Donald Trump is making a very delayed state visit to the UK this week.
For three days, the President of the United States will be received by the kingdom and politicians. also participates in commemorations to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day landings
But behind the pagination are the political differences that share Britain and the United States.
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State visits are essentially real issues, with emphasis on both ceremony and politics. But the potential for slip-ups is still large.
Donald Trump made a mistake last year when he turned his back on the queen and walked in front of her as she inspected the guard at Windsor Castle.
This time there will be a difficult time when a speech at the state banquet at Buckingham Palace. Will he correct the queen correctly? Recently, the White House mistakenly referred to it as "Your Royal Majesty." (Those who regularly deal with royalty would know that it should be "Your Majesty").
Will Trump continue to speak during the National Anthem, which President Obama did in 2011?
Then Mr. Trump take tea with the prince of Wales in Clarence House, Will they avoid giving their opinion completely different views on climate change?
Donald Trump is making a very delayed state visit to the UK this week.
For three days, the President of the United States will be received by the kingdom and politicians. also participates in commemorations to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day landings
But behind the pagination are the political differences that share Britain and the United States.
Donald Trump status visit: everything you need to know
Trump's visit to the UK: What does he bring?
Trump says Johnson would be the "excellent" tory leader
royalty
State visits are essentially real issues, with emphasis on both ceremony and politics. But the potential for slip-ups is still large.
Donald Trump made a mistake last year when he turned his back on the queen and walked in front of her as she inspected the guard at Windsor Castle.
This time there will be a difficult time when a speech at the state banquet at Buckingham Palace. Will he correct the queen correctly? Recently, the White House mistakenly referred to it as "Your Royal Majesty." (Those who regularly deal with royalty would know that it should be "Your Majesty").
Will Trump continue to speak during the National Anthem, which President Obama did in 2011?
Then Mr. Trump take tea with the prince of Wales in Clarence House, Will they avoid giving their opinion completely different views on climate change?
The president has no incentive to destroy things: he likes the pomp and show of royalty and wants the pictures to look good at home before his re-election campaign. But the question remains, how many advice do you want to take from your protocol team.
The biggest potential flashpoint may, in theory, be the Duchess of Sussex, who in his past and real life expressed his opposition to Trump's views. The US President told The Sun newspaper that he was surprised that Meghan had been so "uncomfortable" with him.
Fortunately, the Duchess is fortunately still on maternity leave and does not participate in the visit.
But it has not been unnoticed that a US citizen who recently married the British royal family, and therefore shows the close relationship between the two countries, will not be part of the team that will welcome his president to these coasts.
Brexit
Mr. Trump's visit takes place politically for Britain. He will visit the weakest of the lame duck prime ministers in the form of Theresa May, retiring as a conservative leader at the end of the week.
Britain is still trapped by the dreaded hand in the Brexit debate. In his interview with Sun, the President criticized May May to allow the EU to "have all the cards" in the negotiations.
And in an interview published one day later, he told the Sunday Times that the government should bring Nigel Farage, a May critic, to help with Brexit negotiations.
Trump had already expressed his support for Nigel Farage and said that the leader of the newly created Brexit Party was his friend, a "great power" in the United Kingdom and one for whom he had great respect. Will Mr. Trump find time to meet Mr. Farage?
Downing Street has rejected the idea of an official meeting between the two, but could there be time to get a cup of tea at Winfield House, London's resident of the US Ambassador? Neither side discards it.
A minister told me that this would be considered disappointing and rude. But Mr. Trump rarely loses the opportunity to relate to like-minded politicians, and nothing else to emphasize what he sees as the growing success of his kind of policy.
He doesn't mind the fact that the two main opposition party leaders, Jeremy Corbyn, and Sir Vince Cable, have rejected their invitations to dine with him at the state banquet.
