The president of the United States, Donald Trump, received a real reception with arms of arms, soldiers on horseback and bagpipes while meting on Wednesday with King Carlos III of Great Britain for a second historical state visit, which was developed far from marching protesters.
The couple laughed and joked when Trump inspected troops in Windsor Castle, west of London, in a show elaborated with a carriage procession designed to play in the love of the American mercurial leader for the pomp and the boato.
Some 120 horses and 1,300 members of the British army, some on red robes and golden helmets, fuck Trump during a ceremonial honor guard that the United Kingdom officials called the largest for a state visit to Britain in living memory.
The president and first lady Melania Trump were received by the heir Prince William and his wife Catherine in Windsor after leaving the Marine a helicopter under gray skies at 12:15 pm (1115 GMT).
Within a steel ring and out of the view of thousands of protesters who shouted Anti-Trump slogans in London, William and Catherine walked to Trump and his wife at a short distance to meet the Charles and Queen Camilla.
When the president gave the king’s hand, a greeting of 41 cannons simultaneously with six weapons of a World War era in the East grass of the castle, as a similar exhibition, occurred in the Tower of London, in the center of the capital.
The Trump and the royal were taken in a black and gold coach, surrounded by mounted cavalry, through the Windsor estate to the castle of almost 1,000 years old, where Trump and Charles inspected the Honor Guard.
He saw the couple sharing smiles, and the president greeted while the US national anthem played, before the real and their guests went to lunch.
They exchanged gifts, and the royal gave Trump a book to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States declaration of independence next year, and Trump gave Charles a replica of the sword of President Dwight Eisenhower.
‘Heat my heart’
Great Britain is making all the stops to dazzle and flatter Trump to the unpredictable government while the United Kingdom government tries to keep it underway during a large amount of international crises.
However, the 79 -year -old Republican remains far from the British, since the surveys indicate that it is still unpopular with the public, with the whole visit to the closed doors.
It is estimated that 3,000 people marched through the Palestinian flags of the center of London and exhibited banners with slogans, including “welcome migrants, Trump not welcome.”
“I am afraid of the way the world is assuming the position for really unpleasant men,” Kent’s 58 -year funeral director, the southeast of England, told a 58 -year funeral director. AFP.
Trump is the first president of the United States to receive two state visits, after the previous one with Queen Elizabeth II in 2019.
In Windsor, he placed a crown of flowers in the tomb of Charles’ mother, Queen Elizabeth II, who died in 2022, and saw a collection of articles related to the United States, including a letter sent by President Abraham Lincoln to Queen Victoria in 1862 after the death of Prince Albert.
The president and Charles will conclude with a state banquet of white tie, where they must pronounce speeches.
The unpredictability of Trump in everything, from rates to Ukraine and Gaza, has caused a worldwide agitation and the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, will wait for the president to leave Thursday feeling the warm brightness of real soft power, but there are no guarantees.
Epstein shadow
“Many things here heat my heart,” said the president, whose mother came from Scotland and who has two golf resorts in the country, when arriving in the afternoon on Tuesday at the official residence of the United States ambassador to London.
The American leader can also enjoy the opportunity to escape a turbulent period at home, where the murder of right -wing activist Charlie Kirk has caused a deep agitation.
But the spectrum was worried about the late sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein, who provides domestic headaches for Trump and Starmer.
Police arrested four people after projecting images from Trump and Epstein at Windsor Castle on Tuesday night.
Starmer will receive Trump on the second day of the visit on Thursday at his country residence, to the ladies.
The couple will be promoted by the announcement of billions of pounds of investment in the economies of others, even of the British pharmaceutical group GSK and Google, but there could be uncomfortable moments.
The Starmer government seeks to consolidate the “special relationship” of the two nations, deepen economic ties, ensure billions of dollars of investment, discuss tariffs and press the president of the United States in Ukraine and Israel.
Companies such as Microsoft, Nvidia, Google and Openai have already promised 31 billion pounds ($ 42 billion) in British investments in the coming years, in AI, quantum computing and civil nuclear energy.
Starmer also wants greater progress in commerce, after Britain assured Trump to reduce some rates. Conversations can touch the remaining levies about steel, whiskey and salmon.
“They want to see if they can refine the commercial agreement a bit,” Trump said when he left the White House to Britain on Tuesday.
But while Starmer is depositing in the unparalleled real charm that helps to coat the Anglophile president, there are many traps for the Prime Minister of Britain.
The surveys show that Trump is widely unpopular in Great Britain and Starmer, in the face of surveys of their own economic and economic problems, he will need to demonstrate that his real Trump card can obtain benefits.
Starmer faces political problems at home after saying goodbye to his United Kingdom ambassador to Washington, Peter Mandelson, about his links with the late Epstein.
Uncomfortable questions about Epstein could also appear.
Travelers in the capital had mixed views on the visit, with some angry at the invitation and others who said it was an intelligent policy and good use of the soft power of Great Britain.
“We are looking to make the most of a bad situation,” said lawyer Kirstie Robertshaw, 54.
For Charles himself, the visit could cause mixed emotions. He has little in common with Trump, from his 50 years that defend environmental causes to his efforts to bring harmony between religions and his recent firm support to Canada, where he is head of state.
But the occasion will also give you the greatest global attention from your coronation.
“If it is going well … I think this will be the most consistent event in his reign,” said historian Anthony Seldon.
