As Air Force One touched down at London Stansted Airport on Tuesday evening (September 16), Donald Trump began an unprecedented second state visit to the UK.

Over three days, Buckingham Palace has planned a residence at Windsor Castle and a state banquet with King Charles III. There will even be a private moment for the US President to visit St George’s Chapel and pay his respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II, who presided over his first state visit in 2019.

This type of soft diplomacy has deep roots. And the first to make the trip across the Atlantic was Woodrow Wilson.

On Boxing Day, 1918, just six weeks after the First World War Armistice, thousands gathered outside Buckingham Palace to catch a glimpse of the 28th president of the United States.

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