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London: Mixing pageantry and pugilism, President Donald Trump plunged Monday into a long-delayed state visit to Britain. He was greeted with smiles and greetings by the royals, but launched political insults against other people in a time of turmoil for both nations in the deep, though recently tense, alliance,
It was a whirlwind of pomp, circumstance and protests for Trump, who was having lunch with Queen Elizabeth and was having tea with Prince Charles before a grand state dinner at Buckingham Palace. 19659002] The Queen used her toast to highlight the importance of the international institutions created by Britain, the United States and other allies after the Second World War, a subtle rebuttal of Trump, a critic of NATO and of ONU.
Speeches and colorful images were exactly what the White House wanted to portray Trump as a statesman, while at home the race to conquer – and talk about indictment – was speeding up. higher. Yet Trump, who has always been a counter-puncher, immediately knocked out diplomatic docility by tearing up London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
US President Donald Trump met the Queen on the first day of his visit to the United Kingdom. AP
The agenda of Trump's week in Europe is essentially ceremonial:
Later in the week, D-Day commemoration ceremonies on both sides of the Channel and his first presidential visit to Ireland, which will include a stay on its golf club coast. For most presidents, it's time to indulge in splendor, build relationships with state leaders and collect photos for campaign ads and presidential libraries.
But Trump has proven time and time again that he was not the most presidents. 19659002] While the trip was already likely to be overshadowed by Britain's Brexit-related unrest, Trump launched a tirade on Twitter after a column in a newspaper in which the mayor of London said he deserved not the red carpet treatment and that it was "one of the most egregious examples of a" global threat "for liberal democracy of the far right.
"@ SadiqKhan, who, in the opinion of everyone, did a terrible job as mayor of London, was foolishly" mean "to the visiting US president, by far the most important ally of the UK, "wrote Trump just before landing." It's a big loser who should focus on crime in London, not me. "
Supporters of Khan had already accused Trump of being racist against the first Muslim mayor of London.
At the palace's welcoming ceremony, Trump and Prince Charles inspected the guard of honor formed by the guards grenadiers wearing their traditional bear skin hats Royal shots were fired from Green Park and the Tower of London, neighboring countries, as part of the pageant accompanying an official visit , one of the highest honors that Britain can bestow on a foreign leader.
The President However, the US has reached a precarious stage. moment.
British Prime Minister Theresa May has seen months of political turmoil after the UK's exit from the European Union, and French President Emmanuel Macron should use the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Second World War World War that reversed the trend on the Western Front to call for the reinforcement of the multinational ties collapsed by the American president.
A sense of déjà vu spread rapidly around London as Trump embarked on the visit. 19659002] A year ago, he had also targeted his hosts before landing on English soil and had exploded May in an interview a few hours before she invited her to dinner. This time, he has so far spared May, whom he will meet on Tuesday, but he also congratulated his rival, Boris Johnson, just days before May leaves her conservative leader position on Friday to not failed to reach an agreement on Brexit.
"I think Boris would do a very good job. I think it would be excellent, "said Trump at Sun. "I love him, I've always loved him, I do not know he'll be chosen, but I think he's a very good guy, a very talented man."
was unclear whether this support would help or jeopardize Johnson's chances of becoming prime minister.Trump said he could meet Johnson this week.
Always ready to take stock of the affairs of other countries, Trump also told the Sunday Times that Britain should "pull out" of Brexit negotiations and refuse to pay a $ 39 billion ($ 49 billion) divorce bill. he did not get better conditions from the European Union.He said he could meet another Brexit-friendly politician, Nigel Farage, and baderted that Farage should play a role in the negotiations on Brexit
After lunch with the queen, Trump s t seen handing over a biography of Winston Churchill – he is a fan – and shown parts of the Buckingham Palace collection, including an eighteenth-century map of New York, historical photos of the St. Andrews golf course and books on birds and George Washington. Westminster Abbey came next, with a visit and a moment of silence on the tomb of the unknown warrior
While Trump was crossing London, protesters were watching – by far – who were planning to fly another huge balloon representing the president. like a baby. He said that there was "a great love around me," but the Fake News would try to find protests.
As is often the case when Trump travels abroad, standards are broken, especially when the president complains about his ability to watch television in the foreign capital. urged people to punish CNN by boycotting his parent company, AT & T.
In an interview with The Sun Trump discussed the US Duchess of the Duchess of Susbad . The former Meghan Markle, who gave birth to a son in May and will not attend the week's events, criticized Trump and, when some of his comments were recited to him, he told the tabloid, "I do not did not know that she was unpleasant.
He later said that he thought Markle would be "very good" as a royal and that his remarks were simply "unpleasant".
Trump will make his first presidential visit to Ireland on Wednesday. two nights at his golf club in Doonbeg, above the Atlantic. After Dublin hesitated to hold a meeting in the city, an agreement was reached to allow Trump to meet with Irish Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar, at the Shannon Airport Showcase. This great place usually did not offer a meeting of world leaders. the president's trip to Europe will last two days to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944, probably the last major commemoration most veterans of the battle will see.
The events will begin in Portsmouth, England, where the invasion was launched, and then moved across the Channel to France, where the Allied forces began to resume Western Europe in the face of the Nazis.
That day is normally a sincere tribute to unity and sacrifice, more important than any national or political skirmish. But some of both sides of the Atlantic are worried for Trump, who has shown his willingness to inject partisanship into such moments.
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