6/7/2019

BRITAIN/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When President Trump visited Britain in 2018 and met Queen Elizabeth II, he caused a social media stir by walking in front of the British monarch as they inspected her honor guard, forcing her to step around him — a breach of protocol. On Thursday [6-6-19], a day after his first state visit to Britain ended, he raved in an interview with the Fox News host Laura Ingraham that he had developed a deep bond with the queen and that she had been very taken with him…During the interview he also joked that he was holding up the D-Day ceremonies to sit with Ms. Ingraham. A day earlier, while sitting with President Emmanuel Macron of France, Mr. Trump called the queen ‘an incredible lady,’ adding, ‘I feel I know her so well right now, and she certainly knows me well.’ On Friday, Buckingham Palace declined to comment on Mr. Trump’s remarks. Elizabeth, 93, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, has met every American president since Truman, except for Lyndon B. Johnson.”

Maggie Haberman, “Trump Says He and Queen Elizabeth II ‘Had a Great Time’,” The New York Times online, June 7, 2019