President Donald Trump arrived at the official London residence of the British Prime Minister Tuesday morning, ready for an afternoon of political talks and a visit to the Foreign Office buildings next door.
The President and First Lady arrived at Downing Street by motorcade a little after 11 AM Tuesday morning and were greeted by British Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband Philip. Posing for photographs in front of the comparatively modest front door of the 10 Downing Street residence of the Prime Minister, the group then went inside to embark on talks.
LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 04: Philip May and First Lady Melania Trump attend a garden party for families of staff from No.10 and the US Embassy in London, at 10 Downing Street, during the second day of President Trump’s State Visit on June 4, 2019 in London, England. President Trump’s three-day state visit began with lunch with the Queen, followed by a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace, whilst today he will attend business meetings with the Prime Minister and the Duke of York, before travelling to Portsmouth to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
The official timetable of Tuesday’s events issued by the White House states the President took part in expanded bilateral talks with Theresa May and other British political figures, and afterwards the pair are due to have a working lunch.
During the President’s walk around of Downing Street, the Prime Minister showed him an original copy of the American Declaration of Independence that is owned by the British government. The display of this artefact follows the President seeing the Congressional Medal of Honour the United States Awarded to the Unknown Warrior in 1920, a symbolic representation of British war dead of the 1914-1918 First World War, and a display of Anglo-American historic pieces presented at Buckingham Palace on Monday.
LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 04: Philip May, British Prime Minister Theresa May, U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. First Lady Melania Trump pose outside 10 Downing Street on June 4, 2019 in London, England. President Trump’s three-day state visit began with lunch with the Queen, followed by a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace, whilst today he will attend business meetings with the Prime Minister and the Duke of York, before travelling to Portsmouth to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 04: Prime Minister Theresa May and husband Philip May welcome US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump to 10 Downing Street, during the second day of his State Visit on June 4, 2019 in London, England. President Trump’s three-day state visit began with lunch with the Queen, followed by a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace, whilst today he will attend business meetings with the Prime Minister and the Duke of York, before travelling to Portsmouth to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Britain’s BBC reports President Trump’s comments from the morning meetings, where he talked up the trade deals that could be done between the United Kingdom and the United States. He told Theresa May during the meeting: “I think we will have a very, very substantial trade deal.
“This is something you want to do and my folks want to do… Stick around. Let’s do this deal.”
This afternoon, the President will leave Downing Street to visit the Churchill War Rooms — the underground command bunker in the heart of the British government’s Westminster complex of buildings used by wartime leader Winston Churchill.
LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 04: Prime Minister Theresa May, husband Philip May, US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump during a visit to 10 Downing Street, during the second day of his State Visit on June 4, 2019 in London, England. President Trump’s three-day state visit began with lunch with the Queen, followed by a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace, whilst today he will attend business meetings with the Prime Minister and the Duke of York, before travelling to Portsmouth to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. (Photo by Henry Nicholls – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 04: Prime Minister Theresa May, husband Philip May, US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump during a visit to 10 Downing Street, during the second day of his State Visit on June 4, 2019 in London, England. President Trump’s three-day state visit began with lunch with the Queen, followed by a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace, whilst today he will attend business meetings with the Prime Minister and the Duke of York, before travelling to Portsmouth to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. (Photo by Henry Nicholls – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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