The approaching weeks have been branded a "MAGA British summer time" as each Donald Trump and JD Vance go to the UK – a lot to Ellen Degeneres's dismay.
Trump is at present in Scotland enjoying golf and internet hosting conferences with European and British leaders, whereas JD Vance is about to go to the Cotswolds together with his household subsequent month.
Vance's journey follows US discuss present host Ellen DeGeneres's transfer to the Cotswolds together with her spouse Portia de Rossi in November final yr.
DeGeneres has already made it clear Trump's election was the rationale for the couple's transfer away from California.
She stated: "We acquired right here the day earlier than the election and woke as much as a lot of texts from our pals with crying emojis and I used to be like, 'He acquired in' and we're like 'we're staying then'."
Now, DeGeneres is alleged to be planning a two-week vacation away from her adopted residence for when Vance visits the realm in August.
It was revealed final week that the couple are promoting considered one of their two properties within the Cotswolds for £22.5million, which quantities to £7.5million greater than she paid for it.
The Cotswolds is a well-liked vacation spot for British celebrities as properly, with names together with the Beckham household and Kate Moss snapping up properties within the hills.
US politicians visiting the UK and Eire for private causes is just not new, however this yr has been branded by one Republican as a "Maga British summer time" to The Instances.
The Vance household visited London earlier than the 2024 election, when George Osborne gave them a private tour of the British Museum – the place he’s chairman.
In 2023, Joe Biden visited Eire, barely acknowledging the UK.
Then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was compelled to make the journey to Northern Eire to fulfill Biden on the airport.
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As a substitute, the principle motive for the journey was for Catholic Biden and his son to deal with tens of hundreds of individuals in his ancestral residence of County Mayo.
Whereas in 2011, Barack Obama visited his "ancestral residence" in Moneygall, Eire.
In latest days, Trump has been in Scotland visiting his Turnberry golf course in Ayrshire.
Throughout this time, he has held conferences with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen, and he’s set to fulfill Sir Keir Starmer and Scotland's First Minister John Swinney on Monday.
When he touched down at Glasgow Prestwick Airport in Ayrshire on Friday, Trump informed Europe it wanted to "get your act collectively" over unlawful immigration, which he branded a "horrible invasion" which is "killing Europe".
However his go to has extra private connections as properly.
In 2008, when he was in the course of a planning dispute over his golf course in Ayrshire, Trump himself mentioned his private connections with the realm because of his Gaelic-speaking mom, who got here from the village of Tong within the Outer Hebrides.
"If it weren't for my mom, would I’ve walked away from this web site? I believe in all probability I might have, sure," Trump revealed.
"The rationale I acquired concerned was due to the sensation I’ve for Scotland."