Today on the Playbook podcast, the British Royal Family rolls out the red carpet for Donald Trump.

One week on from the killing of Charlie Kirk, we'll discuss all the fallout.

And there are two huge moments happening here in D.C. today.

The ousted head of the CDC is in the Senate, and the Fed

decides whether, at last, to cut interest rates. Hello, I am Jack Blanchard. And I'm Megan Messerly.

It's Wednesday, September 17th. This is the Playbook podcast, Megan. It's wonderful to have you with us today. Thanks for joining.

We get to talk about Britain. That's a rare treat for me this morning. I know. So true to form.

We have the expert here. We have the expert here indeed. All right, well, let me give you a quick

rundown of what's going to happen. Basically, we're going to get this really weird split screen

thing happening all day

today because we've got Donald Trump and Melania Trump over in the UK on a state visit,

and today is Royal Family Day. We're going to get all the pomp and ceremony starting pretty

early in the morning because there are obviously a few hours ahead of us over there. And we're

going to see all these images coming from Windsor Castle. That's one of

the main royal palaces just outside London. And mega, Britain is pulling out all the stops.

We're going to see the military parades, the flyovers, their marching bands, people in the funny

clothes, all the history stuff that we like to do so well. You're going to get to see it all this

morning. This is the second time Donald Trump's had a state visit. Actually, the first American president to get to, which he is very proud about and Britain made a big deal about when he was invited for the second one earlier this year. I was at the first one in 2017, working for Politico over in the UK at that time. And you could just see how much he's having a good time. Like he does

his sort of solemn face, doesn't he when he's doing these things. He's dignified and he looks good in his clothes. He stands up very tall and all the rest of it. But you just see how much he's loving there. It almost feels like part of the thing he loves the most about the presidency is these kinds of moments, these kinds of rubbing shoulders with royalty and all the

west of it. Absolutely. I mean, I think it's the honor of the occasion. It's the visuals of the

occasion, right? The president is a very visual person. He's always thinking about how the photos and how

the videos are going to turn up. This is exactly the kind of thing he loves.

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