Trump claims he had 'automatic chemistry' with the Queen and denies fist-bumping her
‘There are those that say they have never seen the Queen have a better time,’ says US president
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump has claimed he shared an “automatic chemistry” with the Queen during his state visit to the UK earlier this week.
The US president praised the monarch as a “spectacular woman” and also denied fist-bumping her when he arrived for the ceremonial welcome at Buckingham Palace.
Mr Trump also said other people had noticed how well he and Queen Elizabeth II had connected.
“The meeting with the Queen was incredible, I think I can say I really got to know her because I sat with her many times and we had automatic chemistry, you will understand that feeling,” he said told US broadcaster Fox News.
“There are those that say they have never seen the Queen have a better time, a more animated time,” he added.
Asked by host Laura Ingraham if he fist-bumped the Queen, as some photos had appeared to suggest, Mr Trump said: “I did not, but I had a great relationship, we had a really great time."
He added: “We had a period we were talking solid straight, I didn’t even know who the other people at the table were, never spoke to them. We just had a great time together.”
Asked if he would keep the conversation going, Mr Trump added: “Yes I am, she is a spectacular woman, an incredible woman.”
The billionaire-turned-politician enjoyed a ceremonial welcome and a grand state banquet at Buckingham Palace during his stay in London this week.
He was also sat next to the Queen at the D-Day commemorations at Southsea Common in Portsmouth.
Mr Trump discussed Brexit and the Irish border with the Republic of Ireland’s prime minister Leo Varadkar and attended a D-Day ceremony alongside French president Emmanuel Macron during his five-day trip to Europe.
Mr Trump also turned to domestic politics and called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a “nasty, vindictive, horrible person”.
The president also sent out a tweet that urged Nasa to concentrate on going to Mars rather than Moon. “We did that 50 years ago,” he wrote.
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