clear about this. the brits tried to put this off as long as they could. when prime minister theresa may first brought up the idea of honoring president trump with a state visit, there was a huge amount of anger and a lot of people who felt it was inappropriate both from within the political community and also just ordinary britons. we have seen mayor khan come out in an editorial for the london observer on sunday saying essentially he doesn't think president trump's values embody the same values that multicultural britons do. notwithstanding that, there is a sense of growing realization that with britain leaving the e.u. and in this sort of desperate political confusion that it's been thrown into, it needs allies, friends and perhaps most importantly, alisyn, it needs trade deals. there is a sense of pragmatism