‘I Love Your Country’: President Trump Praises Queen, Remembers His British Roots
by Victoria Friedman
U.S. President Donald J Trump has expressed his “love” for the United Kingdom and his “respect” for the Queen in an interview where he discussed his ties to Britain and his Scottish born mother who loved the Royal Family.
Speaking to ITV’s Piers Morgan in an interview aired Wednesday morning, the most pro-British U.S. president since Ronald Reagan said that despite the protests — which were notably smaller than had been billed to be — he feels he has a “very good relationship with the people of the United Kingdom”.
“Is it me or is it the country? Our country loves your country. I love your country,” President Trump told Mr Morgan in the pre-recorded interview taped within the Churchill War Rooms bunker complex beneath Westminster.
During the interview, President Trump articulated his view that due to their shared heritage and values, he considered the United Kingdom and the United States as nearly indistinguishable.
The U.S. leader, who Mr Morgan reminded viewers is “half-British” due to his Scottish mother, is enjoying his last day on a three-day State Visit, which is focused on commemorating the 75th anniversary of D-Day, a future bilateral trade deal with post-Brexit Britain, and the Special Relationship, which President Trump called “the greatest alliance the world has ever known” in a joint press conference with Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday.
‘I think I have a very good relationship with the people in the United Kingdom.’
President Trump says despite the protests, he still loves the UK and its people. (After all, he is half-British!)@piersmorgan | #GMBTrump pic.twitter.com/nGp19lBCG7
— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) June 5, 2019
The ITV interviewer then remarked on the “natural rapport” he had observed at the State Banquet Monday night between the President and the Queen, with President Trump saying: “We had a great rapport. We had a conversation that lasted over an hour and a half non-stop.”
Calling the Queen “very impressive”, President Trump said he had “great respect for her” adding: “Last night was unbelievable with the Queen. She is a great woman.”
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