From royals to tech offers as Trump visits UK

A state go to at all times sends a buzz via the newsroom — and U.S. President Donald Trump’s journey to the U.Ok. subsequent week appears set to ship royal, political and enterprise headlines, regardless of being his second such go to.

U.S. President Donald Trump inspected an honour guard throughout a welcome ceremony at Buckingham Palace in central London on June 3, 2019, on the primary day of their three-day State Go to to the U.Ok.

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Wednesday will deliver the royal pomp and ceremony.

Trump and First Woman Melania shall be greeted at Windsor Fort by King Charles and Queen Camilla with a royal salute, adopted by a carriage procession.

Later, the president will lay a wreath on the tomb of Queen Elizabeth II, which shall be adopted by a flypast of American F-35 navy jets alongside the British Pink Arrows. The day will finish with a state banquet, throughout which each the king and president will make speeches.

On Thursday, it is right down to enterprise.

Trump will head to Chequers, the nation home of sitting U.Ok. prime ministers, the place he’ll meet Keir Starmer for a collection of bilateral conferences, adopted by a joint press convention later that day.

From a overseas coverage perspective, the timing is awkward.

Starmer has simply fired the U.Ok.’s U.S. ambassador Peter Mandelson, citing contemporary particulars over his connections with disgraced pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Downing Avenue had pinned a lot hope on Mandelson to reinvigorate the “particular relationship” between the 2 nations.

Curiously, simply two weeks in the past, the Telegraph reported that Trump had invited Mandelson’s predecessor, Karen Pierce, to this week’s state banquet, in an indication that hassle might have already got been brewing.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer shakes arms with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang after a panel dialogue at London Tech Week on June 9, 2025 in London, England.

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However again to enterprise. Each Trump and Starmer could also be relying on the tech bros to deliver some optimistic headlines.

CNBC’s Ryan Browne reported Friday that Nvidia and OpenAI — that are each a part of the U.S. enterprise delegation touring with Trump — are set to make main U.Ok. funding commitments. The 2 tech corporations are discussing a large deal to assist knowledge heart improvement within the nation, which might in the end be price billions of {dollars}, an individual aware of the matter instructed CNBC.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent can even attend the state banquet at Windsor Fort, in addition to the conferences with Starmer.

Bessent shall be contemporary off the airplane from Madrid, Spain, the place he’s assembly with Chinese language Vice Premier He Lifeng for the fourth spherical of commerce talks between the U.S. and China. They’re additionally anticipated to handle the way forward for TikTok, which faces one other deadline on Sept. 17, to resolve on both an American ban on the social media app, or a partial sale by its Chinese language guardian ByteDance.

It is lots for one week. And whereas state visits are identified for his or her meticulous planning, the newsroom shall be retaining its eyes and ears open for any surprising moments — whether or not it is a hot-mic slip-up, controversial outfit selection, unique banquet menu choice, or every other surprises that might come our means.