Trump to Khan: You are 'a Stone Cold Loser'

Published June 3rd, 2019 - 08:48 GMT
US President Donald Trump (R) and US First Lady Melania Trump (L) walk to the Marine One helicopter after disembarking Air Force One at Stansted Airport, north of London on June 3, 2019. (AFP/ File Photo)
US President Donald Trump (R) and US First Lady Melania Trump (L) walk to the Marine One helicopter after disembarking Air Force One at Stansted Airport, north of London on June 3, 2019. (AFP/ File Photo)
Highlights
Donald Trump has landed in London for his long-awaited state visit.

Donald Trump has landed in London for his long-awaited state visit and blasted Sadiq Khan in a tweet sent as Air Force One landed on British soil calling the London Mayor: 'A stone cold loser'.

The President had already weighed in on Brexit and his security concerns over Huawei as he took off from America last night and used his arrival in the UK to eviscerate Mr Khan for calling him a ‘21st century fascist’.

In an extraordinary intervention as his jumbo jet came into Stansted, Mr Trump took to social media and said: 'Sadiq Khan, who by all accounts has done a terrible job as Mayor of London, has been foolishly "nasty" to the visiting President of the United States, by far the most important ally of the United Kingdom. He is a stone cold loser who should focus on crime in London, not me'.

He added: 'Khan reminds me very much of our very dumb and incompetent Mayor of NYC, de Blasio, who has also done a terrible job - only half his height. In any event, I look forward to being a great friend to the United Kingdom, and am looking very much forward to my visit. Landing now'. 

Mr Trump had already wasted no time in spelling out his views on the special relationship, backing a No Deal Brexit while praising Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage and calling for the Brexit Party leader to be sent to Brussels to re-negotiate the deal that cost Theresa May her job.

The US President is in the UK for three days where the Queen will throw a state banquet at Buckingham Palace in his honour tonight after he meets Her Majesty and Prince Harry for lunch and Prince Charles and his wife Camilla for tea.

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt was waiting for the President at Stansted as he landed and briefly held hands with Melania before he boarded the Marine One helicopter and headed for central London. 

His visit will be met by large protests with hundreds of thousands of people set to hit the streets and Mayor Khan agreeing to let agitators fly two blimps lampooning Mr Trump: One showing his as a 20ft baby and the other as a robot in a gold toilet.

Mr Trump departed from Joint Base Andrews near Washington DC aboard Air Force One last night and landed at Stansted at 9am before heading to the US Ambassador's residence in Regent's Park - Winfield House - his base for the next three days.

The US President and First Lady Melania will first head to Buckingham Palace for lunch with the Queen - and will return this evening for the state banquet, which is being boycotted by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. In between they will visit Westminster Abbey and also go for tea with Prince Charles at Clarence House.

The Duke of Sussex will also attend a private lunch at the palace - although his wife Meghan Markle, who is on maternity leave, will be at home with their four-week-old son, Archie.  

On the streets of London hundreds of thousands of anti-Trump protesters have promised to bring the capital to a halt and will fly controversial blimps depicting him as a baby and a robot on a gold toilet.

20,000 police officers are being deployed to dozens of sites and central London is on lockdown in the largest security operation seen in the UK for years  - costing the taxpayer £18million.    

Mr Trump's has hundreds of his own aides, secret service agents and a plethora of helicopters and military aircraft in the UK to protect him on the trip, also being attended by his children Donald Jr, Eric, Ivanka and Tiffany - but 13-year-old Barron is staying at home. 

The First Lady showed off a $4,400 Gucci shirt dress inspired by the UK capital as she boarded Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Sunday.  Printed in bright pinks, greens and oranges are beloved London landmarks including Big Ben, Tower Bridge, double-decker buses and the Houses of Parliament. 

As he took off he mocked the height of Sadiq Khan as he took off for London from Washington last night after the city's mayor called him 'a 20th century fascist'. 

'I don't think much of him. He's the twin of de Blasio except shorter,' he told DailyMail.com on the South Lawn of the White House, in response to a question about whether he would be willing to meet with Khan during his UK State Visit.

Like Khan, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has a hate-hate relationship with the president. De Blasio, a towering hulk of a newly minted presidential candidate, stands at 6'5'. Khan is reportedly 5'6' tall.

Trump strode to Marine One for his departure on Sunday night, ignoring a follow-up question about whether he would be willing to meet with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. 

