relationship between america and britain there, as you heard the queen talk about in that toast, the president talking about it as well there. but this is classic donald trump in terms of not really wanting to follow the script that most american presidents follow. and richard, let s talk about that. because obviously the royal family, they re keeping a stiff upper lip, as it were. but president trump responded to a negative op-ed by the mayor of london, by calling him a stone-cold loser. he was interviewed by the sun, newspaper, and they told him that plameghan markle had said e not-so-nice things about her in 2016, and he replied, i didn t know that she was nasty, then lied about saying that. and now he seems to be backing a rival of theresa may, boris johnson. how is this actually playing when the cameras aren t around? it s playing badly for the british public. this is a president who has a 21% approval rating than brits.
president trump will be giving a speech. i think people will be holding their breath. and we know why one would be holding the president. sadiq khan wrote a scathing piece about the president rebuking this state visit. the president responded calling the london mayor a stone-cold loser. the president has denied calling meghan markle nasty. she had said before she married prince harry, she had negative things to say about him. we know that the president said this. let s share the sound. are you sorry not to see you, because she wasn t so nice about you during the campaign. i didn t know that, no. i hope she s okay. i did not know that. she said she d move to canada if you got elected. turned out she moved to britain. a lot of people moving here. i didn t know that she was nasty. he didn t know that she was
nasty. the president did say that. he s called the mayor a stone-cold loser. is that going to make anything awkward tonight? reporter: it s making the whole trip awkward. the politics are very difficult. the leader of the opposition has refused to do to the banquet tonight. while you have this constitutional occasion hosted by the royal family looking terrific in terms of pictures for the president, the background is very, very difficult politics. all right. keir thank you very much. let s bring in washington post political reporter eugene scott. you have called the attacks unhelpful. for those who don t follow it closely, how significant is it that she s not around? it is significant in part because she is one of the most obvious ties and most recent
welcome back. president trump s trip to england is starting off with a bang. the president injected himself into british politics by endorsing mayor boris johnson to be the next prime minister and urged the country to walk away with its brexit negotiations from the eu, also calling meghan markle, the duchess of sussex, nasty. minutes before touching down, the mayor, quote, is a stone-cold loser. that s how he began a trip that s supposed to highlight the special relationship between the u.s. and the uk. hallie jackson is nbc news
london s mayor, who he calls a stone-cold loser. and the president has inserted himself into british politics, making a recommendation on who should be the next prime minister. at home, democrats announced a new round of hearings on the mueller report, amid growing calls to launch an impeachment inquiry. i ll speak with congressman raja krish n krishnamoortha. let s begin with our cnn white house correspondent, pamela brown. pamela s in london for this visit. it involves a lot of pageantry, a lot of ceremony, and a couple of earlier pot shots by the president. reporter: yeah, that s right. even though president trump, wolf, began this trip stirring controversy, that did not upend the carefully crafted pomp and pageantry that has played out in london today. as you mentioned, right now, the opulent state banquet is underway. president trump toasted queen