UK hosts Donald Trump in pomp-filled state visit
Donald Trump arrived in the UK on Tuesday for a state visit; the British government hopes a multi billion dollar technology deal will show UK-US relations are in tact despite differences over the war in Ukraine and the future of the Western alliance.
The US president is set to meet King Charles III, before talks on Thursday with Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Chequers, Starmer’s rural retreat.
It’s an unprecedented visit, as Trump is the first US president to be given a second state visit.
Not everyone is happy about the visit though: crowds gathered in front of Windsor castle earlier in the week to demonstrate against Trump’s visit. Some chanted ‘Donald Trump is not welcome here’.
They’re not the only ones who are angry about the visit: images of the US President and Jeffrey Epstein were projected onto the walls of Windsor Castle on Tuesday evening, as Trump touched down in the UK.
Several people were arrested on suspicion of malicious communications in the wake of the projections, according to Thames Valley police.
By Rédaction Africanews
