King Charles Invitations Trump For Unprecedented 2nd UK State Go to
Washington:
Donald Trump accepted an invite from King Charles on Thursday to go to Britain, making the U.S. President the primary elected political chief in trendy occasions to be hosted for 2 state visits by a British monarch.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer handed Trump a letter from Charles throughout a press convention with reporters on the White Home. Trump instantly accepted the invitation.
“That is actually particular. This has by no means occurred earlier than. That is unprecedented,” Starmer informed Trump as he handed him the letter.
“The reply is sure,” Trump responded, telling Starmer that he would attend with first woman Melania Trump. “We sit up for being there and honoring the king, honoring the nation.”
No date for the go to was introduced.
The late Queen Elizabeth welcomed Trump for a three-day state go to in June 2019 throughout his first time period in workplace, throughout which he had attended an opulent state banquet and a non-public lunch with the sovereign, in addition to having tea with Charles, who was then inheritor.
That go to already put Trump in a choose group of U.S. presidents, as solely Barack Obama and George W. Bush had been afforded official state visits to Britain throughout Elizabeth’s file 70 years on the throne.
It will additionally turn into the final of the greater than 110 she hosted throughout her reign earlier than her demise in September 2022.
The go to was not the one event when Trump met Elizabeth. He was additionally invited to tea at Windsor Fortress throughout a visit to Britain in 2018, when he was broadly seen to have damaged royal protocol by failing to bow to the queen after which strolling in entrance of her as they inspected a army guard.
Each his visits to Britain additionally attracted massive protests, together with his 2018 journey costing police greater than 14 million kilos as 10,000 officers had been deployed from throughout Britain.
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