Watch Fed-Up Liberal Piers Morgan Flip, Obliterate British Trump-Haters
As President Donald Trump visits the United Kingdom for the lead-up to the 75th anniversary of D-Day, there are plenty of anti-Trump protesters out in public to make their point — the biggest point being made by a balloon depicting Trump as an orange baby in a diaper.
That balloon has been around for quite a while and seems to get news every time it’s toted out. Veteran commentator Piers Morgan — a self-described liberal — is a little sick of it, saying that while he certainly supports the right of individuals to protest, they’re not looking at the right targets.
Morgan, formerly with CNN, is now an anchor with Britain’s ITV. On a Monday broadcast of “Good Morning Britain,” Morgan confronted two of the leaders of the protests, Asad Rehman and Freddie Gray.
The protest, according to the U.K. Sun, would also feature a 16-foot robotic statue of Trump sitting on a gold toilet. It was scheduled to take place outside of Buckingham Palace at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, when Trump was to be in a banquet with the queen.
The host began by pointing out that when Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman — the leader believed to have ordered the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and who brutally represses his own people — no balloon was to be seen. He later noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin had also not been given his own balloon.
“There’s something a bit warped about our values. Is Trump really worse than Putin or King Salman?” Morgan said. “Americans fought and died alongside us on D-Day.”
“I think, actually, indeed, they … are a little bit disrespectful to be waving baby balloons all around the place at the President of the United States,” he explained.
“When we needed the Americans in World War II, they were there for us.
“And if our response [to that country] is to have bigger protests against the leader of United States, than it ever was against the leader of Saudi Arabia … or China … or Russia … There’s something a bit warped about our values,” Morgan said.
Rehman said that the point of the balloon was that Trump was “egotistical and has got a very thin skin,” although Morgan questioned why such a balloon was appropriate for the 75th anniversary of one of the most decisive battles of World War II.
Check out the exchange here:
Morgan’s points here are pretty spot on. If Rehman had flown the balloon in the countries run by either bin Salman or Putin, he’d likely find himself in jail — or worse.
In the United States, flying the balloon would probably mean you would fit right in with the protest crowd — and there are certainly no legal repercussions, given that it’s your First Amendment right.
Yet, while there have been protests against bin Salman and Putin, they’re certainly nothing like this.
The level of outrage that’s being conveyed here isn’t exactly commensurate with their issues — but then, protesting bin Salman and Putin doesn’t get you on “Good Morning Britain,” does it?
And then there’s the timing.
This is a state visit honoring the lives that were sacrificed in the battle that began the process of recapturing Western Europe from the Nazis.
This is the time they decide to have a statue of an America president on the toilet.
Piers Morgan has been wrong about many things over the years, but he was dead right this time.
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