BELIEVE he did that?? Or was it the part where he walked a little too fast?

Remember "Little Marco", "Lying Ted", relentlessly trolling Jeb Bush out of the debates? It's not like he has a track record of being prim and proper towards men.

But if you even hint at disrespecting someone who happens to be a woman [and in this case "disrespect" actually means not following an assortment of weird rules that actually are designed to show deference to her 🙄🙄], there are these people who want to make it about gender.

If you imagine that something has to do with gender when there isn't actually an indication to think that, quite frankly, you're the sexist.

(Kendally Brown is projecting, basically.)

Even though the royal family’s approach to royal protocol is reportedly much more relaxed than it used to be, these gaffes — intentional or not — are causing a bit of a backlash.

So no big deal, but there's backlash anyways. Seems about right.

Better title would be: President Trump Walks A Little Too Fast And The Loonies Are Losing Their Lid Over It!

While I'm sure Trump could be a little obtuse to the protocol, or be deliberately needling, these are such minor "infractions" that they could also be just par for the course and what happens when Bush, Obama, Clinton etc. or other leaders visit her.

I imagine it isn't simple to perfectly stick to weird norms like "don't turn your back to her" when you're used to being normal your whole life. So it seems like it could just invariably happen from time to time, and it's just whether or not people want to react and pretend to make a big deal out of it.

And no matter how you slice it, it shouldn't matter to you that Person A walked faster than Person B, etc. No one takes you seriously when you pretend that it does. It only matters if you're trying to use that as a cheap way to manipulate people into not liking Trump.

There are plenty of valid ways to disagree with Trump. Try it.