Why did the Windsors want to meet the Trumps?

Beyond Today

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🗓️ 3 June 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Most of the President’s family flew in for a guided tour of London’s hotspots with the royals on the first day of their state visit to the UK. Protesters waved their banners and everyone waited for Trump to start tweeting. The President and First Lady Melania Trump went to Buckingham Palace for a private lunch and welcome ceremony. But could the Queen’s role be more than just ceremonial? Former presidential aide Mary Jo Jackobi and our royal correspondent Jonny Dymond tell us how she, and her horse riding skills, helped change one president’s mind before. Could she do it again? Producers: Philly Beaumont and Duncan Barber. Mixed by Nicolas Raufast. Editor: John Shields.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:05.0	Howdy!
0:06.0	No.
0:08.0	All right then.
0:09.0	Hello, I'm Matthew Price, this is Beyond Today from BBC Radio 4. Every day we asked one big question
0:16.5	about one big story. Today, why did the Winsers been about why the trumps want to come here and meet the Queen? The whole family is practically
0:44.1	here in Britain now. But what about asking the question the other way round? Why would
0:48.6	the Queen want to meet Trump? What's in it for her?
0:52.6	So we decided to get hold of someone who knows the White House intimately.
0:56.1	She's a former presidential special assistant.
0:59.1	Actually, she's amazingly well connected.
1:00.9	She's also a Trump supporter.
1:02.2	We'll meet her in a moment. We also got a few minutes of Johnny's time.
1:05.5	Ah, splendid splendid splendid splendid. How are you mate? You're right.
1:08.4	Johnny Diamond, our Royal Correspondent, who spent the day outside Buckingham Palace as, well it seemed the whole Trump family arrived.
1:17.0	This is pretty much the whole Trump family.
1:20.6	I think there's one, the very young one. He he's 13 he's staying at home but everybody else has come along
1:26.7	despite not really having much of a role and I think that probably points to the fact that it's rather a big draw coming and seeing the Royal Family.
1:35.0	So everyone's come along I think four children and one wife, that is one President's wife,
1:41.0	and then one husband of one child and one wife of one
1:45.2	child. Don't ask me all their names because I simply can't remember them. So they've
1:49.2	all come along for the ride and they will enjoy meeting various different members of the Royal
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