When British Prime Minister Keir Starmer paid his first visit to President Trump in the Oval Office this year, he came bearing a very special gift.

"I was just notified by letter from King Charles that he's extended, through the prime minister, a historic second state visit to the United Kingdom. And that's a great honor because it's never happened before," Trump said at the time, brandishing the invitation.

Trump has long talked about how he admires the royal family, and his state visit with Queen Elizabeth II was a highlight of his first term. For the British government, extending an unprecedented second such honor also opens the door to influencing Trump on issues like support for Ukraine in its war with Russia.

"It seems almost crude, but it's almost exactly that — the U.K. knows th

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