President Trump lands in U.K. for official state visit

President Donald Trump has landed in London to begun his official state visit to the area.

This time, he faces an ally in turmoil and a global call to renew democratic pacts.

The agenda for Trump’s journey is both ceremonial and official: a state visit and an audience with Queen Elizabeth II in London, D-Day commemoration ceremonies on both sides of the English Channel and his first presidential visit to Ireland, which will include a stay at his coastal golf club.     

British Prime Minister Theresa May will step down days after Trump visits, and the president has already voiced his support for one of the possible candidates to replace May: Boris Johnson.

“I think Boris would do a very good job. I think he’d be excellent, I like him very much,” the president said in an interview with British tabloid, The Sun.

Another hot button issue facing the U.K. right now: Brexit. 

President Trump has said before he supports a ‘hard Brexit’, meaning the U.K. would leave the European Union without a deal in place, which could prove problematic for the U.K.

Festivities of Trump’s visit begin Monday, including meetings with the royal family and an extravagant state dinner at Buckingham Palace. 

On June 5, President Trump will attend ceremonies in France to honor 75 years since the D-Day landings of WWII.

The president will then head to Ireland for his first presidential visit to the country.