Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ second state visit to the UK

Earlier this week, on February 27, Trump met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss his upcoming second state visit to the United Kingdom, which has been described as “unprecedented.”

During their meeting—compared by some to a scene from the 2003 rom-com Love Actually—Starmer presented Trump with a letter from King Charles III. The message conveyed a special request, with Starmer telling him:

“This is really special. This has never happened before. This is unprecedented.

“This is truly historic.”

The letter officially invited Trump to the UK for a second state visit, following his first visit in 2019, when the late Queen Elizabeth II hosted him.

“That’s a great, great honour. And that says at Windsor – that’s really something,” Trump said as he accepted the King’s invitation, making him the only elected political leader in modern times to receive two state visit invitations from a British monarch.

Clearly flattered by the King’s invitation, Trump also took a moment to share some kind words about Charles:

“He’s a beautiful man, a wonderful man – I’ve gotten to know him very well, actually, first term and now second term.

“We’ve known each other now for a little while. This is not our first meeting. He loves his country. And so, that’s our common theme. He loves his country. And I love our country.”

Trump added:

“And we also have two countries that have gotten along for the longest period of time. Number one ally on each side. We have France, Australia, a lot of good ones, but we’ve had a long-time relationship, a long time, hundreds of years.”