President Trump arrives in UK for state visit
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump has begun the first full day of his unprecedented second state visit to Britain. Also on the programme, Israel says it will open another route out of Gaza City, after the main road south became clogged with vehicles; and, Pablo Picasso takes to the stage.
(Photo: US President Donald Trump and King Charles III walk during the ceremonial welcome at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, on day one of the president's second state visit to the UK. Picture date: Wednesday September 17, 2025. Jonathan Brady/Pool via REUTERS)
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:09.2 | Hello and welcome to News Out from the BBC World Service, coming to live from London with me, Sean Lay. |
| 0:15.5 | Donald Trump has arrived in the United Kingdom, not since Ronald Reagan in 1982, as the US president stayed overnight |
| 0:22.9 | in Windsor Castle, the place Britain's royal family call home, and that was a private visit. |
| 0:28.0 | President Trump has been invited to the UK for a state visit an unprecedented second time. |
| 0:32.9 | His first was in 2019. This is policy made more palatable by decorating it with pageantry. |
| 0:39.3 | Here's a flavour of how previous presidents presented their UK visits. |
| 0:43.9 | Heathrow, the presidential Boeing jet eased into position. |
| 0:48.2 | On board was one of the most powerful men in the world making a goodwill visit. |
| 0:52.6 | President Nixon, the new man in the White House, |
| 0:55.3 | was welcomed to Britain by Lord Cobold, the Lord Champion. We are partners. In the quest for peace, |
| 1:02.1 | we know that our relationship, that special relationship that we have is not exclusive, |
| 1:08.7 | because that peace that we seek, the two of us, will be secure only when |
| 1:14.3 | all nations enjoy the relationship of trust and confidence that unite us. |
| 1:22.0 | Away the lads. Thank you for your wonderful welcome to me. |
| 1:28.3 | I'm proud to be presented the freedom of your community. |
| 1:33.3 | I am told that the last three speakers here have been the Pope, |
| 1:39.3 | Her Majesty the Queen, and Nelson Mandela, which is either a very high bar or the beginning of a very funny joke. |
| 1:53.0 | President's Barack Obama, before him Jimmy Carter and at the start, Richard Nixon. |
| 1:57.2 | All three, along with Donald Trump in his first term, were hosted by Queen Elizabeth, |
| 2:07.4 | who in her long reign, received 13 out of the 14 U.S. President elected between 1952 and 2023. The Windsor visit by the Trump's is an accolade, but for security reasons, the locals |
| 2:12.8 | won't get to see it. The King and Queen, the president and the First Lady paraded in horse-drawn |
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