Failure to build bridges during this week's trip could indirectly benefit Britain, which is seeking new, post-Brexit trade deals, according to Emma McClarkin, British Conservative Party politician and member of the European Parliament.
"The UK and the USA have an opportunity to work together to show that when there is common ground and a willingness to pursue trade negotiations, trade deals can be concluded quickly to benefit both sides." she said.
But Denis Macshane, Britain's Europe minister under Tony Blair, believed it is still very much in the interests of both Brussels and Washington to ensure that the current gap in transatlantic relations does not become a potentially highly damaging schism.
MacShane said, "Trump has u-turned on so many of the extravagant campaign declarations he made about foreign policy. There has to be hope that like every previous occupant of the White House since the 1940s, he will recognize that a partnership between America and Europe makes strategic sense and corresponds to domestic political priorities in the United States."
Macshane noted that Europe is united against the Islamic State after the attacks on Paris, Berlin, Stockholm and now Manchester, while Trump faces endless domestic political problems rather like former President Richard Nixon did.
"But also like Nixon, this does not mean his foreign policy cannot achieve objectives that Europeans seek to support," said MacShane.
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