The United Kingdom shamelessly prostrated itself at the feet of Donald Trump on Wednesday, throwing a lavish welcoming party for his state visit to Windsor that resembled less diplomacy and more fealty.

No foreign leader has ever been greeted with the degree of ceremonial extravagance, as Britain rolled out a show of pomp unmatched since the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.

The display left those who see Trump as a hostile force intent on dismantling the post-war settlement feeling distinctly queasy, but there was at least something honest in the absurdity.

Trump demands spectacle, and Britain provides it. He wants to be king, and, for a day, Britain is letting him.

In doing so, the U.K. has revealed something deeply unflattering about itself—in the scramble to keep America close, it w

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