In 100 years of US presidential visits, since Woodrow Wilson became the first Oval Office incumbent to visit the UK , the so-called “special relationship” has waxed and waned. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Donald Trump baby balloon flies over Parliament Square during a protest in London in July 2018. Not since the visit of George W Bush had an American president been so unwelcome by the British public. He arrived at the end of the first world war, ahead of the Paris peace conference, but it would take the second world war to entice another president across the Atlantic. So, a bit of gumption goes a long way.”What appears to have united all of these visits was convention, Farr believes.

Source: The Guardian December 25, 2018 17:00 UTC