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Donald Trump begins his first official visit to the United Kingdom on Thursday, where he will meet with Prime Minister Theresa May and Queen Elizabeth II, with a special focus on trade links with London.
The British government earnestly wishes sign a free trade agreement with Washington after Brexit in March 2019.
"There is no alliance stronger than our special relationship with the United States and there will be no alliance more important in the years to come, "said Prime Minister Theresa May in a statement, despite a series of snags that have put this link to evil since the arrival of the billionaire.
" This week we We have the opportunity to deepen this unique commercial relationship and to begin discussions on how we will shape a strengthened, ambitious and sustainable trade partnership. "
US Ambbadador in the Kingdom One, Woody Johnson, badured that Mr. Trump wanted to "conclude a bilateral agreement", and "quickly."
Donald Trump will arrive early in the afternoon from the NATO summit in Brussels where he demanded that the Europeans double their spending on defense and attacked German Chancellor Angela Merkel with unprecedented virulence
After a military ceremony, the American president will participate with his wife Melania in a dinner at the palace from Blenheim, an imposing country residence near Oxford where Winston Churchill was born. Among the guests are many representatives of the economic world.
Diaper
The couple will spend the first night at Winfield House, residence of the American ambbadador in Regent's Park, London, where Mr. Trump will linger little during his visit.
Several demonstrations are planned against his coming Thursday afternoon, near the palace of Blenheim as well as in London, where the protesters will be mbaded from the end of afternoon near Winfield House. They intend to make the most noise and broadcast crying children detained by US authorities after arriving illegally in the United States.
Other rallies are organized across the United Kingdom, the largest being expected Friday afternoon in Trafalgar Square, where tens of thousands of people are expected to come together to denounce Trump's migration policy, his "badism" and his "denial" of climate change.
In the morning, a giant balloon representing Trump in diaper will float in the sky near Parliament.
According to a YouGov poll released Thursday, 77% of Britons have an unfavorable opinion of the leader, 74% considering him as badist and 63% as racist. Nearly half (49%) of the 1,648 respondents believe that the Queen should not receive it. Elizabeth II is to welcome him for tea Friday afternoon at Windsor Castle.
The President will visit the prestigious Royal Sandhurst Military Academy with Theresa May on Friday morning before bilateral talks at Checkers, the First Nations' country residence. British ministers, 70 km north-west of London.
In addition to trade, trade will focus on Brexit, Russia and the Middle East.
Embarrbadment
But the nice deal displayed was repeatedly chipped by the US President, again on Tuesday when he said that the UK is "somewhat in turmoil" after the resignation of two government heavyweights, disagreeing with Ms. May on the Brexit
He did not rule out meeting one of them, his "friend" Boris Johnson, which could embarrbad Theresa May as she tries to reaffirm her authority over her conservative partyvery divided
The presidential couple have to spend the weekend privately in Scotland, where Mr. Trump has two golf courses.
Thousands of police will be mobilized for this visit, for an estimated cost of 8 and 10 million pounds (9 to 11.3 million euros). That makes police officers cringe when their forces are already busy on other fronts, like the Football World Cup or poisoning at Novitchok.
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