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Trump was 'awestruck' by the Queen of England and viewed meeting her as 'the ultimate sign' that he 'had made it in life': book

Former President Donald Trump was "obsessed" with the idea of making a state visit to the UK and wanted it to be one of his first major foreign trips, former White House Russia advisor Fiona Hill wrote in her new book.

Trump was also fixated on meeting Queen Elizabeth II, Hill wrote in "There Is Nothing For You Here: Finding Opportunity in the 21st Century."

"Going to Buckingham Palace was supposed to be a highlight of his presidency," the book said. "Meeting Queen Elizabeth II was particularly important to President Trump. He often referred in conversation to his mother, Mary Anne Mac-Leod, who was originally from Scotland, and her admiration for Queen Elizabeth."

Hill went on to say that Trump was also "clearly" an admirer of the queen and that he was "always slightly awestruck when he talked about her-his voice and his face would soften. A meeting with the Queen of England was the ultimate sign that he, Trump, had made it in life."
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Trump then started dropping hints in "every encounter" he had with May or other British officials after January 2017.
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Trump's fascination with the royal family and his desire to be seen as their equal has been long documented.

"This is more important than any piece of legislation he could get through Congress, greater than resolving problems at the border with Mexico," Michael D'Antonio, the author of "The Truth About Trump," told The New York Times in 2019. "I would think one of his dying thoughts will be of this. When he is about to leave this earth, he will think, 'I was that person, standing with the queen.'"

D'Antonio added that even though Trump doesn't view most people as being worthy of respect, "the queen may be one of the only people on Earth who could expect he was going to be respectful." He is "as sincere as he can be about anything with this respect."