TRUMP IS TAKING CONTROL OF QUEEN?
I wonder when Hussein will make his visit?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/queen-put-very-difficult-position-trump-state-visit-n714571
LONDON — The planned state visit of President Donald Trump to the United Kingdom later this year could put 90-year-old Queen Elizabeth in a “very difficult position,” according to people in royal circles.
In a letter to the Times of London, Lord Ricketts, who was the permanent secretary at the Foreign Office (the British equivalent of the State Department) from 2006 to 2010, questioned whether Trump is “specially deserving of this exceptional honor?”
Ricketts said there is “no precedent for a U.S. president paying a state visit to this country in their first year. Most have had to wait till their third.” He added, “now the Queen is put in a very difficult position.”
In fact, if recent precedence says anything, former President Barack Obama made his first visit to the U.K. two months into office, but he did not receive the honor of a state visit until he had been in office for 28 months; and President George W. Bush made his first visit to the U.K. after six months, but he did not get a state visit until he had been in the White House for 32 months.
In the U.K., the prime minister is the head of parliament and is in charge of the day-to-day running of the country, but Queen Elizabeth is the head of state. Therefore she is the person who officially receives foreign dignitaries.
But many are questioning if Trump should receive such a prestigious welcome so early on in his tenure as president.
As many as 1.6 million British citizens have signed a petition to Parliament saying that he “should not be invited to make an official State Visit because it would cause embarrassment to Her Majesty the Queen.”
British Prime Minister Theresa May announced during her visit to the White House last week that Trump had accepted an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II for a state visit later this year — reportedly in June.
This wouldn't be the first time the Queen met with a figure unpopular on the world scene. After 60 years as the reigning monarch, she’s seen them all: She welcomed the first Communist head of state, Romania’s Nicolae Ceausescu, in 1978 when he was already well-known as a corrupt and oppressive leader, as well as Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe in 1994.