May and Trump say goodbye to each other, perhaps wishing they had never met
Even before Trump took office, he riled London by welcoming Nigel Farage, then acting leader of Ukip to the US and tweeting that Britain should make him ambassador to the US
02 June 2019 - 07:16
London/Washington — Theresa May was the first foreign leader to visit Donald Trump after he was sworn in as president. Next week, he’ll become the last foreign leader to visit her before she resigns as head of the Conservative Party.
Trump’s second trip to the UK as president is built around a state visit with Queen Elizabeth and official commemorations of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. But his final meetings with May are likely to end their relationship as it began, with awkward attempts to paper over difficult personal chemistry, and protests in London...
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