Trump hails ‘special relationship’ during ceremonial welcome for King Charles’s state visit

Donald Trump has praised the “special relationship” between the US and the UK, as he hosted a ceremonial military welcome for Charles and Camilla at the White House. Against a backdrop of recent tensions between London and Washington, the US president, speaking on the second day of King Charles’s state visit, said: “In the centuries since we won our independence, Americans have had no closer friends than the British.” He paid tribute to the “essence” of the “special relationship” in the wake of …