[Magdalen] Speech?

[Michael Bishop]

It is worth pointing out that originally the DJT's visit to UK was to 
have been a state visit - which would have included a visit to and stay 
at Buckingham Palace. Instead it has been downgraded and will only 
include a visit with most of the activity outside London. He is making 
up for it by going off afterwards on his own initiative for a stay at 
his golf resort in Scotland (giving unpopular extra security expenses in 
Scotland)

God bless

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Michael Bishop
rev at michaelbishop.name

On 08/07/2018 09:24, Roger Stokes via Magdalen wrote:
> On 08/07/2018 01:12, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>> Roger,
>> I'm  actually confused as to why he's going to England at all--I thought
>> they had made it clear that they didn't want him to visit,
>
> Unfortunately we have a government that does not know what it wants, 
> let alone what the people want. The PM has her own political agenda 
> (not to be ousted) which has to include the prospect of a trade deal 
> with the US post Brexit. Given DJT's attitude towards trade deals I 
> cannot see that actually happening.
>
>> and I thought the Queen was not going to meet with him.
>
> The American Ambassador is on record as saying that meeting is the 
> most important part of the visit, the two Heads of State being seen 
> together.
>
>> Who initiated this visit? And what "substantive" topics are they 
>> going to discuss?
>
> The Ambassador's comments suggest few if any serious discussions, not 
> that you can have one with as impulsive a person as DJT and as 
> enfeebled a Prime Minister as we have at present. They will also have 
> just been at a NATO meeting where the discussions will be 
> "interesting". At least we are spending as much on defence as the USA 
> has asked for and we house a number of US air bases so he shouldn't be 
> too rude to us at that meeting. Other countries will doubtless put the 
> European perspective very clearly.
>
> Roger