Mr Trump's arrival will coincide with mass protests in central London against the visit on Tuesday, with the 'Trump baby' blimp made for his visit last year due to put in an appearance. 

Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan said that Mr Trump's welcome from protesters is ‘disrespectful and pathetic’ - especially as he is here to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. 

He said: ‘There’s something a bit warped about our values – is Trump really worse than Putin and King Salman? The Americans fought and died alongside us on D Day.’ 

The protesters are planning to fly an offensive 20ft blimp depicting the President as an angry baby.

A 16ft talking robot of Mr Trump sitting on a gold toilet is also expected to make an appearance. It depicts the American leader with his trousers round his ankles while tweeting. 

Mr Trump has praised Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage, talked up the prospect of a Brexit trade deal and denied making 'bad' comments about the Duchess of Sussex as he set off for Britain.

The US president said he expected his three-day state visit to be 'very important' and 'very interesting' as he left the White House on Sunday evening.

Speaking to reporters over the din of his waiting Marine One helicopter, Mr Trump was asked if he planned to meet Mr Johnson during the trip.

'Well, I think I may meet with him. He's been a friend of mine. He's been very nice. I have a very good relationship with him,' the president said of the Tory leadership hopeful.

He went on: 'I have a very good relationship with Nigel Farage, with many people over there (in the UK) and we'll see what happens. I may meet with him. They want to meet. We'll see what happens.' 

Accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, the president will arrive aboard Air Force One on Monday morning having already created a considerable degree of political turbulence with comments on the Tory leadership race, Brexit and the Duchess of Sussex.

Ahead of the visit, he called on Britain to leave the European Union without a deal if Brussels refuses to meet its demands and urged the Government to send Mr Farage into the negotiations.

The controversy was further exacerbated on Sunday when the US ambassador to the UK, Woody Johnson, suggested the NHS would be on the table in post-Brexit trade talks.

Addressing the prospect of a transatlantic trade deal, Mr Trump said: '(We're) going to the UK. I think it'll be very important. It certainly will be very interesting. There's a lot going on in the UK. And I'm sure it's going to work out very well for them.

'As you know, they want to do trade with the United States, and I think there's an opportunity for a very big trade deal at some point in the near future. And we'll see how that works out.'

Accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, the president departed from Joint Base Andrews near Washington DC aboard Air Force One at around 8.45pm local time (1.45am BST).

The Trumps arrive at Stansted Airport on Monday morning before heading to Buckingham Palace for a reception with the Queen, Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.

The Duke of Sussex will also attend a private lunch at the palace - although his wife, who is on maternity leave, will be at home with their four-week-old son, Archie.

Mr Trump has already denied calling the Duchess of Sussex 'nasty' when he was recently confronted with comments she made before the 2016 US elections saying she would leave the country if he won.

Asked at the White House on Sunday evening if he was willing to apologise to the Royal Family, or to clarify the comments made to The Sun, Mr Trump replied: 'No, I made no bad comment. Thank you.'

Mr Trump's arrival in the capital is due to be followed by a protest through central London against the visit on Tuesday, with the 'Trump baby' blimp made for his visit last year due to put in an appearance.

On Sunday, Mr Khan described the president as 'just one of the most egregious examples of a growing global threat' and compared the language he has used to that of the 'fascists of the 20th century'.

Asked if he would be willing to meet the London mayor, Mr Trump replied: 'No, I don't think much of him. I think that he's a - he's the twin of (New York City mayor Bill) de Blasio, except shorter.'

Mr Trump warned Theresa May not to let Chinese mobile giant Huawei have any role in Britain's 5G network in an interview published hours before arriving in the UK.

Mr Trump said: 'We work very closely with your country and so you have to be very careful.'

The President will ban Huawei from America's next mobile network and is urging allies to do the same, The Sun reported last night.

The US ambassador to Britain, Woody Johnson, emphasised Mr Trump's message and said giving Huawei access to 5G would mean 'the Chinese are completely in'.

He added: 'There's no such thing as the centre, the core or the outlying areas. It's all one big thing. You can't have antennas all over and think that they're not part of it.

'The government can call up and say 'I want this information and I want it now' and the company has to respond.' 

More than 20,000 police officers will be deployed at 20 separate demonstrations across the country in a security operation expected to cost around £18million.

The main protest will be held in central London on Tuesday with organisers claiming a quarter of a million people will march from Trafalgar Square to Parliament Square.

