President Trump was welcomed with a glittering banquet in Windsor Castle on the first day of his state visit. Britain’s media was on Thursday divided in its interpretation of day one of the state visit, in which the red carpet was rolled out to President Trump with all the trappings at which British royalty excels. When interviewed about his presence, Mr. Hastings accused Mr. Trump, who is unpopular in Britain, according to opinion polls, of wrecking the world order. That underscored the extent to which much of the media saw Mr. Trump’s visit in pragmatic terms. “Britain wheels out the Windsors to play its royal Trump card,” read the headline of The Independent.
