time of stability. it s as if there are two worlds, there is the world we ve had for the last 75 years since d-day in which the united states and united kingdom were in lockstep and came together as the two adults in the room to promote the idea of unified western democracy with organizations that supported that concept. now we have a world going forward which is almost immobilized by donald trump of change and we don t know quite what it brings and that that western liberal world order is up for grabs and about to become much less stable. you don t have the united states and the united kingdom in lockstep on a range of issues, climate change, middle east or china, they are out of synch. in a sense this visit is fascinating because you have the queen symbolizing the old order, where we could rely on certainties in the relationship
the account of the war effort that united britain and the united states. katty kay, you are there in london today where the president will hold a joint news conference with the prime minister. what s been the feeling on the ground inside london and inside the uk day one and a half now of the president s visit? i guess a sigh of relief that it went off okay yesterday in terms of pageantry. the president, of course, arriving and causing a political stir with a scathing attack on the mayor of london, the city that he was about to touchdown in, but in terms of the royal side of things, all of those weeks of preparation paid off. donald trump is seen to have performed the part just fine. there were no massive royal protocols breached. so you had this kind of odd mixture of the president doing the royal part of it well as he was meant to and yet politically and diplomatically causing headlines here and causing
york and an array of united states and business leaders from the uk. the event is co-hosted by prime minister theresa may who, as you know, is resigning as the head of her party on friday over the state of brexit which trump criticized may for and the british press days ago. trump and may will head to 10 downing street for a bilateral meeting followed by a joint news conference. last night president trump took part in the first state banquet hosted for an american president in buckingham palace since 2011 where queen liz wet talked about the importance of the united states and the uk working together. as we face the new challenges of the 21st century the anniversary of d-day reminds us of all that our countries have achieved together. after the shared sacrifices of the second world war britain and the united states worked with other allies to build an assembly of international
atlantic chaptrter. that s the declaration signed by winton churchill and president eisenhower. first lady melania trump was given a tea set. early in the day, queen elizabeth gifted trump a first edition of winston churchill s the second world war, the classic literary account of the war effort that united great britain and the united states. so katty kay, you were there in london today, where the president will hold a joint news conference with the prime minister. what s been the feeling on the ground inside london and inside the uk of day one and a half now of the president s visit? reporter: i guess a sigh of relief that it went off okay yesterday in terms of pageantry. the president, of course, arriving and causing a political stir with a scathing attack on the mayor of london, the city that he was about to touch down in, but in terms of the royal side of things, all of those
forged in heroic military sacrifice, donald, quote, i didn t know that she was nasty. trump is imposing his boarish prince on the royal family including prince harry. today they have my hopes and prayers when the president leaves britain will still be mired in its worst political crisis in decades. at least most british voters chose brexit though the outcome of a second referendum would likely be different. most american voters did not choose trump though the electoral college system dually put him into office. then again, we will get rid of trump in next year one hopes but in a worst-case scenario in 2024. brexit if britain is foolish enough to go through with it will have effects that linger and fester indefinitely. trump s trip abroad makes me feel better about our own prospects if only the brits could somehow just keep him.