President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will jet to Britain in June for a long-planned state visit and then head to France for ceremonies honoring the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the White House said Tuesday.

The visits are designed to shore up the “steadfast and special relationship” between the U.S. and the United Kingdom and to bolster “shared economic and security interests” with France, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said.In the first leg of the trip, from June 3 to 5, Mr. Trump will head to Downing Street in London for meetings with Prime Minister Theresa May, who is steeped in thorny talks over leaving the European Union.

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The president and Mrs. Trump will also attend a ceremony on the 5th in Portsmouth, a southern coastal city that served as a critical launching site for the D-Day landing at Normandy, France.Mrs. Sanders said the trip is at the invitation of Queen Elizabeth II.

Mr. Trump visited Britain in mid-2018, when he had tea with the queen and held talks with Mrs. May, although his working visit was marked by protests and a “baby Trump” blimp that hovered over Parliament Square.

The president also visited his Turnberry golf course in Scotland during that trip…. (Read More Click Here. Excerpt from Tom Howell Jr. article in The Washington Times)