Trump hails 'strongest & deepest of roots' with UK as he welcomes King to White House

Thank you. to the left where I stand there. Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth, an incredible woman who I had the privilege of getting to know. Queen Elizabeth II, very, very special woman who is very greatly missed on both sides of that mighty Atlantic. Long ago, planted a young tree. It was a very young and beautiful tree. And look at it now. It's tripled in size and tripled in strength, very much as our nations have even more than tripled. Like our nation itself, it was laid with British hands but grew in American soil. Today, it stands tall and proud, reaching ever higher. And this morning, it reminds us that the mightiest of trees, like the greatest of nations, must be anchored by the strongest and deepest of roots. In the centuries since we won our independence, Americans have had no closer friends than the British. We share that same route. We speak the same language. We hold the same values. And together, our warriors have defended the same extraordinary civilization under twin banners of red, white, and blue. My wonderful mother, Mary Mloud. Mary McCloud was born in Storway, Scotland. The Hebdes. And that's what they call very serious Scotland. There's no question about it. Some places they say, "Well, it wasn't really Scotland. The Hebedes. That's real. Serious Scotland. That's where they had their greatest of warriors." Their greatest of warriors.