Scotland Yard has given them permission to protest just yards from Downing Street when US President has lunch with Theresa May at Number 10.

The protesters are planning to fly an offensive 20ft blimp depicting the President as an angry baby. The blimp was flown at a demonstration during Mr Trump's previous visit after London's Labour mayor Sadiq Khan licensed its use. 

A 16ft talking robot of Mr Trump sitting on a gold toilet is also expected to make an appearance. It depicts the American leader with his trousers round his ankles while tweeting.

The robot, which has been shipped to the UK from China, emits farting noises and recordings of some of Trump's provocative sound bites including: 'no collusion', 'a witch-hunt', 'you are fake news' and 'I'm a very stable genius'.

The biggest protest in British history saw up to two million take to the streets in February 2002 over the impending Iraq War.

The Met said officers have met organisers of the main anti-Trump protest and have banned the demonstrators from walking the entire length of Whitehall to allow his motorcade to enter Downing Street without hassle.

A spokesman said: 'A very experienced command team is preparing the multi-faceted policing and security operation for the president's visit and whilst the Met has a responsibility to ensure the right to lawful protest this needs to be balanced with the complex requirements of this policing plan.

Two Tory leadership candidates signalled a potential Government U-turn on Huawei last night.

Jeremy Hunt and Sajid Javid questioned Theresa May's plan to allow the firm to help build Britain's new 5G network – suggesting it could put national security at risk.

And the US President made clear he intends to press the Government to tear up the plan when he jets into Britain today for a three-day state visit.

He warned ministers to 'be very careful' and to seek 'alternatives' to Huawei – and is expected to confront Mrs May over the issue in a meeting tomorrow.

The US ambassador to Britain also warned that there would be consequences for trans-Atlantic intelligence sharing if ministers did not reverse the outgoing Prime Minister's controversial decision.

Hundreds of thousands of activists are planning to paralyse London during Donald Trump's state visit next week.

Last night, Home Secretary Mr Javid suggested he would scrap the Huawei deal if he becomes prime minister, while Foreign Secretary Mr Hunt warned of buying telecom products 'from a specific country' that may be a 'backdoor to espionage'.

In an interview on the eve of his visit, Mr Trump called on Britain to seek 'alternatives' to Huawei.

US officials believe the Chinese government is using the technology giant to spy on Western countries.

Asked what the consequences would be if the UK presses ahead with the deal, US ambassador Woody Johnson said: 'I think, to be determined.' Mr Javid told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show he would scrap the Huawei deal if he becomes prime minister. He said: 'I would not want any company, whichever country it's from, that has a high degree of control by a foreign government, to have access to our very sensitive tech communications.' And Mr Hunt said: 'We have to look at the technical issues which are around whether buying products from a specific country could be a backdoor to espionage.

'And we have to ask as Western countries whether it's wise to allow one country to have such a commanding monopoly in the technologies that we're - all of us - going to be depending on.' 

Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt - seen by many as a potential leadership candidate - also expressed her concerns, saying: 'There are vulnerabilities with just having one supplier, so all nations facing these decisions have to look at the detail, and they have to weigh that up.' 

Last week the Mail revealed the close relationship between Mrs May's Government and Huawei. Since she became Prime Minister, no fewer than 14 ministers have held meetings with officials from the firm.

Last night, in advance of her meeting with Mr Trump, Mrs May spoke of the importance of the intelligence-sharing relationship between the two countries.

'Our security relationship is deeper, broader and more advanced than with anyone else,' she said. 'Through joint military operations, unrivalled intelligence-sharing and our commitment to Nato, our global leadership remains at the heart of international peace and stability.' Mr Johnson told the BBC that he would 'caution' the British Government to move 'much more slowly' on the Huawei decision.

'I think what you've heard from the President and other members of his staff is concern about the risk of allowing your infra-structure to be built by a country that has a totally different setup than we do,' he said.' Asked if he wants to see the next prime minister take a different stance, Mr Trump told The Sunday Times: 'You have other alternatives and we have to be very careful from the standpoint of national security. You see that maybe now more than ever before.

'National security is so important, so we all have to be very careful together. And the UK understands that very well.' Tory MP Bob Seely said: 'Donald Trump will read the riot act to our Government over the Chinese tech giant Huawei. We - and especially the main Conservative leadership contenders - would be well advised to listen.

