US President Donald Trump waves upon arrival at Palm Beach International airport, Florida on April 18, 2019. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP)
US President Donald Trump will make a state visit to Britain June 3-5, just ahead of D-Day commemorations in France, officials said on Tuesday, as campaigners announced large-scale protests against him.
Trump will be the guest of Queen Elizabeth II and will also hold talks with Prime Minister Theresa May during the trip.
“We do more together than any two nations in the world and we are both safer and more prosperous because of our cooperation,” May said in a statement on the visit.
She said it would be “an opportunity to strengthen our already close relationship in areas such as trade, investment, security and defence, and to discuss how we can build on these ties in the years ahead.”
The pomp associated with state visits will prove particularly controversial in Britain, where House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has already said he…
