A authorities sojourn ever sends a buzz done the newsroom — and U.S. President Donald Trump's travel to the U.K. adjacent week looks acceptable to present royal, governmental and concern headlines, contempt being his 2nd specified visit.
U.S. President Donald Trump inspected an honour defender during a invited ceremonial astatine Buckingham Palace successful cardinal London connected June 3, 2019, connected the archetypal time of their three-day State Visit to the U.K.
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Wednesday volition bring the royal pomp and ceremony.
Trump and First Lady Melania volition beryllium greeted astatine Windsor Castle by King Charles and Queen Camilla with a royal salute, followed by a carriage procession.
Later, the president volition laic a wreath connected the tomb of Queen Elizabeth II, which volition beryllium followed by a flypast of American F-35 subject jets alongside the British Red Arrows. The time volition extremity with a authorities banquet, during which some the king and president volition marque speeches.
On Thursday, it's down to business.
Trump volition caput to Chequers, the state location of sitting U.K. premier ministers, wherever he'll conscionable Keir Starmer for a bid of bilateral meetings, followed by a associated property league aboriginal that day.
From a overseas argumentation perspective, the timing is awkward.
Starmer has conscionable fired the U.K.'s U.S. ambassador Peter Mandelson, citing caller details implicit his connections with disgraced pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Downing Street had pinned overmuch anticipation connected Mandelson to reinvigorate the "special relationship" betwixt the 2 nations.
Interestingly, conscionable 2 weeks ago, the Telegraph reported that Trump had invited Mandelson's predecessor, Karen Pierce, to this week's authorities banquet, successful a motion that occupation whitethorn already person been brewing.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer shakes hands with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang aft a sheet treatment astatine London Tech Week connected June 9, 2025 successful London, England.
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But backmost to business. Both Trump and Starmer whitethorn beryllium depending connected the tech bros to bring immoderate affirmative headlines.
CNBC's Ryan Browne reported Friday that Nvidia and OpenAI — which are some portion of the U.S. concern delegation traveling with Trump — are acceptable to marque major U.K. concern commitments. The 2 tech firms are discussing a sizable woody to enactment information halfway improvement successful the country, which could yet beryllium worthy billions of dollars, a idiosyncratic acquainted with the substance told CNBC.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent volition besides be the authorities banquet astatine Windsor Castle, arsenic good arsenic the meetings with Starmer.
Bessent volition beryllium caller disconnected the level from Madrid, Spain, wherever helium is gathering with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng for the 4th circular of commercialized talks betwixt the U.S. and China. They are besides expected to code the aboriginal of TikTok, which faces different deadline connected Sept. 17, to determine connected either an American prohibition connected the societal media app, oregon a partial merchantability by its Chinese genitor ByteDance.
It's a batch for 1 week. And portion authorities visits are known for their meticulous planning, the newsroom volition beryllium keeping its eyes and ears unfastened for immoderate unexpected moments — whether it's a hot-mic slip-up, arguable outfit choice, exotic banquet paper selection, oregon immoderate different surprises that could travel our way.
Economic data:
Monday: EU commercialized data
Tuesday: U.K. unemployment data
Wednesday: EU and U.K. ostentation data
Thursday: Bank of England argumentation decision
Friday: U.K. retail sales
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