Let's remember who our real friends are; the US, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and others. We need to hold off on this decision, think about it, and then say no to Chinese hi-tech in our 5G infrastructure.

'Trade matters, but so do our allies. We don't have to choose between the two.' A Number 10 source said the Huawei issue was being reviewed and an announcement would be made 'in due course'.

'We all have to be very careful together'.

The feud between Sadiq Khan and Trump began in 2016 when the president, then a candidate, challenged him to an IQ test after the mayor said his views on Islam were 'ignorant.'

Trump had at the time called for a 'complete and total ban' on Muslims entering the U.S. as a short-term strategy to lower the threat of terrorist attacks. 

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Speaking to the BBC shortly afterwards, the mayor said: 'Look, it was Donald Trump that began this by saying his blanket ban on Muslims would make an exception for me as Mayor of London.'

Melania's collared frock with three-quarter-length sleeves and a mid-calf-length skirt was cinched at the waist with a forest-green belt. She topped the look off with a pair of nude pointed-toe pumps. 

The dress danced as Melania strutted across White House lawn to join her husband before they took off for London.   

The Trumps will arrive in the UK capital on Monday for a two-day whirlwind of pomp, circumstance and protests, including meetings with the royal family and an extravagant state dinner at Buckingham Palace. 

Melania is sure to show off other politically-savvy ensembles during the visit, just as she has throughout her tenure as first lady. 

Earlier on Sunday evening, the Trumps were busy with events and appearances that required frequent changes of clothing and even hairstyles.

The president was seen earlier on Sunday playing golf at his club in Virginia. Afterward, he traveled straight from the golf course to a church in Vienna, Virginia.

It was at the church where he showed off his 'hat hair,' a combed back style that made some on Twitter observe that he looked like a 'normal' person.

Afterward, he was able to return to the White House where he got ready for a gala at Ford Theater in Washington, DC.

At that appearance, the president was able to sport his conventional hairstyle. 

President Trump's eldest daughter has already arrived in London ahead of her father's state and shared a photograph of herself playing tourist at a museum. 

Ivanka Trump, 37, posted a photograph of herself outside the Victoria and Albert Museum this afternoon wearing a yellow floral dress from New York sister designers duo Ai Ly and Wayne Lee - aka Les Reveries.

She paired the pure silk-crepe frock that falls to a flattering midi length with blue high heels as she stepped out to see the Mary Quant exhibit of over 200 pieces of clothing and accessories from the British designer.  

Ivanka's dress was listed at $655 but is now available for a bargain $458 on Net-a-Porter.   

Love me, love my kids. That's a guiding principle of the Donald Trump presidency, one of the most nepotistic in U.S. political history.

Trump values loyalty above all and who better than his offspring to show how it's done. His three older children work for him, as do their partners.

Given The Donald's fond memories of his Scottish-born mother — a big fan of royalty, apparently — it's inevitable that his state visit would be a family outing that even includes young Tiffany, the so-called 'invisible Trump'.

So who's who in the President's very personal entourage?

Stylishly aloof, Melania's a mystery 

Melania Trump, 49

Family ranking: Donald Trump's third wife had a hesitant start as First Lady. It's been reported that she never encouraged her husband to run for office and burst into tears on election night 2016 when he won, a claim she has fiercely denied.

She then remained in New York for six months, insisting their son Barron finished his school year. Even now, she's rarely seen at her husband's side while insiders say she barely sees him.

Image: Glamorous and mysterious. Nobody knows what she thinks of her husband and his presidency, his hard line on immigration (she's one herself) and his alleged philandering. Interestingly, she has chosen to campaign against child cyber-bullying — though her husband is arguably one of the biggest Twitter tormentors of them all.

Monosyllabic in public, the Slovenian-born ex-model hopefully hasn't seen Tracey Ullman's BBC comedy series, which portrays her as the robotic 'Melaniabot'.

Mother figure: Hugely protective of Barron, her only child,who is 13. He's expected to stay in Washington DC.

Queen of protocol: Aides say her great White House interest is interior decoration and the placement at state dinners. She's taken a special interest in protocol on this visit, especially over what presents to give, and the flowers, menu and seating plan when the Trumps entertain Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall at Winfield House, the U.S. ambassador's Regent's Park residence.

Wardrobe: A renowned clothes horse, Mrs Trump will have planned her wardrobe with just as much precision as her place settings, so watch out for at least one British-designed frock.

