with me is richard griffiths who's corporate communications director at the global pr firm ketchum. good morning. you must be glad you are not doing pr for theresa may on friday the 13th. it would be challenging. the thing i would say about this meeting this week if it is blenheim palace, not buckingham palace, and i think the visit by donald trump is a real art in terms of positioning. this is not a full state visit, but if you looked at the tv pictures we saw overnight, holding hands with theresa may, all the pageantry at blenheim palace yesterday, the home, or the birthplace of winston churchill, it had the feel of a state visit, but it wasn't. how did the sun get this interview? i think we can speculate about how the sun got this interview. i think it is a prescription for tom newton dunn, the political editor of the sun. we understand that murdoch, the owner of the sun has been close to trump. —— trump. no surprise may have had a hand in brokering this scoop. —— nigel farage. this again is hours after he was holding hands going up the steps that blenheim palace last night. he k

with me is richard griffiths who‘s corporate communications director at the global pr firm ketchum. would say about this meeting this week if it is blenheim palace, not buckingham palace, and i think the visit by donald trump is a real art in terms of positioning. this is not a full state visit, but if you looked at the tv pictures we saw overnight, holding hands with theresa may, all the pageantry at blenheim palace yesterday, the home, or the birthplace of winston churchill, it had the feel of a state visit, but it wasn‘t. had the feel of a state visit, but it wasn't. how did the sun get this interview? i think we can speculate about how the sun got this interview. i think it is a prescription for tom newton dunn, the political editor of the sun. we

richard griffiths is corporate communications director at the global pr firm ketchum.minister made. you are a pr executive. what you would you be saying to her right now about the trade deal? i think mrs may has got to continue on the diplomatic front. she has got to take her stamps, which is very much unlike trump, and not forget that the eu is our single biggest trading partner. that is the first thing. i certainly would not recommend that she uses language or toned like we see in the sun in the interview that donald trump has given overnight to the political editor. these quotes are extraordinary. if you look at the front page of the sun this morning, theresa may has wrecked brexit. the us deal is off. boris would be a great prime minister. migration is killing europe. terror is the fault of siddique khan. an interview like this generates more heat than light andi this generates more heat than light and i think that theresa may has to stay her course. she has no option. and who knows. donald trump is inconsistent with his message and we may well expect him later on