There was a question about Donald Trump’s punctuality when he had tea with Queen Elizabeth in July 2018. Footage of the event showed the monarch awaiting her guests and adjusting one of her gloves as she appeared to check her watch. This gesture led to a media debate as to whether the Trumps were late or the queen was ahead of schedule. Once he arrived, Trump also broke royal rules by shaking hands with the queen rather than bowing to her. While Elizabeth showed Trump her honor guard, he committed another faux paus. Trump stepped in front of the queen and blocked her, forcing her to cross behind him before they walked side by side. Some fans were irritated that the president didn’t respect his elder. However, Elizabeth had a humorous reaction, as she reportedly laughed at the news footage.
Weeks later, Trump claimed to a crowd that he had been 15 minutes early that day and was forced to wait for the queen, not the other way around. Time debacles aside, Trump inarguably broke protocol by sharing details of the royal meeting as he bragged about staying longer than the allotted time. Trump broke the same role again in a TV interview with “Good Morning Britain,” in which he divulged that the queen told him that Brexit was “a very complex problem.” When pressed to share more about Queen Elizabeth’s stance, Trump abruptly invoked protocol about preserving the privacy of royal meetings and refused to provide more details.
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