According to the Washington Post, the British government had no idea Trump “was going to pull such a move,” since they presumably would’ve attempted to put a stop to it, and was “scrambling to learn what happened in the White House.” The parents, taken aback like normal people, told CBS This Morning that they declined to meet with Sacoolas, saying, “To be thrown into a room together with no prior warning, that’s not good for her mental health, and it’s certainly not good for ours,” and adding that Trump pressed them two or three times to sit down with the woman who allegedly crashed into their son. (“Are you sure? Are you sure you don’t want to meet with the nice lady?” he presumably said.) Trump later told reporters that accidents like this happen because the British drive on the other side of the road, claiming “that happens to a lot of people by the way.” It’s not clear if he meant simply that a lot of people drive on the wrong side of the road while in the U.K., or that a lot of people kill other drivers as a result.

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