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Old June 3rd, 2019 #48
Stewart Meadows
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‘Nasty’ debate erupts over Trump’s criticism of Meghan Markle ahead of UK trip


Comment among several by president to have caused controversy in lead-up to state visit.

By Quint Forgey 6/2/19, 12:12 PM CET Updated 6/3/19, 4:03 AM CET

Days ahead of his first state visit to the United Kingdom, debate is raging in both the U.S. and Britain over U.S. President Donald Trump’s use of the word “nasty" in relation to America’s most famous royal, Meghan Markle.

The president, who is prone to creating controversies overseas, employed the descriptor during a pre-trip Oval Office interview Friday with the British tabloid the Sun, after a reporter invoked comments Markle made three years ago that were critical of then-candidate Trump’s White House run.

Markle, whose royal title is the duchess of Sussex, is on maternity leave with her three-week-old son, Archie, and will not join other members of the royal family in meeting with the president.
https://www.politico.eu/article/nast...ad-of-uk-trip/