{"id":430267,"date":"2025-09-17T03:26:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T03:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/430267\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T03:26:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T03:26:23","slug":"trump-hails-uk-as-very-special-place-ahead-first-full-day-of-state-visit-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/430267\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump hails UK as \u2018very special place\u2019 ahead first full day of state visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Trump landed at London Stansted airport on Air Force One on Tuesday evening before taking the Marine One helicopter to Winfield House in Regent\u2019s Park, central London, where he will stay the night.<\/p>\n<p>The US president told reporters on Tuesday evening he \u201cloves\u201d the UK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a lot of things here that warm my heart,\u201d he said. \u201cI want to tell you. It\u2019s a very special place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image.assets.pressassociation.io\/v2\/image\/production\/8c7f0d30f733daac333fcf92d437924dY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzU4MTQ4ODg2\/2.81579460.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"US President Donald Trump state visit to UK\" data-title=\"US President Donald Trump state visit to UK\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Jordan Pettitt\" data-usage-terms=\"\"  \/>The Trumps will be hosted by the King at Windsor Castle (Jordan Pettitt\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>The American leader is being feted with a stay in Windsor Castle, where he will be hosted by the King and treated to a ceremonial welcome on Wednesday and later, a lavish state banquet.<\/p>\n<p>Security will be paramount, with Mr Trump confined to the private Windsor estate on the first full day, before heading to the Prime Minister\u2019s country residence Chequers on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Prince and Princess of Wales will play a key role in entertaining the president, who is known for his love of the royal family, and First Lady Melania Trump.<\/p>\n<p>William and Kate will meet the American couple in the grounds of the Windsor estate on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Queen \u2013 who spent Tuesday afternoon resting at Windsor Castle, having pulled out of attending the Duchess of Kent\u2019s funeral on Tuesday after suffering from acute sinusitis \u2013 is said to be hopeful she will recover in time to attend the busy run of royal events including the glittering banquet.<\/p>\n<p>The Prince and Princess of Wales are expected to escort Mr and Mrs Trump a short distance to see the King and Queen for an open air greeting nearby.<\/p>\n<p>The proceedings are aimed at extending a personal, family-centred welcome to the Trumps ahead of the official ceremony in the castle quadrangle after a carriage ride through private Home Park.<\/p>\n<p>There are no public-facing engagements for the president throughout his visit, with thousands expected to take part in a major protest against his stay in central London on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>A small group of campaigners from the Stop Trump Coalition were in Windsor on Tuesday evening protesting against the US president\u2019s visit, and later two protesters from the activist group Fossil Free London were escorted out of a dinner organised by Republicans Overseas UK in the Berkshire town.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2.81635167.jpg\" alt=\"President Trump state visit to UK\" data-title=\"President Trump state visit to UK\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Yui Mok\" data-usage-terms=\"\"  \/>Protesters take part in a demonstration organised by the Stop Trump Coalition outside Windsor Castle on Tuesday evening (Yui Mok\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>The man and woman chanted \u201chow many will you kill if you drill baby drill\u201d and unfurled a banner that said: \u201cOily Money Kills\u201d at the event in Windsor Guildhall.<\/p>\n<p>Thames Valley Police said the pair were removed by the event organisers and no arrests were made.<\/p>\n<p>The force said it arrested four people on suspicion of malicious communications after images of the US President and paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein were projected onto Windsor Castle, and two men for breaching airspace restrictions in place for Mr Trump\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan, who has previously been criticised by Mr Trump as \u201ca nasty person\u201d who has \u201cdone a terrible job\u201d said on Tuesday night that \u201cPresident Donald Trump and his coterie have perhaps done the most to fan the flames of divisive, far-right politics around the world in recent years\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Writing in the Guardian, Sir Sadiq added: \u201cWe must also tell President Trump and his supporters to stop talking down and denigrating our great capital city. London is a global success story, no matter how much he wants to pretend otherwise. It\u2019s open, dynamic and safer than every US state in terms of homicide rates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Metropolitan Police said it is preparing for \u201ca significant operation\u201d with as many as 50 protest groups expected to take part in Wednesday\u2019s march in central London.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1,600 officers will be deployed on Wednesday, including 500 assisting from other forces, Scotland Yard said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mr Trump landed at London Stansted airport on Air Force One on Tuesday evening before taking the Marine&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-430267","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115217510226584107","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}