In yet more Britain Trump news, Former Guy may be disappearing ever more inexorably into madness and failure but, Cheshire Cat-like, his trademark smirk lingers on, on the faces of the Trump tribute band currently governing the UK.
Today's pound shop Donald is Grant Shapps, the über-Trumpy get-rich-quick grifter who used to pretend to be a multimillion-dollar web marketer under an assumed name. Here he is hardly even trying to justify reversing the irreversible, or being wildly inconsistent about controlling borders in a pandemic:
Portugal has been added to the "amber list" for travel just a week after thousands of English football fans flew to Porto for the Champions League final.
— Simon Gosden. Esq. #fbpe 3.5% 🕷🇪🇺🇬🇧🏴☠️🦠💙 (@g_gosden) June 3, 2021
Grant Shapps, said it was a "difficult decision", but he was smirking at the time.
pic.twitter.com/TNzYk2ttRF
Of course, he's not alone.
From Patel to Johnson the perma-smirk of invulnerability is now as much a part of the Conservative brand as the Tory Power Stance.
As Ophelia Benson said of the Trump smirk, back in the days of Former Guy's pomp:
It’s the bro smirk, the smirk of dominance.
It would be interesting to see if he's still smirking now that his influence doesn't even extend to being heard on his low-traffic blog (I feel your pain, Donny) and how long the smirk will persist on the lips of the Britain Trump crew who were, presumably, counting on their special relationship with Former Guy to make a success of "Global Britain."
https://twitter.com/g_gosden/status/1400542223461199875?s=20
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