BRITAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For months, British officials laid plans to make sure that President Trump, a fan of ornate housing, will see a castle or two on his visit to England after the NATO gathering. The British also know that in addition to loving all things gilded, Mr. Trump is a longtime Winston Churchill fan, and that since becoming president, has tried to cast himself in the image of the World War II prime minister. So it is no accident that Mr. Trump began his visit to England on Thursday evening by having dinner at Blenheim Palace, the Oxfordshire birthplace and family home of Churchill. Theresa May, Britain’s prime minister, has only a few hours to warm up Mr. Trump on defense and trade issues, and to remind him of the value of the special relationship between the United States and Britain, while he is here on a whirlwind, mostly-by-helicopter stay. By welcoming Mr. Trump to Blenheim, Mrs. May and other senior officials are pulling out the stops to try to dazzle a president who they know likes dazzle.By welcoming Mr. Trump to Blenheim, Mrs. May and other senior officials are pulling out the stops to try to dazzle a president who they know likes dazzle.”
–Katie Rogers, “British Roll Out Trump’s Political Idol: Winston Churchill,” The New York Times online, July 12, 2018