From across the Atlantic, it’s an outrage to have witnessed Britain fawn over French President Emmanuel Macron while plotting to silence President Donald Trump, a true supporter of Brexit and the UK’s closest ally.
The gold carriages, military bands, and glittering state banquet at Windsor Castle—lavished on 160 guests, including Mick Jagger and Hugh Grant—reek of grovelling to a Eurocrat who’s sneered at Britain’s independence.
Meanwhile, Trump, who champions Britain’s sovereignty and decries the EU, faces a calculated snub: he is barred from addressing Parliament during his upcoming state visit, likely in September 2025. Could it be that Labour fears he’ll expose their catastrophic dismantling of Britain? This is a betrayal and a disgrace.
Macron’s visit was an undeserved display of bilateral harmony and respect: 1,000 troops at Horse Guards Parade, the full Royal Family turnout, wreath-laying at Charles de Gaulle and Winston Churchill statues, and an address in the Royal Gallery, where paintings of Waterloo and Trafalgar mocked his presence.
Why this hero’s welcome for a fair-weather friend? Macron’s speech, dripping with French charm, prattled about an “entente amicale” and a “new chapter,” but it cloaked his contempt for Brexit. He’s branded it a “shock” fuelled by “lies and false promises”, as if Britons were too dim to choose their path.
During negotiations, he stonewalled extensions, backed Ireland’s hardline backstop, and tied defence cooperation to fishing concessions—hardly the mark of an ally. His push for a European army, pitched as a NATO complement but seen by critics as a rival, prioritises French glory over Britain’s interests. Yet Starmer rolled out the red carpet for this smirking Eurocrat who trampled on British interests right and left.
Snubbing Trump after fawning over Macron is the last gasp of a coward who knows what's coming - Lee Cohen
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Worse, Macron’s France has betrayed Britain on the Channel migration crisis. Matt Goodwin has rightly described Macron and Starmer’s latest joint declaration touting “unprecedented” migration cooperation as normalisation of “the large-scale transfer of asylum-seekers and illegal migrants into our country.”
Nearly 20,000 migrants crossed in 2025, a 50 per cent surge from last year, with 17 tragic deaths. Britain has shelled out £480million to French police since 2014, yet Paris refuses to stop boats in shallow waters, citing legal excuses.
French officials, including Macron, have the gall to blame Britain’s “weak asylum policy” and labour market, with one MP calling the UK an “El Dorado” for migrants.
France’s habit of escorting boats to British waters mocks any notion of partnership. To lavish Macron with such fanfare while he fuels this crisis is a slap to every voter who chose independence.
Contrast this with Trump, who’s stood by Britain from day one. As he prepares for his second state visit, he brings unyielding support for Brexit, calling it a “great thing” and a defiance of globalism.
He’s delivered tangible wins, exempting UK cars and steel from US tariffs—unlike Macron’s hollow gestures, like loaning the Bayeux Tapestry or signing toothless pacts.
Trump’s rapport with King Charles and the royals, built on mutual respect, dwarfs Macron’s cheeky French-heavy speech in Westminster.
Yet Labour, terrified of Trump’s blunt truths, plans to muzzle him. His visit, deliberately timed for Parliament’s mid-September recess, denies him the honour granted to Macron and others, like Obama. Why? Starmer dreads Trump exposing Labour’s destruction of Britain—its open borders, EU grovelling, and betrayal of Brexit’s promise.
No global leader, let alone our closest ally, can be allowed to call out Starmer’s ruinous path in Parliament’s hallowed halls.
Starmer’s cowardice is a national embarrassment. His naive bid to cosy up to the EU, epitomised by Macron’s visit and talk of “resetting” ties, sells out Brexit’s soul. The “entente amicale” is a French con when Macron’s record on Brexit, migration, and beyond screams betrayal.
His promises of deeper defence ties, clouded by his European army obsession, crumble against France’s failure to honour joint patrols.
Labour’s snub of Trump, scheduling his visit when MPs are absent to dodge protests from backbenchers, betrays the special relationship. Trump, who gets Britain’s fight for freedom, deserves a welcome that shakes the rafters, not this gutless sidestep.
But here’s a thought: Picture Trump, denied Parliament’s stage, standing tall at a press conference with Reform UK, speaking his mind to a nation starved for truth.
Flanked by patriots who share his vision, he could lay bare Labour’s wreckage—its border failures, EU pandering, and erosion of sovereignty. This is the British majority that voted for Brexit, one that deserves a leader, unlike Starmer, who can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump.
Rather than a disgraceful snub, Trump’s visit demands the attention of the nation, a defiant roar for Britain’s unshackled future. Not a humiliating snub.