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How the UK perfected the art of flattering President Trump
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LONDON – It’s easy to dismiss US President Donald Trump’s visit to Britain as just a gigantic exercise in pomp and circumstance. No other visiting foreign leader in living memory was granted such a lavish British reception.
Yet behind the extravagant display of royal pageantry and flattery lurked an exact objective: Britain’s determination to protect its unique military and technological links with the United States.
