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To make matters worse, he interrupted his own speech to praise a golfer, Rory McIlroy, for “unconquerable courage.” Apparently, in Trump’s world, winning a golf tournament is on par with the beaches of Normandy.
The evening was riddled with the kind of social incompetence we’ve come to expect from this administration. Trump was so eager to receive a “gift”—the bell from a namesake submarine—that he stood up and tried to grab it before the King had even finished his sentence. He was then seen pushing past Queen Camilla to shake the hands of his own cabinet members, a move so bizarre and disrespectful it left the Queen visibly confused.
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