The pomp and pageantry ends as Trump's state visit gets down to business

U.S. President Donald Trump is owed to permission Windsor Castle, wherever helium and his woman Melania received the royal attraction connected Wednesday — arsenic the U.S. leader's historical authorities sojourn to the U.K. turns to much superior concern matters.

On Thursday, Trump volition beryllium heading to Chequers, the authoritative state residence of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, for commercialized and geopolitical talks with the British person and delegations from the U.K. and U.S. Melania Trump is owed to enactment connected astatine Windsor Castle this morning.

Trump volition beryllium greeted by Starmer and his woman Victoria, on with different ceremonial defender of grant and bagpipers, erstwhile helium arrives astatine Chequers — a 16th-century manor location adjacent London that premier ministers usage arsenic a agrarian retreat and much informal venue for planetary diplomacy.

Finalizing commitments laid retired successful the "economic prosperity deal" oregon U.S.-U.K. commercialized woody of May are expected to instrumentality halfway stage, arsenic good arsenic much thorny matters regarding 25% tariffs connected British alloy and aluminum that the U.K. wants reduced to zero. The ongoing wars successful Ukraine and Middle East are besides apt to diagnostic connected the agenda.

Speaking to reporters arsenic helium boarded Air Force One to question to Britain connected Tuesday, Trump said helium was "into helping" the U.K. finesse the countries' commercialized deal.

"They privation to spot if they tin refine the commercialized woody a small bit," helium said "We've made a deal, and it's a large deal, and I'm into helping them," helium said astatine the time. "They'd similar to spot if they could get a small spot amended deal. So, we'll speech to them."

On Thursday, the U.S. president and U.K. PM volition articulation British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves for a concern reception earlier giving a associated property league aboriginal successful the day.

The authorities sojourn has already yielded effect for the U.K., with £150 cardinal ($204 billion) worthy of inward concern announced successful the run-up to and during the trip. The British authorities hailed the investments connected Wednesday, stating that these deals would "boost jobs, thrust maturation and present accidental for moving radical up and down the country."

Key to the conversation, Starmer and Trump look to genuinely get on.

While it's uncertain however the Thursday talks volition play out, there's nary uncertainty that the U.K. has pulled retired the stops to impressment its transatlantic ally.

At a glittering authorities banquet held astatine Windsor Castle connected Wednesday night, Trump told a swathe of guests that included elder royals, apical U.S. and British officials and concern leaders, that being invited to Britain for an unprecedented 2nd authorities sojourn was 1 of the "highest honors of my life."

He past raised a fewer laughs erstwhile helium joked that helium hoped he'd beryllium the lone president to get 2 authorities visits.

King Charles, successful his ain speech, praised the U.S. president's "personal committedness to uncovering solutions to immoderate of the world's astir intractable conflicts."

Trumps different basked successful the royal limelight connected Wednesday, visibly enjoying the pomp and ceremony, which included a royal weapon salute, carriage procession done Windsor and defender of honor.