A state visit is one of the highest honors the UK government can bestow on a foreign leader. Trump began his by insulting London's mayor.
Kim HjelmgaardLONDON – Britain rolled out the red carpet Monday as President Donald Trump began a three-day, spectacle-and-ceremony-laden state visit, but minutes before touching down the president blasted London's mayor, calling Sadiq Khan a"stone colder loser."
A state visit is one of the highest honors the British government can bestow on a foreign leader and only two American presidents beside Trump have received one during Queen Elizabeth II's reign: George W. Bush in 2003, and Barack Obama in 2011. Trump made the comments while still in the air aboard Air Force One after Khan, with whom Trump has a longstanding feud, on Sunday described Trump as"just one of the most egregious examples of a growing global threat." Khan compared the language Trump has used in tweets and speeches to words used by"fascists of the 20th century."State visits are highly ritualized affairs involving all the tools of pomp and ceremony the British monarchy has developed over hundreds of years.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, left, and President Donald Trump review the Guard of Honor during a welcome ceremony prior to their meeting at Windsor Castle in Windsor, Britain, on July 13, 2018.
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