Be prepared for surprises, too, as the First Lady is also famous for the odd fashion faux-pas, such as the Manolo Blahnik stilettos she wore en route to visit hurricane victims in Texas in 2017.

It'll be a bad news for the 'special relationship' if she wears her notorious Parka coat with 'I really don't care. Do U?' scrawled on it which she donned to visit illegal immigrants on the Mexican border.

Ambitious daddy's girl who's made enemies

Ivanka Trump, 37

Position: America's unofficial 'First Daughter' by Trump's first wife Ivana, the unflappable 'Ice Princess' is the absolute apple of her father's eye. She has 'the best figure' in his opinion and he once said he'd consider dating her — if, erm, she wasn't his daughter. She'd also be 'very, very hard to beat' if she ran for President. He'd like to have made her head of the World Bank or U.S. ambassador to the UN were it not for the public rows.

Family ranking: Stratospheric. She and her husband Jared Kushner (both pictured left), 38, are senior White House advisers, with the President's ear.

Image: 'Javanka', as the couple are known, were once seen by Left-wingers as the acceptable face of Project Trump, glamorous, sophisticated and liberal-minded New Yorkers counselling moderation. The gloss has since come off. An insider described them as a 'toxic mix of arrogance and ignorance', with an insatiable lust for power and the source of some of the President's most controversial policies.

Work life: White House colleages reportedly can't stand them, allegedly dubbing Jared the 'Secretary of Everything' thanks to his insistence on having a finger in each pie, and Ivanka 'Habi', meaning 'Home of All Bad Ideas'.

Home life: The couple live in a Washington DC mansion with their three photogenic children — Arabella, Joseph and Theodore. Despite occasional whispers the couple want to return to New York, they've stuck it out.

Money: Lots of it. She's a successful ex-fashion entrepreneur and he's a multi-millionaire property developer.

The couple earned at least £61 million in outside income during their first year as unpaid advisers to the President. She sold her fashion firm last year, and he has stepped back from the day-to-day running of his business.

They've been accused by some critics of being utterly brazen in their determination to use the Presidency to advance themselves.

Ambitions: Enormous. Ivanka believes she may one day be President, too, and has told people that her father's administration is 'the beginning of a great American dynasty'.

A loose cannon, just like Pop

Donald Trump Jr, 41

Position: The President's oldest son and the first of his three children with Ivana. A former boardroom judge on his father's reality TV series The Apprentice, he and brother Eric took over the reins of the multi-billion-dollar Trump Organisation when their dad became President.

Father's footsteps: A chip off the old block in private and public. He isn't exactly regarded as an intellectual heavyweight, but seems determined to try to live up to his father.

Rabble rouser: Inherited his father's flair for causing trouble on Twitter, once posting a message comparing Syrian refugees with a bowl of the multi-coloured sweets Skittles, sprinkled with a few that 'would kill you'.

Russian Ties: Donald Jr has been issued with a congressional subpoena over his dealings with Russia in the 2016 election, in particular his arranging for a Kremlin-linked Russian lawyer to meet senior campaign figures to discuss getting dirt on Hillary Clinton.

Family man: Last year, his wife Vanessa (with whom he has five children) filed for divorce after 12 years of marriage. Insiders blamed his long absences from the family home. Donald Jr was asked, just before his first child was born, what he was going to be like as a father. 'Trumps don't do diapers,' he replied. It's claimed their marriage failed as long ago as 2011 when Mrs Trump discovered he was allegedly having an affair with Aubrey O'Day, a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice.

Cheap date: Don Jr is alleged to have treated his ex-wife like a 'second-class citizen', giving her so little money she had to ask her mother for help. He proposed with an engagement ring he got free from a jeweller after agreeing to publicise the business.

His new girlfriend is a former Fox News presenter, Kimberly Guilfoyle, 50, who has become a senior advisor on the Trump 2020 re-election campaign.

Future leader: He lacks his sister's finesse but some say that if any Trump child is going to take up their father's political baton, it might be Donald Jr. Rank-and-file Trump supporters adore him. He rants about what they rant about — he's one of them, they say. 'He's accessible, he's in the trenches . . . he's the one you want to have a beer with,' one activist told a magazine recently.


On safari, he's a big shot 

Eric Trump, 35

Position: Executive vice president of the Trump Organisation, where he manages all the residential and commercial properties in the family's portfolio, plus the golf clubs, restaurants, retail outfits and a Virginia winery.

