Trump and May End Relationship That Began Strained and Only Got Worse

President hints he may meet PM’s political rivals on U.K. trip
China emerges as latest security flashpoint between allies

Donald Trump and Theresa May in Washington in January 2017.Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

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By Robert Hutton, Margaret Talev, and Alex Morales

May 31, 2019 at 11:10 AM UTC

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Theresa May was the first foreign leader to visit Donald Trump after he was sworn in as president. Next week, he’ll become the last foreign leader to visit her before she resigns as head of the Conservative Party.

Trump’s second trip to the U.K. as president is built around a state visit with Queen Elizabeth and official commemorations of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. But his final meetings with May are likely to end their relationship as it began, with awkward attempts to paper over difficult personal chemistry, and protests in London.