A group of more than a dozen policemen stood between the protestors and the commander-in-chief, who was wearing a USA hat.
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“The weather is beautiful, and this place is incredible! Tomorrow I go to Helsinki for a Monday meeting with Vladimir Putin,” he added.
Many called on Trump to cancel the meeting after the Justice Department announced on Friday in a press conference that 12 Russian intelligence officials have been charged with hacking into the Democratic National Committee and the campaign of Trump’s 2016 presidential opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton.
After more than a year of back-and-forth about whether he would be heading to the U.K. for an official visit, the president — along with First LadyMelania Trump—met the Queenat Windsor Castle on Friday.
The Trumps were welcomed at the Quadrangle of the castle, where a Guard of Honor gave a royal salute and the U.S. national anthem was played. The Queen and President Trump inspected the Guard of Honor before watching the military march past. The president and first lady then joined the Queen inside the castle for afternoon tea.
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Protesters marched through the streets of London — about 20 miles from Windsor Castle — against Trump’s U.K. visit on Friday. Tens of thousands of British people took to the streets of central London to protest President Trump in what was dubbed “The Stop Trump March.”
Carrying signs that read “Trump Not Welcome” and “Dump Trump,” the crowd made it clear that not everyone in the U.K. supported the country’s diplomacy.
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When asked at the NATO Summit in Brussels if he was concerned about the protests, Trump again showed he didn’t mind the outrage, telling reporters, “I think they like me in the U.K.”
“I think they agree with me on immigration,” he said, later discussing the hot-button issue at his press conference with May. “I think it’s been very bad for Europe. … You see the same terror attacks that we do. It’s changing the culture. I know it’s politically not necessarily correct to say that, but I’ll say it. And I’ll say it loud. They better watch themselves because they are changing culture. They are changing a lot of things.”
source: people.com
