When Trump visited the UK a while ago, many politicians spoke out against the UK welcoming him and large numbers of people protested his visit.
When other world leaders with far worse human rights records visit the UK, e.g: MBS the crown prince of saudi arabia. those same politicians and people are largely silent.
Why?
Potential explanations:
- People are more likely to know about trump’s badness than that of other world leaders
- Trump is from a nation we see, culturally, as part of our tribe. Hence trump is part of our culture war in a way the dictator of forignstan isn’t.
- For politicians, their voters/the media dislike trump more than other world leaders, hence they play to that.
Dissent 