U.S. President Donald Trump and King Charles III throughout a state banquet at Windsor Castle for the State visit by the President of the United States of America on September 17, 2025 in Windsor, England.
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U.S. President Donald Trump is due to depart Windsor Castle, the place he and his spouse Melania acquired the royal remedy on Wednesday — as the U.S. chief’s historic state visit to the U.Ok. turns to extra critical business issues.
On Thursday, Trump will probably be heading to Chequers, the official nation residence of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, for commerce and geopolitical talks with the British chief and delegations from the U.Ok. and U.S. Melania Trump is due to keep on at Windsor Castle this morning.
Trump will probably be greeted by Starmer and his spouse Victoria, together with one other ceremonial guard of honor and bagpipers, when he arrives at Chequers — a Sixteenth-century manor home close to London that prime ministers use as a rural retreat and extra casual venue for worldwide diplomacy.
Finalizing commitments specified by the “economic prosperity deal” or U.S.-U.Ok. commerce deal of May are anticipated to take heart stage, as effectively as extra thorny issues concerning 25% tariffs on British metal and aluminum that the U.Ok. needs lowered to zero. The ongoing wars in Ukraine and Middle East are additionally possible to function on the agenda.
Speaking to reporters as he boarded Air Force One to journey to Britain on Tuesday, Trump mentioned he was “into helping” the U.Ok. finesse the nations’ commerce deal.
“They want to see if they can refine the trade deal a little bit,” he mentioned “We’ve made a deal, and it’s a great deal, and I’m into helping them,” he mentioned on the time. “They’d like to see if they could get a little bit better deal. So, we’ll talk to them.”
On Thursday, the U.S. president and U.Ok. PM will be part of British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves for a business reception earlier than giving a joint press convention later within the day.
The state visit has already yielded fruit for the U.Ok., with £150 billion ($204 billion) value of inward funding introduced within the run-up to and through the journey. The British authorities hailed the investments on Wednesday, stating that these offers would “boost jobs, drive growth and deliver opportunity for working people up and down the country.”
President Donald Trump and Britain’s King Charles III assessment the Guard of Honour after the arrival at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025.
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Key to the dialog, Starmer and Trump seem to really get on.
While it is unsure how the Thursday talks will play out, there is not any doubt that the U.Ok. has pulled out the stops to impress its transatlantic ally.
At a glittering state banquet held at Windsor Castle on Wednesday night time, Trump advised a swathe of friends that included senior royals, prime U.S. and British officers and business leaders, that being invited to Britain for an unprecedented second state visit was one of many “highest honors of my life.”
He then raised just a few laughs when he joked that he hoped he’d be the one president to get two state visits.
King Charles delivers his speech as U.S. President Donald Trump and Catherine, Princess of Wales pay attention through the state banquet for the US President and First Lady Melania Trump at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, on day one in all their second state visit to the UK, Wednesday Sept. 17, 2025.
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King Charles, in his personal speech, praised the U.S. president’s “personal commitment to finding solutions to some of the world’s most intractable conflicts.”
Trumps in any other case basked within the royal limelight on Wednesday, visibly having fun with the pomp and ceremony, which included a royal gun salute, carriage procession via Windsor and guard of honor.