Image: Generally portrayed by comics as the dunce of the bunch, and as lacking the aggressive political instincts of Donald Jr and Ivanka.

Business savvy: Washington ethics campaigners are demanding to know how much public money was spent when Eric flew dozens of U.S. Trump golf club members over for a tour of his Scottish courses. In 2017, The Eric Trump Foundation was accused of shifting money meant for cancer patients to family businesses, notably its golf clubs. Eric denies wrongdoing and promises to co-operate.

Hobbies: Same as Donald Jr — game hunting. In 2010, an animal rights group attacked them for going on a safari killing spree.

Spousal support: Wed TV producer Lara Yunaska in 2013. She is pregnant with their second child. Lara's a rising star in Team Trump.

Rare outing for Tiffany

Tiffany Trump, 25

Position: Donald Trump's only child from his marriage to his second wife, model Marla Maples.

Nickname: 'The Invisible Trump'. Tiffany, named after the jewellers, acquired this moniker because she's barely seen. She didn't even get a mention in a documentary about her dad's life that was shown at the Republican National Convention. And she was the only adult Trump not invited to join his team after his election. Her inclusion on the London trip is unusual.

Family ranking: While Trump was able to mould his other children, Tiffany was raised by her mother in California after her divorce from Donald. He once admitted he was proud of her to 'a lesser extent' than his other children.

Career: Difficult to identify. Though she's studying law in Washington DC, she's done little to budge perceptions of her as a spoilt rich kid.

Hobbies: Posting vacuous pictures of all the glamorous places she goes.

Other half: She's split up with Ross Mechanic, a boyfriend at university who had Democrat sympathies. New beau Michael Boulos is from a Franco-Lebanese billionaire business family and is studying finance at London's City University. They recently holidayed on a yacht in the South of France, and she's been introducing him to the Trump family.

Ambitions: After a failed attempt to be a pop star, sources say she would settle for becoming closer to her father and half-siblings. And getting married.

 
A VERY fashionable arrival! Ivanka is the first of the Trump clan to land in London
President Donald Trump's eldest daughter has arrived in London ahead of her father's state and shared a photograph of herself playing tourist at a museum.

Ivanka Trump, 37, posted a photograph of herself outside the Victoria and Albert Museum this afternoon wearing a yellow floral dress from New York sister designers duo Ai Ly and Wayne Lee - aka Les Reveries.

She paired the pure silk-crepe frock that falls to a flattering midi length with blue high heels as she stepped out to see the Mary Quant exhibit of over 200 pieces of clothing and accessories from the British designer.  

Ivanka's dress was listed at $655 but is now available for a bargain $458 on Net-a-Porter.  

Guests to the V&A exhibit can see miniskirts and hot pants, vibrant tights and makeup from the designer.

The V&A, founded in 1852, holds the world's largest collection of applied and decorative arts and design. 

Her visit to the museum came after Ivanka was spotted walking through the airport on Saturday pulling her hand luggage while dressed in all-black. 

The President, who is known for his love of extravagant decor, has booked an entire floor of the Corinthia Hotel - which has 225 rooms, 51 suites and seven penthouses - in Whitehall Place Westminster. His family and extended entourage will stay there for this week's state visit to Britain.

The US President will be accompanied by wife Melania and four of his five children for the visit, which begins on Monday.

The President and his wife are expected to stay at Winfield House, the US Ambassador's official residence in Regent's Park, but sources say other members of his family will stay at the five-star Corinthia.

Celebrity guests have included Mariah Carey, James Corden and Cuba Gooding Jr. 

Trump's visit begins on Monday morning when he will be received by the Queen before three days of meetings and ceremonial pomp which will include a state banquet at Buckingham Palace.  

Mr Trump and his wife Melania are being given the full red carpet treatment, with the Queen hosting no fewer than four events in tribute to them.

Royal gun salutes will fire in Trump's honor at the Tower of London and in Green Park, while Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince Harry and the Duke of York will be heavily involved too.

The Duchess of Sussex, previously a vocal critic of Donald Trump, will stay at home with baby Archie rather than meet the US President during his state visit to the UK.

The President is due to receive a ceremonial welcome in the garden, inspecting the Guard of Honour, formed of Nijmegen Company Grenadier Guards. 

It was arranged for Royal Gun salutes to be fired in Green Park too.

