HOW FAR WE’VE COME FROM THAT SITUATION AND ONE IN WHICH THE
PRESIDENT SPENDS HIS MORNINGS
INSULTING THE MAYOR OF LONDON.
>> AND THEN THERE’S THIS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP PUT THE WORD
NASTY IN QUOTES ABOUT MAYOR
KHAN.
KHAN. PERHAPS A NOD TO THIS NEXT
STORY.
STORY. PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED MEGHAN
MARKLE NASTY FOR PREVIOUS
REMARKS SHE MADE ABOUT HIM.
DURING THE CAMPAIGN, THE FORMER
ACTRESS CALLED TRUMP
MISOGYNISTIC AND DIVISIVE AND
SAID SHE WOULD CONSIDER MOVING
TO CANADA IF TRUMP WERE ELECTED.
THE SUN ASKED PRESIDENT TRUMP
ABOUT THOSE COMMENTS AHEAD OF
HIS OFFICIAL STATE VISIT TO THE
UK.
UK. >> SHE SAID SHE’D MOVE TO CANADA
IF YOU GOT ELECTED.
IT TURNED OUT SHE MOVED TO
BRITAIN.
BRITAIN. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING HERE.
SO WHAT COULD I SAY?
NO, I DIDN’T KNOW SHE WAS NASTY.
>> THE PRESIDENT SAID HE THOUGHT
IT WAS NICE AN AMERICAN HAD
MARRIED INTO THE BRITISH ROYAL
FAMILY.
FAMILY. WAS GENERALLY COMPLIMENTARY OF
HER THE REST OF THE WAY.
HOWEVER, HE HAS REPEATEDLY
DENIED CALLING HER NASTY.
SAYING THE REMARK WAS, QUOTE,
MADE UP BY THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA
AND THEY GOT CAUGHT COLD.
WELL, YOU JUST HEARD IT.
THE PRESIDENT AGAIN DENIED
MAKING THE COMMENT JUST BEFORE
LEAVING TO MEET THE ROYAL FAMILY
INCLUDING MARKLE’S HUSBAND
PRINCE HARRY.
PRINCE HARRY. >> ARE YOU WILLING TO APOLOGIZE
ABOUT YOU COMMENTS ABOUT MEGHAN
MARKLE?
MARKLE? >> NO.
>> NO. I MADE NO BAD COMMENT.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >> YOU HEARD IT FOR YOURSELF,
KEIR.
KEIR. HOW IS THIS PLAYING IN THE UK?
THE PRESIDENT DID USE THE WORD
NASTY.
NASTY. HE DID SAY I DIDN’T REALIZE SHE
HAD SAID SOMETHING NASTY ABOUT
ME.
ME. BUT HE DID USE THE WORD.
>> Reporter: HE DID USE THE
WORD.
WORD. I READ THAT AS A CLASSIC BRITISH
TABLOID NEWSPAPER TRAP AND THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
WALKED STRAIGHT INTO IT.
INTERESTING THAT IT WAS A
TABLOID TRAP BY A NEWSPAPER
OWNED BY RUPERT MURDOCH.
INTERESTING HE GAVE THAT
NEWSPAPER THE INTERVIEW AND THEY
RETURN THE FAVOR IN THAT WAY.
ON SADIQ KHAN, IT’S BENEATH THE
PRESIDENT TO GET INTO AN
ARGUMENT WITH THE MAYOR OF
LONDON.
LONDON. THE MAYOR IS A POLITICIAN.
LONDONERS IN PARTICULAR ARE NOT
PARTICULARLY POSITIVE ABOUT
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP. THERE WILL BE MANY WHO ARE BUT
MANY WHO ARE NOT HERE.
IN TERMS OF VOTES, IT WORKS FOR
THE MAYOR OF LONDON TO BE IN A
FIGHT WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. I SUSPECT PRIVATELY BEHIND
CLOSED DOORS SADIQ KHAN IS
RATHER ENJOYING IT ALL.
PRINCE HARRY WILL BE AS I SAID
IN MY EARLIER COMMENTS, HE’LL BE
THE ARCH DIPLOMAT.
IN THE END, THIS ROYAL FAMILY
ARE A PROFESSIONAL GROUP OF
DIPLOMATS.
DIPLOMATS. THAT’S WHAT THEIR JOB IS.
IN TERMS OF THE EXISTENTIAL
THREAT FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM
AND BREXIT, IT’S AN INTERESTING
MOMENT IN WHICH CONSTITUTIONAL
MONARCHY IS BEING TESTED.
THE QUESTION IN A VISIT LIKE
THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE BRITISH
ROYAL FAMILY.
ROYAL FAMILY. THE POLITICS IS SUPPOSED TO COME
SECOND.
SECOND. THE INTERESTING QUESTION IS, YOU
KNOW, CAN THE CONSTITUTIONAL
MONARCHY REALLY HOLD TOGETHER
THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY AND
PULL OFF A VISIT THAT CEMENTS
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN.
NO MATTER WHAT THE POLITICS.
NO MATTER HOW ROCKY IT GETS.
WE SHALL SEE.
BUT CERTAINLY THESE ARE ROYALS
WHO HAVE SEEN CHALLENGES WITH
VISITORS AGAIN AND AGAIN.
LOOK, THE DICTATOR OF ROMANIA,
TO HIS ENTOURAGE WAS SO KNOWN
FOR STEALING THINGS DURING HIS
VISIT THEY HAD TO REMOVE THINGS
FROM THE ROOMS SO THEY DIDN’T
GET TAKEN AWAY.
SO THIS IS NOTHING NEW TO THE
ROYAL FAMILY TO HAVE A
POLITICALLY DIFFICULT LEADER
COME.
COME. AND AFTER ALL, IN THE END,
ALBEIT THE PRESIDENT TRUMP, THIS
IS THE LEADER OF THE UNITED
STATES, BRITAIN’S MOST IMPORTANT
PARTNER.
PARTNER. AND THAT’S THE WAY THAT THE
LEADERS IN THE UK WILL SEE IT.
>> WELL, LET’S HOPE THE QUEEN
LEAVES OUT THE SILVERWARE FOR
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES. NBC’S KEIR SIMMONS.
THAT MEETING ABOUT AN HOUR FROM
NOW, LITTLE BIT LESS BETWEEN THE