The leaders’ top priority is a possible bilateral trade deal to take effect once — or if — the U.K. leaves the European Union. The economic meeting at St. James’s Palace brought together 10 leading companies — five from the UK and five from the United States. While the business leaders gathered, protesters began to assemble across London, some of whom had had the now-infamous Trump baby balloon bobbing in the air near Parliament Square. Yet Trump, forever a counter-puncher, immediately roiled diplomatic docility by tearing into London Mayor Sadiq Khan. Following Tuesday’s focus on business and trade, Trump will use the next two days to mark the 75th anniversary of the June 6, 1944, D-Day landing, likely the last significant commemoration most veterans of the battle will see.

Source: Washington Post June 04, 2019 01:38 UTC