Here's how US media outlets are reporting the UK state visit:

The New York Times said Mr Trump is visiting Britain "amid tense relations", citing differing positions on the Iran nuclear deal and Huawei.



The paper tells its online readers: "President Trump prides himself on being the great disrupter, but when he arrives in London on Monday for a state visit, it's not clear how much more he can shake up a country that is already convulsed, divided and utterly exhausted by the long debate over its departure from the European Union."

CNN wrote that Mr Trump was "limbered up for his latest overseas trip in typical style, with remarks that risked insulting his royal hosts and by plunging headlong into the country's fraught domestic politics".

The Washington Post told readers that Britain appears to be a "reluctant host" for the president.

It says of the pomp and pageantry of the state visit: "It will all be suitably over-the-top. But there is also a sense that British officials are slightly less than enthusiastic about this particular round of state visit grandeur."



In an online article for Fox News, commentator James Carafano said "so what" if Mr Trump will not receive a cordial welcome across the board.



"Trump's No. 1 job is to deliver the message, 'Don't worry. Be happy'. Britain will thrive after Brexit, and post-Brexit Britain's 'special relationship' with the US will be as special as ever," he wrote



"Job No. 2 should be to start revitalising what has made the US-UK relationship so special: our joint commitment to transatlantic security that spanned two world wars, a Cold War, and lots of messy stuff in between and after."



The Los Angeles Times reported on the visit beneath the headline: "Trump heads to London amid Brexit furore and political upheaval in Europe. What could go wrong?"

The New York Post picked up comments by Mr Trump as he left the White House in which he described London mayor Sadiq Khan as a "shorter" version of his counterpart in the Big Apple.

