Trump arrives in UK as factions compete over nation’s surging right-wing wave

Published September 17, 2025 2:00am ET



President Donald Trump is arriving in the United Kingdom on Tuesday for an unprecedented second state visit, this time hosted by King Charles III.

The president will be kept mostly behind the walls of Windsor Castle, far from the London streets that just days ago were packed with more than 100,000 “Unite the Kingdom” protesters. The demonstration, which resulted in over 20 injured police officers, revealed the explosive resentment building within Britain’s surging right wing.

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