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PBS News Hour - Segments

Trump greeted with royal reception to begin his second state visit

PBS News Hour - Segments

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

President Trump enjoyed a warm welcome to Britain's Windsor Castle, where his royal hosts put on a display of pageantry, pomp and military parades. It's an unprecedented second state visit for Trump, and it comes with both regal spectacle and real-world diplomacy, including a civilian nuclear power deal to power and a massive trans-Atlantic tech agreement. Amna Nawaz reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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In the day's other headlines, President Trump enjoyed a warm welcome to Britain's Windsor Castle today,

0:06.0

where his royal hosts put on a display of pageantry, pomp, and military parades.

0:11.0

It's an unprecedented second-state visit for Mr. Trump, and it comes with both regal spectacle and real-world diplomacy.

0:19.0

That's due to include the signing tomorrow of a civilian nuclear power deal and a massive

0:23.6

transatlantic tech agreement.

0:25.6

At Windsor Castle, a chopper-side personal welcome from the Prince and Princess of Wales

0:33.6

and a gilded entrance fit for a king, a queen, and an American president, as President Trump

0:42.5

was greeted with the full royal treatment upon arrival in the United Kingdom.

0:46.4

That included 1,300 armed troops and a royal review of guards, all part of the largest

0:56.3

military welcome for a state visit in British history.

1:01.6

King Charles later escorted President Trump into the oldest castle in the world to view

1:06.0

the royal collection.

1:07.3

That's so amazing.

1:09.4

Tables adorned with mementos of U.S. British relations, including documents of America's

1:13.6

independence nearly 250 years ago.

1:17.6

By comparison, today's pomp and circumstance was a stark upgrade from Trump's last state visit in 2019.

1:25.6

The president is a bit of a showman.

1:28.6

The UK wanted to put on a good show, and they were able to do it with the blessing of the

1:35.2

king.

1:35.8

So all the stops were pulled out.

1:38.2

Soft diplomacy from the royal family, it seemed by all accounts, looking at all the pictures

1:43.8

that come out, that the King

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