It was the fateful moment in 2020 when Joe Biden made it abundantly clear to the world that his predecessor’s Anglophilia was about to be brutally kicked to the curb.
Already planning to have the bust of Britain’s greatest ever leader, Winston Churchill, banned from the Oval Office, a viral video surfaced of the then president being asked for comment by the Donald Trump during the campaign -hating BBC.
‘Mr. Biden, a few words for the BBC,” New York correspondent for the British Bashing Corporation, Nick Bryant, shouted.
‘The BBC? I’m Irish,” Biden replied with a menacing look, before breaking out in a crazed grin.
That obvious contempt, which I am willing to call both monarchy and Britain-hatred, has persisted throughout his presidency.
“If Joe Biden (pictured today) were willing to pay respects to the UK, there could be no better way than to come to Westminster Abbey on Saturday, May 6, along with dozens of other heads of state around the world.” writes Dan Wootton
Mr Wootton says the historic coronation of King Charles III (pictured yesterday) in May is one of the most important days in modern British history
Whether it’s consistently supporting Ireland and the EU during highly sensitive Brexit negotiations, publicly berating ex-Prime Minister Liz Truss for cutting taxes, or siding with the abominable Prince Harry and Meghan Markle over their false claims of royal family racism to Oprah Winfrey.
It has never been made clearer that the special relationship continues in spite of the resident of the White House and not because of him.
The historic coronation of King Charles III in May – one of the most important days in modern British history – should have been a moment to change that.
Travel and protocols have changed in the 70 years since the last coronation, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was in power.
If Biden were willing to pay respects to the UK, there could be no better way than to come to Westminster Abbey on Saturday, May 6, along with dozens of other heads of state around the world, including all three presidents of our political enemies at the European Union.
“Biden’s anti-English stance is indicative of how the left has slowly turned against the UK and our royal family internationally,” writes Dan Wootton (pictured)
Sure, Biden is already traveling to Northern Ireland to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement later this month, describing the 80-year-old leader prone to blunders as cunning to be nice to him.
But given the magnitude of the historic event, another trip a few weeks later is warranted.
U.S. officials want to avoid seeing the decision as a censure and may send First Lady Jill Biden, but the damage is done.
Especially with a US government source emphatically telling the Daily Telegraph, “He’s very proud of his Irish roots.”
Think again before someone tries to reject the decision solely on their age.
In Biden’s 2008 autobiography Promises to Keep, he admitted that his mother’s Irish-American relatives held “Irish grudges,” with his aunt Gertie once telling him, “Your father is not a bad man.” He’s just English.’
In 1982, before he first met the late Queen, his mother Jean Biden gave him only one piece of advice: “Don’t fall for her.”
Biden’s anti-English stance is indicative of how the international left has slowly begun to turn against the UK and our royal family as a kind of walking manifestation of colonialism, which they mock daily for political purposes, forgetting the many miracles that Britain has achieved. richly brought to the world.
Whatever people think of him, I have no doubt that Donald Trump would have moved mountains to attend the King’s coronation.
Perhaps in part because of his mother’s Scottish heritage, he had a deep respect both for the late Queen personally, and for the importance of the British monarchy and the danger posed by a destructive Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Wootton predicts US officials want to avoid seeing the decision as a censure and may instead send First Lady Jill Biden to the coronation. Jill and Joe Biden were pictured together at Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey last year
Biden could have made history by becoming the first US president to attend a coronation, Wootton argued. Joe and Jill Biden are pictured with King Charles last September
The idea of evoking age-old hatred of Irish history or the American Civil War when it came to his relations with our monarchy would have been anathema to him.
Biden could have made history by being the first US president to attend a coronation, while helping to quell the constant drumbeat of hatred towards our royal family from the American left.
Instead, he has fueled this current culture war.
I experienced the most exaggerated abuse of American Be Kind Democrats all weekend by tweeting, “Biden planning to denounce King Charles III’s coronation tells you everything you need to know about how one of the worst presidents in modern history thinks about the United Kingdom. He should be ashamed. PS: Biden, closely associated with Harry and Meghan. We know what it’s really about.’
Twitter felt it necessary to add a bit of context to my very justified tweets, which read, “No American president in history has attended the coronation of the British monarch.”
Well, I’d like to add some important context to that context: there have only been two coronations in the last 100 years, with the most recent being in 1953, with globalization changing the way world leaders travel since then.
Despite the vitriol, I stand by my comments.
And I have no doubt that Harry and Meghan’s malign influence on the way many left-wing Americans feel about the UK and the royal family played a part in Biden’s decision.
Harry had formed a close friendship with Biden and his wife Jill through his Invictus Games, with the president once saying, “Jill went to London for the last games. She’s spent too much goddamn time with Prince Harry!’
That closeness prompted the president’s spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, to praise the Sussexes for “bravery” following their infamous interview with Oprah Winfrey, where they made a number of baseless attacks about the royal family’s racist nature, which they have since had to denounce. walk back.
Courage for what? Destroy your dying grandfather’s legacy? Please!
“I have no doubt that the malign influence of Harry and Meghan on the way many left-wing Americans feel about the UK and the royal family played a role in Biden’s decision,” Wootton writes.
In turn, Meghan and Harry have supported the Bidens politically, with the couple attending the Vax Live event during the Covid pandemic and Meghan breaking all royal protocol to publicly support one of his Supreme Court nominees.
Biden’s sister Valerie Biden Owens has since told ITV’s Good Morning Britain that Meghan would be a good candidate for president, and openly encouraged her to join the Democrats.
So there is little doubt that in the bitter war of the Windsors, Biden will side with the aggrieved Harry who is trying to break down the British monarchy, rather than the current king and heir to the throne, Prince William, who both want to modernize the institution. while continuing many of its most important traditions.
Biden may think his disapproval is clever, delighting his left-wingers and impressing his California friends, the Sussexes, but he missed the chance to make royal history – and the British public will see his barely concealed hatred for Don’t forget our great country.