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Royal welcome awaits Trump, but even Mary Poppins is mocking his visit

Kathy Lette Writer September 16, 2025 — 9.01am Advertisement

I’m finding Donald Trump very educational … Every time he comes on TV, I feel the sudden urge to go into the garden to read a book. But there’s no avoiding him this week as London braces itself for Trump’s second official state visit.

Traditionally, US presidents serving a second term – such as Trump – are not offered a state visit to the UK. Instead, they are invited for a cuppa and a cucumber sandwich with the monarch, as happened with former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush.

Ridicule: A souvenir plate of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein in a London store ahead of the US president’s visit to the

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