In the UK UKIP gets what seems to be a lot of air time for a party that has no parliamentary representation. Farage despite being unelected in numerous elections still gets a lot of air time in the current election. He has dodgy links to Russia and the same 'friends' as Trump.
Trump is POTUS. He is PRESIDENT. As president, regardless of whether he likes someone or not there are protocols to follow. Personally if he comes to the UK I would like to see him transported in the back of a refuse truck but protocols mean that he will still be afforded the respect that the leader of a foreign country regardless of who that person is. The Queen or anyone else he meets will treat him with the respect his position requires them to give. That is because he is the president. That should be the same respect that leaders visiting the US. You have to respect the position even if you have no respect for the person. Yet Trump doesn't do that - he has so little respect for some leaders that he dishonours not just himself but also the position he holds.
For me Trump lost any of the nano-particle of respect when he started insulting the disabled during his election campaign. He has no respect for anyone except himself. Even Fox News, who are normally blind to his indiscretions are gradually becoming critical. He decides to look like a cheesy puff with hair that is well... We all make judgements about peoples appearance rightly or wrongly. Women get abused over making "wrong" fashion choices (in the same way Airburst users get abuse). However, as Trump has made racially tinged personal attacks on many people, attacks on women because they don't have looks to his standard, mocks disabilities and so on. If he can do that then he cannot get annoyed when people make judgments about him or his appearance. The FBI has taken no action on the Clinton emails yet he still goes on about it. How about the lies he spread about Obama being a Kenyan Muslim - all absolute lies yet he dismisses it like it was a joke.
In the UK there are some newspapers that are journalistically challenged to such a degree that I'm surprised they can legally call themselves journalists. They literally make-up stories that are lies. However, there are decent journalists out there and they are part of the checks and balances process. Those journalists are the ones that uncover the like of Watergate and Jimmy Saville. They do the stuff that is risky but uncovers the truth. There are some of those that are probably working on Trump's story.
There is a lot of evidence already in the public domain that at least make Tump and/or his cronies warrant scrutiny. The continual lying from a his team on even simple things is either because they never verify any information and have taken something on face value or because they really are just lying and hoping that nobody will notice. All governments hide information but few go out of their way to lie and mislead in the way that the current US administration is doing.
Yes, there may be no Russian ties though Flynn obviously cannot be ignored. There may not be any Russian money. There may not be any pee-pee tapes. But, Trump and his administration and GOP are not exactly doing a good job of not acting like there is a cover-up. Firing Comey and Yates certainly has the smell of cover up even if there isn't one to be seen. The constant protestation of innocence and the "but Clinton" is like that of a 5 year old child deflecting blame on a sibling.
Washington Post: We are going to print this (about conversation about Trump being paid by Putin).
Paul Ryan: Never happened.
Washington Post: We have a transcript.
Paul Ryan: It is false, never happened.
Washington Post: "We have a tape"
Paul Ryan: It was a joke
