Piers Morgan's Donald Trump Interview Shows The US President Didn't Quite Understand All The Protests

It appears Trump wasn't watching the wall-to-wall TV coverage.
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Donald Trump is putting a positive spin on the huge protests across Britain against his presidency, insisting there were ”many, many in my favour”.

SPOILER: There were not.

The US President was interviewed aboard Air Force One by Piers Morgan on Friday as 100,000 people took to the streets of London.

The centre of the capital was brought to a standstill by the anti-Trump marchers, a giant inflatable “Baby Trump” had attracted thousands in Parliament Square that morning and a nationwide “Carnival of Resistance” was being enjoyed by many more.

But it appears Trump was either not watching the wall-to-wall TV coverage closely or had been fed information by those around him designed to insulate his delicate ego.

In the interview published in the Mail on Sunday, Morgan reports the President as saying:

“‘Some of them are protesting in my favour, you know that?’ he insisted. ‘There are many, many protests in my favour.’”

HuffPost UK was at the protests on Friday and struggled to find any in support of Trump.

Around 10 people were engaged in debate around the Trump Baby...

Nick Harris, 20, from Sheffield. Agrees with Trump’s comments on immigration as we “have to stand up for British values” #BringtheNoise pic.twitter.com/VvwBz1T8nU

— Chris York (@ChrisDYork) July 13, 2018

And a small group had been corralled into a pub just off Trafalgar Square.

Scenes just off Trafalgar Square as a small group of Trump supporters have been separated from the main #TrumpProtests by police pic.twitter.com/bkZbYHOOxe

— Chris York (@ChrisDYork) July 13, 2018

Meanwhile, the anti-Trump crowds were everywhere.

This is a crazy view of the anti-Trump protest in England. You should see this, @realDonaldTrump. Definitely a larger crowd than your inauguration, don’t you think? I mean look at all those people that oppose your treasonous administration. Wow. pic.twitter.com/C55iFXXthx

— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) July 14, 2018

Pro-Trump rallies on Saturday don’t appear to have been anymore successful.

BREAKING - police could be stretched today as pro-Trump rally swells to three now. pic.twitter.com/V0Gv2CorY0

— alex thomson (@alextomo) July 14, 2018

Morgan boarded Air Force One at Stansted Airport in Essex to speak with the US president and quizzed him on the Queen, Brexit and Kim Jong Un.

During the interview, Trump suggested he would run for a second term in 2020.

“Well I fully intend to [run in 2020]. It seems like everybody wants me to,” he was quoted in the Mail on Sunday as saying.

On the Queen, Morgan quoted Trump as saying: “The Queen is fantastic! She’s a fantastic woman; so much energy and smart and sharp. She was amazing! Such a wonderful lady and so beautiful! It was such an honour to finally meet her. To have a Queen like that is great.”

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Inside Air Force One.
My world exclusive interview with President Trump on the planet's most elite plane. https://t.co/YinfAFVX1a pic.twitter.com/gUkentPlpr

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 14, 2018

During the Queen’s 66-year reign there have been 13 American presidents – from Harry S Truman to Trump – and she has now met all of them barring Lyndon B Johnson.

Trump said his mother, Mary Anne Trump, who died in 2000 at the age of 88, was a “tremendous fan” of the Queen.

He said: “I was walking up and I was saying (to Melania) ‘Can you imagine my mother seeing this scene? Windsor. Windsor Castle.’ And it was beautiful, it was really beautiful but the Queen is terrific.

“She is so sharp, so wise, so beautiful. Up close, you see she’s so beautiful. She’s a very special person. And the way she’s conducted herself for so many years.”

He added: “And she’s got a lotta years left.”

Speaking of his historic summit with North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un, he said: “I get along with him great, yeah. He’s very smart, great personality, he’s funny and tough, good negotiator.”

Morgan’s interview with Trump airs on ITV’s Good Morning Britain at 6am BST on Monday.

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