The Queen is also scheduled to host a private lunch at the palace, after which the President and Mrs Ivanka Trump were to view a special exhibition in the Picture Gallery, showcasing items of historical significance to the United States from the Royal Collection.

The President and Mrs Trump, accompanied by the Duke of York, were also set to visit Westminster Abbey where the President would lay a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior and then have a short tour of the Abbey.

Prince Andrew will accompany Mr Trump for two of the three days of his trip, with officials hoping the Duke can defuse any political problems with conversations about golf, the Sunday Telegraph reported.

Mr Trump is believed to have so far spent over 100 days of his 862-day presidency playing golf while Prince Andrew is qualified to a professional level.

The men met 20 years ago at the president's Mar-a-Lago estate and golf course in Palm Springs, Florida, and are already well-acquainted sharing a mutual friend in disgraced millionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who was was jailed on child prostitution charges in 2008.

While the men make polite conversation, hundreds of thousands of activists are preparing to paralyze London with mass demonstrations.

Fears for Mr Trump's safety have meant he will not be involved in a carriage procession down the Mall or the official welcome on Horse Guards Parade - which will instead take place in Buckingham Palace's garden.

More than 20,000 police officers will be deployed at 20 separate protest events planned across the country in a security operation expected to cost about £18million ($22,744,800).

On the itinerary were plans for the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall to host afternoon tea for Trump at Clarence House.

The president's refusal to accept claims of climate change is likely to bring about some debate with Prince of Charles who has championed environmental causes for decades.

Earlier this month Prince Charles said he was prepared for a frank exchange of views with Trump regarding climate change during the US President's State visit to Britain next month, The Mail on Sunday revealed.

According to a source close to the Prince, Charles will be 'very happy' to talk about climate change if the subject is raised by the President.

The source told The Mail on Sunday: 'Climate change is a subject that the Prince has talked about for 40 years and he will look forward to discussing it with the President should it come up. He would be very happy to have the opportunity to talk about it.

In the evening on Monday the Queen will give a state banquet at Buckingham Palace. The Queen and Mr Trump will both make speeches at the start of the banquet. 

On Tuesday, the President and Prime Minister Theresa May will co-host a business breakfast meeting, attended by The Duke of York, at St James’s Palace, with senior UK and US business leaders.

Mrs May will then host President Trump and Mrs Trump at 10 Downing Street to hold talks and they will all have lunch together. 

President Trump and Mrs May will hold a press conference at 10 Downing Street.

In the evening, The President and Mrs Trump will host a dinner at Winfield House, the residence of the American Ambassador to the UK. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will attend the dinner on behalf of the Queen.

On Wednesday, the Trumps will spend the day with the Queen and the Prince of Wales at the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings commemorations in Portsmouth, which will include a fly-past of 25 modern and historical aircraft.  

The Queen will formally bid farewell to President Trump and Mrs Trump in Portsmouth in the afternoon. 

The President and Mrs Trump will depart on Air Force One later in the day. 

 
'Is it for the Queen's benefit?': Twitter goes wild over Trump's 'normal' hair as he makes surprise visit to church straight from the golf course and still wearing his GOLF SHOES, hours before heading to London for state visit
President Donald Trump sported a new hairdo on Sunday which left Twitter users comparing him to Gordon Gekko.

The president was photographed during a visit to an evangelical church in McLean, Virginia, arriving directly from his golf outing at Trump National Golf Club in Potomac Falls still wearing his golf shoes. 

But the president appeared visibly uncomfortable as he had to remove a baseball cap that he was wearing during his golf game earlier in the day.

While standing on stage with Pastor David Platt, he was seen with his hair combed back. 

On Twitter, social media users wondered what was up with the president’s new ‘do.

‘Wow he looks like a real person and not an orange cheeto with fly away hair,’ tweeted one Twitter user.

Another Twitter user wrote: ‘Trump’s hat hair...Jesus!’

‘Trump at Vienna VA church wearing Joe Biden's hair,’ wrote another Twitter user.

Another Twitter user noted: ‘He went to pray for the victims of the Virginia shooting only AFTER his golf game. That's his GOLF HAIR!’

‘So Trump has just gone full Gordon Gekko with his hair,’ tweeted another social media user.

Gordon Gekko is the villainous character from the 1987 film Wall Street. He is played in the movie by Michael Douglas, who slicks his hair back.

