President Trump faces protests in the U.K. responding biblically to opposition. This is Dr. Jim

Denison's The Daily Article podcast for Wednesday, June 5th, 2019. President Trump concludes his three-day

visit to the United Kingdom today. The president was welcomed Monday by the Queen of England,

toured Westminster Abbey, and attended

a state banquet in Buckingham Palace. Yesterday, he met with the prime minister, then

attended a banquet at the U.S. ambassador's residence. Today, President Trump will join

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles at a national commemorative event in Portsmouth for the

75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, about which I plan to write

tomorrow. Media coverage has focused largely on protest against the president. Of course, this is not

the first time a U.S. President has faced criticism abroad. When President George W. Bush visited

the U.K. in 2003, more than 100,000 people formed the biggest weekday demonstration London had ever seen,

which is remarkable, given that the city was founded by the Romans around AD 50.

Their protest climaxed with the toppling of an effigy of the president.

Queen Elizabeth is no stranger to criticism herself.

A few years after becoming queen, she was attacked by a journalist for her speeches.

Quote, the personality conveyed by the utterances which are put into her mouth is that of a

priggish schoolgirl, captain of the hockey team, a prefect, and a recent candidate for confirmation,

end quote. The Netflix series, The Crown, portrays the queen as meeting with his critic and

adjusting her speeches

to relate more effectively with ordinary people. Whether their meeting occurred or not, changes

did occur afterward. The Queen delivered her first televised Christmas message that year, replaced

upper-class debutante presentation parties with more accessible garden parties, and took other steps

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