A Twitter user who goes by the handle Cozy Coder wrote: ‘Wtf? Is that Trump on the right? He's not orange anymore? And what's wrong with his hair?’

‘Trumps new hair...cut? What is happening here in Virginia?’ tweeted another dumbfounded Twitter user.

Later on Sunday evening, Trump appeared at a gala at Ford's Theater in Washington, DC. Having had time to prepare, the president returned to his conventional appearance. 

The president, not known for engaging in regular Sunday worship, spent 11 minutes at McLean Bible Church near Washington, D.C.  

The White House said he was there to 'pray for the victims and community of Virginia Beach,' where a gunman killed 11 people on Sunday. 

Evangelical leader Franklin Graham and more than 250 other Christian luminaries had asked America's Bible-believers pray for President Trump on Sunday in the hope that God would take his side in political battles that have roiled Washington. 

Trump took off his white 'USA' baseball cap as he joined Platt on the stage that serves as the focus of services at the 58-year-old church.

'We pray that he would look to you,' Platt said, addressing the almighty, 'that he would trust in you, that he would lean on you, that he would govern and make decisions in the ways that are good for justice and good for righteousness, and good for equity.' 

Platt didn't mention the deadly Virginia violence, but prayed aloud with his Bible held aloft for Trump, judges, members of Congress and government officials at the national and state level.

'Lord we pray, we pray that you would give him all the grace he needs to govern,' he said of Trump.

Platt also prayed for the president's family, asking God to 'give them strength. We pray that you'd give them clarity, wisdom.'

The president didn't speak to the applauding worshipers or a string orchestra seated near him onstage, but told Platt: 'Thank you, reverend. I appreciate it very much.' 

Platt is formerly president of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board.

Mclean Bible Church boasts a weekly attendance of 5,700 at its flagship Vienna, Virginia house of worship, plus another 4,600 at four satellite campuses and online. 

Franklin Graham wrote last Sunday on Facebook that pastors should lead their congregations in the 'Special Day of Prayer' to ask the almighty to 'protect, strengthen, encourage, and guide' the president.

'President Trump’s enemies continue to try everything to destroy him, his family, and the presidency. In the history of our country, no president has been attacked as he has. I believe the only hope for him, and this nation, is God,' Graham wrote.

“This is a critical time for America. We’re on the edge of a precipice. Time is short. We need to pray for God to intervene. We need to ask God to protect, strengthen, encourage, and guide the President,” he continued.

'He's our president,' Graham added in a Twitter video clip, 'and if he succeeds we all benefit. But if his enemies are allowed to destroy him and pull down the presidency it will hurt our entire nation.' 

Graham said 'many thousands of churches' would take part in the targeted prayer sessions. 

The Texas preacher's father was the late evangelist Billy Graham. He now leads the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and the Samaritan's Purse charity.

He's also a reliable Trump booster, along with other co-signers of the call to prayer who cautiously backed the president and quietly chuckled when the sometimes-Presbyterian clumsily cited 'Two Corinthians' instead of 'Second Corinthians.'

But they have found in him a president eager to defend religious liberties, influence millions of evangelicals to vote, and autograph Bibles along the way.

Graham risks drawing culture-war pressure to Trump with his unapologetic positions against gay rights. He said last week that Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg should ‘repent’ his homosexual 'sin.'

'Buttigieg is right – God doesn’t have a political party,' he tweeted. 'But God does have commandments, laws & standards He gives us to live by.' 

‘As a Christian I believe the Bible,' he added, 'which defines homosexuality as sin, something to be repentant of, not something to be flaunted, praised or politicized.'

‘The Bible says marriage is between a man & a woman – not two men, not two women,' he wrote. 

Graham has become a controversial figure both inside and outside Christian cultural circles because of his support for President Trump.

When asked about allegations that Trump had an affair with porn star Stormy Daniels and then paid her hush money to keep quiet about it, he said last year: 'President Trump I don’t think has admitted to having an affair with this person. And so this is just a news story, and I don’t even know if it’s accurate.'

Graham told NBC News at the time: 'We certainly don't hold him up as the pastor of this nation and he is not.' 

Other Christian leaders joining Graham in his call to prayer included former Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, preacher Kenneth Copeland, Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr., civil rights activist Alveda King, Family Research Council president Tony Perkins, Faith and Freedom coalition leader Ralph Reed, Christian recording artist Michael W. Smith and preacher Paula White-Cain.    

This article has been adapted from its original source.

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